Difference shouldn’t matter
Jimmy Jernigan was a tall sixteen year old boy who lived in New York City. He had black hair in a buzz cut, with a big head and giant ears. On the streets he looked like an army soldier Jimmy was a straight A student who liked games and sports like any other normal 16 year old. But, he was not normal. When Jimmy was younger he was identified as having autism. Kids never invited Jimmy anywhere, not to the mall or outside to play. The other kids said he looked weird and acted up sometimes. But, Jimmy couldn’t help it. Most of the time he sat alone. Also, even though he was really fast, the kids never picked him to join sports teams at school. He typically sat on the bench and wondered what his life would be like without his autism. …show more content…
He had a family, but the family didn’t care much about him. All the family cared about was Jimmy’s superstar brother, who was dating a cheerleader and was the varsity football quarterback at the time. Jimmy spent most of the time in his room, all alone, with no one to tell his stories and problems to. Jimmy always would think “why? Why me?” “All I wanted was a normal life” At lunch, Jimmy sat alone under the garbage can with the leftover food that kids threw at him. The food that would miss the trash can would land on his head. And, still not one single person cared, or bothered to help him.
There was a group of kids that always bullied Jimmy led by Billy, who was a little on the heavy side, and his group of friends that harassed and teased Jimmy. But, little did you know one of Billy’s friends, Tom, thought the bullying was going too far. He tried to tell Billy to stop it, but he got a fist to his face. Tom ran off, afraid of Billy’s violent and hurtful actions.
Tom ran away and up the 10 flights of stairs to Jimmy’s big New York apartment. He knocked on the door number 1021; Jimmy opened the door, and saw a bloody Tom standing there.
Jimmy said” What happened
Jimmy Jernigan was a tall sixteen year old boy who lived in New York City. He had black hair in a buzz cut, with a big head and giant ears. On the streets he looked like an army soldier Jimmy was a straight A student who liked games and sports like any other normal 16 year old. But, he was not normal. When Jimmy was younger he was identified as having autism. Kids never invited Jimmy anywhere, not to the mall or outside to play. The other kids said he looked weird and acted up sometimes. But, Jimmy couldn’t help it. Most of the time he sat alone. Also, even though he was really fast, the kids never picked him to join sports teams at school. He typically sat on the bench and wondered what his life would be like without his autism. …show more content…
He had a family, but the family didn’t care much about him. All the family cared about was Jimmy’s superstar brother, who was dating a cheerleader and was the varsity football quarterback at the time. Jimmy spent most of the time in his room, all alone, with no one to tell his stories and problems to. Jimmy always would think “why? Why me?” “All I wanted was a normal life” At lunch, Jimmy sat alone under the garbage can with the leftover food that kids threw at him. The food that would miss the trash can would land on his head. And, still not one single person cared, or bothered to help him.
There was a group of kids that always bullied Jimmy led by Billy, who was a little on the heavy side, and his group of friends that harassed and teased Jimmy. But, little did you know one of Billy’s friends, Tom, thought the bullying was going too far. He tried to tell Billy to stop it, but he got a fist to his face. Tom ran off, afraid of Billy’s violent and hurtful actions.
Tom ran away and up the 10 flights of stairs to Jimmy’s big New York apartment. He knocked on the door number 1021; Jimmy opened the door, and saw a bloody Tom standing there.
Jimmy said” What happened