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Toppenish teen fakes pregnancy as school project
Toppenish is largely Hispanic town in the Yakima Valley in eastern Washington. An quite interesting story. On one level I admire the girl for her seriousness and focus in undertaking this project. But if I had been involved in the situation I'm sure that I would as if I'd been deceived and manipulated.
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Toppenish is largely Hispanic town in the Yakima Valley in eastern Washington. An quite interesting story. On one level I admire the girl for her seriousness and focus in undertaking this project. But if I had been involved in the situation I'm sure that I would as if I'd been deceived and manipulated.
Gaby Rodriguez would worry whenever anyone asked to touch her baby bump.
It wasn't because she felt shy or embarrassed. It was because the bulge - fashioned from wire mesh and cotton quilt batting - didn't actually contain a baby.
For the past 6 1/2 months - the bulk of her senior year at Toppenish High School - the 17-year-old A-student faked her own pregnancy.
Only a handful of people - her mother, boyfriend and principal among them - knew Gaby was pretending to be pregnant for her senior project, a culminating assignment required for graduation.
Her teachers and fellow students, except for her best friend, didn't realize they were part of a social experiment.
Neither did six of her seven siblings, including four older brothers, her boyfriend's parents, and his five younger brothers and sisters.
It wasn't because she felt shy or embarrassed. It was because the bulge - fashioned from wire mesh and cotton quilt batting - didn't actually contain a baby.
For the past 6 1/2 months - the bulk of her senior year at Toppenish High School - the 17-year-old A-student faked her own pregnancy.
Only a handful of people - her mother, boyfriend and principal among them - knew Gaby was pretending to be pregnant for her senior project, a culminating assignment required for graduation.
Her teachers and fellow students, except for her best friend, didn't realize they were part of a social experiment.
Neither did six of her seven siblings, including four older brothers, her boyfriend's parents, and his five younger brothers and sisters.
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