Marie Murphy: A Short Story

Most of you know I arrived at Marie Murphy last year in time for the start of 7th grade. There aren’t many things I remember from the beginning of last year because I have the worst memory for my age. The one thing I do remember is my first interaction with two people. Marie T. and Mr. G. My first interaction went as you might expect. He was angry, rude, and snapped at me. Me, being new to the school, I didn’t know where 7th graders would hang out in the MPR, so I sat myself on the stage and waited for the bell to ring. Then Mr. G. comes along and says “Move you’re in my spot.” I wasn’t expecting that from a) a teacher that I didn’t know and b) a teacher that didn’t know me and c) that kind of attitude and command. Now that I look back at this moment I …show more content…
I took it as like “Hi my name’s Marie the name that everybody knows at this school.” When I look back at this day I see how far I’ve come and how foolish it was of me to think that being the new kid would cause so many problems. For instance, most of you have known each other since you were 5 or under. I didn’t want to be that new kid that walks up to people and say hi and see the disgust on everybody else's face as I walk up to them and would have the audacity to talk to them. But being the new kid and being super nervous about coming to a new school I didn’t see how impossible that problem is. Now I’m not saying there weren’t some people that didn’t want to be around me because of how annoying I was. Trust me when I say I know I was. But the people around me didn’t shun me and leave me alone to fend for myself. They accepted me with open arms some literally and some figuratively. I look back at these memories and think to myself how could I have been that stupid and judgey in a way. How could I have known that they wouldn’t be friends with me. They were compassionate human beings after all. Then I remember that I was 1 of 4 new kids coming to this school. So my nervousness