Some kids might find starting middle school to be a very stressful time and some might find starting middle school to be the best learning experience or a living hell. Natalia Gonzalez was only 10 years old when she started middle school. Starting 6th grade was very new to her, there were plenty of things to get used to including, , being in a school that goes up to 8th grade, having activities with the older kids, and teachers are more strict with turning in your homework and might not be as lenient as they were in elementary school. Natalia was known as the shy, quiet, and intelligent little girl who always kept a smile on her face no matter what she was going through. Natalia was vey fortunate enough to have some of her good friends
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Weeks passed by and the comments began to affect her a little more and she started to distance herself away from that crowd. Brandon’s friends would make fun of Natalia for being so young and most of the things Brandon and his friends could do, Natalia could not do. Natalia eventually took a stand during lunch and told Brandon’s friends how mean they were being and how much their comments were affecting her. When she took a stand, she did not realize how many people actually heard her until all she heard was crickets. Natalia looked around and noticed everyone just staring at her and then all of a sudden, a burst of laughter from everyone in the cafeteria came about and Natalia started to cry. She looked down at Brandon and he had put his hand over his mouth to stop himself from laughing, so she would not see, but she noticed and dropped to her knees. Natalia began yelling, “Stop! Stop! I do not deserve this, I am just trying to make some friends”, but nobody seemed to stop laughing at her, so she ran out of the cafeteria and went to the bathroom. Natalia waited for the lunch bell to ring, so that everyone can go to class and she can walk into class after everyone has already cleared the halls. Natalia walked to her class and she was approximately 5 minutes late to class, when she got there, she …show more content…
Natalia walked to the counselors office and she was taken in right away by Mr. O’Neil. She sat down with him and Mr. O’Neil began to ask questions to get to know Natalia and eventually get to the point and figure out what is going on. After 12 minutes of telling the counselor little details about herself, O’Neil asked her, “Natalia, why are you here to see me today? Is everything okay?”. Natalia began to play with her hands that began to sweat and she started getting a little shaky, but she could not seem to get the right words out to describe everything she was going through. Mr. O’Neil tried asking questions like, “Is everything okay at home?”, “Are you doing well in your classes?”, and assuming that one of the questions he asked her triggered some emotional response, Natalia began to cry and say that she could not take it anymore. Natalia admitted that her mom was a drug user and she was constantly snorting cocaine around her and would sometimes ask if she want to snort some with her and that she would not tell daddy about it. Natalia was too young to fully understand why her mom was doing drugs and why her mom would hit her if Natalia did not follow her moms orders. Her mom always had friends over who would bring
Weeks passed by and the comments began to affect her a little more and she started to distance herself away from that crowd. Brandon’s friends would make fun of Natalia for being so young and most of the things Brandon and his friends could do, Natalia could not do. Natalia eventually took a stand during lunch and told Brandon’s friends how mean they were being and how much their comments were affecting her. When she took a stand, she did not realize how many people actually heard her until all she heard was crickets. Natalia looked around and noticed everyone just staring at her and then all of a sudden, a burst of laughter from everyone in the cafeteria came about and Natalia started to cry. She looked down at Brandon and he had put his hand over his mouth to stop himself from laughing, so she would not see, but she noticed and dropped to her knees. Natalia began yelling, “Stop! Stop! I do not deserve this, I am just trying to make some friends”, but nobody seemed to stop laughing at her, so she ran out of the cafeteria and went to the bathroom. Natalia waited for the lunch bell to ring, so that everyone can go to class and she can walk into class after everyone has already cleared the halls. Natalia walked to her class and she was approximately 5 minutes late to class, when she got there, she …show more content…
Natalia walked to the counselors office and she was taken in right away by Mr. O’Neil. She sat down with him and Mr. O’Neil began to ask questions to get to know Natalia and eventually get to the point and figure out what is going on. After 12 minutes of telling the counselor little details about herself, O’Neil asked her, “Natalia, why are you here to see me today? Is everything okay?”. Natalia began to play with her hands that began to sweat and she started getting a little shaky, but she could not seem to get the right words out to describe everything she was going through. Mr. O’Neil tried asking questions like, “Is everything okay at home?”, “Are you doing well in your classes?”, and assuming that one of the questions he asked her triggered some emotional response, Natalia began to cry and say that she could not take it anymore. Natalia admitted that her mom was a drug user and she was constantly snorting cocaine around her and would sometimes ask if she want to snort some with her and that she would not tell daddy about it. Natalia was too young to fully understand why her mom was doing drugs and why her mom would hit her if Natalia did not follow her moms orders. Her mom always had friends over who would bring