"You just pull it up or down. Up is fastened, and down is open. And there's a button on top." She has no problem explaining this, rising up and down on her toes the whole time she's talking, and otherwise fidgeting.

"Uh-huh. It's a skinny one, but all the girls wear ties or bows. The boys too, only theirs are black and ours are navy. Like our skirts, too, and we have knee socks and classroom shoes for inside, and loafer shoes for outside."