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Friday, May 2, 2008
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19 Minutes
I've listening to 19 Minutes by Jodi Picoult, an excellent read abount a school shooting and bullying that happens in school. Interestingly, I was visiting with my sister-in-law and we took a walk down Memory Lane. Both of us went to the same high school, but I was a year ahead of her with her brother. Listening to her, you would never know that we went to the same school. I thought about all the horrible things that happened to me while in school because I was not part of the "in crowd." And the funny thing is I don't know how I even got there. Kids were cruel, but I think they were cruel even to each other, no only the "outsiders." As I looked back on those days, I can't imagine what would have happened if I was a "target." I was just overlooked, ignored. I didn't enjoy high school and looked forward to college. I was not unhappy when I finally graduated. In fact, on graduation day, when it was my turn to walk across that stage, the teacher who was announcing names, said my name wrong. I was part of that school from 7th grade to 12th, and he was my math teacher. It just reinforced my position in the school.
What happens to those kids that are targets? I think that is why I became the teacher and administrator that I was. I was there to champion those who had no one to support them. I wish I would have had a teacher there for me.
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