Middle School Reflection

Holmes Elementary was a Black school, which helped me transition into Brownsville, a predominately Black school. One hundred and one students from several places received the invitation to participate in the Brownsville Middle School Magnet program. Of course, I did not get an invitation. I was thrust into that station with good reason and a glad heart. Thanks to Mrs. Rivers, I would have a chance at a normal life free of bullying, right? I had the time of my life for the semester that I went to Brownsville. Especially if by the time of my life includes a little of the familiar.
We went to Disney World as a group of magnet kids for a field trip, and a girl I crushed on taught me a lesson on the trip back that helped me to become a better person. …show more content…
Now, I know that I did not understand words like antipathy back then. It fit the feelings I felt from her as I look back and reacquainted myself with the lesson I learned. I learned never to belittle a person for his circumstance. It was the first time the spirit of God convicted me of my self-righteousness. I made several key decisions in my life starting from the point that helped change my life about bullying. Yes, what I did was a form of bullying. It took a while to get ahead of my behavior, but I am jumping ahead.
I met Sabrina my first class at Brownsville. That time the feelings were real and mutually shared. I was immediately attracted to her. Her hair was long and kept close to her skin. She was dark brown, African American and very competitive. She excited my imagination more than I could contain! In all this excitement, however, never did I imagine anything that would diminish her chastity or bring me shame. I just adored her.
We were partners on a project that would end at the completion of the semester. We interviewed each other and wrote our impression about the other to see if those impressions would change over time and boy did they