A Night to Remember

MELINDA’S EXPERIRNCE IN NINTH GRADE IS HORRIBLE. SHE HAS TO DEAL WITH DIRTY LOOKS, BAD NAME CALLING, AND STARES AS WELL AS COMMENTS FROM OTHER PEOPLE. SHE FEELS JUDGED BY PEOPLE WHEN THEY DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. SHE GOT RAPED IN NINTH GRADE AND PEOPLE DON’T KNOW THAT, SO THEY COMENT ON WHAT A FREAK SHE WAS FOR CALLING THE COPS AT THE PARTY BUT LIKE I SAID THEY DON’T KNOW THAT.

MY EXPERIENCE IN THE FIRST YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL WAS SCARY BUT I ALREADY HAD FRIENDS WHO WOULD TALK TO ME. I DIDN’T HAVE TO DEAL FROM GLARES FROM PEOPLE WHO HATED ME, BUT I DID FROM THOSE WHO DID NOT KNOW ME. THE WAY I COULD RELATE TO HER WAS I WAS DIFFERENT FROM EVERYONE ELSE; I WAS IN FOSTER CARE AND THEY WERENT. THIS PUT ME IN AN AKWARD POSSITON TO WHERE EVERYONE LOOKED AT ME AS A CRIMINAL. AND THE WAY THAT’S IT’S DIFFERENT IS I DIDN’T GIVE PEOPLE A REASON TO HATE ME. MELINDA CALLED THE COPS, NOT BECAUSE SHE WANTED EVERYONE TO GET BUSTED, BUT BECAUSE SHE WAS RAPED. I NEVER DID ANYTHING BAD SO THAT PEOPLE WOULD HATE ME IN HIGH SCHOOL.