Being different means that it's harder to blend in with everyone else. It means that it is easier to be singled out by a group of people. It's easier being noticed in a negative sense. It makes you an easier target for being bullied.
Middle school is supposed to be the transitioning years. Everyone is finally growing up but no one seemed to be maturing. Day after day, waking up in the morning, I dreaded going to school. I was different from the other kids, or at least they saw me as different from them. I cared more about school and my work than most of the other kids. I didn't have many friends, I definitely was not the popular kid. I wasn't the prettiest girl at school, I dressed in baggy clothes trying to hide that I wasn't as
Middle school is supposed to be the transitioning years. Everyone is finally growing up but no one seemed to be maturing. Day after day, waking up in the morning, I dreaded going to school. I was different from the other kids, or at least they saw me as different from them. I cared more about school and my work than most of the other kids. I didn't have many friends, I definitely was not the popular kid. I wasn't the prettiest girl at school, I dressed in baggy clothes trying to hide that I wasn't as