Enemies and Friends
Kindergarten:
I remembered her in my mind, “Play with me or we aren’t friends.” And me saying, “Ok fine. I’ll play with you.” Me coming home crying, or me coming home saying how I hated school.
First grade:
She said she could be anything while I could only be this thing only. If I protest she runs away crying. In the classroom she talks to me and when I respond our teacher tells me to move my name down to blue {if it gets bad, then purple}* and to stop talking. Great now I have to miss recess. Thanks a lot.
Second grade:
I keep running. Then something hits my face, hard. I screech in surprise. As I open my eyes, I see who did it. Him. He punched me! The pain gets worse and I run off, crying. We both end up in the office. As I sit in a spinning chair, the principal talks to him. He shoots me a glare.
Third grade:
Friendship is confusing. My friends are hard to make happy. Sometimes it feels like I can’t do anything at all to prevent what I said. It feels like I can’t say anything, or they’ll get angry at me, and apologies don’t stick.
Fourth grade:
This is the year I am currently in and things have already started happening. There is drama and homework. {Like all grades but it’s harder} School is hard, but you will survive. If you’re starting a new grade good luck!
{Yamyamkat: Also, this is based off of true events}.
* Note: In first grade at Yamyamkat's school, they use a color chart. If you are well behaved and do your homework quietly, you land on GREEN. YELLOW indicates a minor infraction. Maybe you were talking. Perhaps you didn't turn in your homework. BLUE means two strikes, and loss of recess and lunch. PURPLE means that you lose TWO recesses, and lunch breaks. RED: more of the same with a trip to the principal's office. BLACK: you're in serious trouble.
I remembered her in my mind, “Play with me or we aren’t friends.” And me saying, “Ok fine. I’ll play with you.” Me coming home crying, or me coming home saying how I hated school.
First grade:
She said she could be anything while I could only be this thing only. If I protest she runs away crying. In the classroom she talks to me and when I respond our teacher tells me to move my name down to blue {if it gets bad, then purple}* and to stop talking. Great now I have to miss recess. Thanks a lot.
Second grade:
I keep running. Then something hits my face, hard. I screech in surprise. As I open my eyes, I see who did it. Him. He punched me! The pain gets worse and I run off, crying. We both end up in the office. As I sit in a spinning chair, the principal talks to him. He shoots me a glare.
Third grade:
Friendship is confusing. My friends are hard to make happy. Sometimes it feels like I can’t do anything at all to prevent what I said. It feels like I can’t say anything, or they’ll get angry at me, and apologies don’t stick.
Fourth grade:
This is the year I am currently in and things have already started happening. There is drama and homework. {Like all grades but it’s harder} School is hard, but you will survive. If you’re starting a new grade good luck!
{Yamyamkat: Also, this is based off of true events}.
* Note: In first grade at Yamyamkat's school, they use a color chart. If you are well behaved and do your homework quietly, you land on GREEN. YELLOW indicates a minor infraction. Maybe you were talking. Perhaps you didn't turn in your homework. BLUE means two strikes, and loss of recess and lunch. PURPLE means that you lose TWO recesses, and lunch breaks. RED: more of the same with a trip to the principal's office. BLACK: you're in serious trouble.