I Am Invisible

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I AM INVISIBLE 1 I Am Invisible Lillian Susan Cook Soc 350 DeVry University August 6, 2011 I AM INVISIBLE 2 I Am Invisible Upon exploring the time when I felt like an “other”, I realized I am often invisible. Starting from grade school to present this has been a prevalent feeling in my life. I can remember at a birthday party I attended when I was nine years old, my friend from church was turning eleven. She was very popular and had invited a lot of people to her party from church and school. We played many games but the one I remember most was a relay game to put on old clothes and take them off again. Of course, I was picked last for the team I was on. My team was running in last place and when it was my turn, I put on the old clothes fine but in a rush to get them off, I accidently pulled off my own pants. Everyone got a good look at my white granny panties. Everyone laughed at me so hard. After the party, if anyone remembered me, I was always the girl who showed her granny panties. During high school, I was fat, had acne and wore glasses. No one who was popular ever noticed me. The table I sat at lunch was the nerd table. When I was in the eleventh grade, I was determined to get noticed. I joined the Yearbook staff, hoping that would get me noticed. I worked hard and the advisor loved me. Sadly, the rest of the staff only noticed me when they wanted me to do something for them. Today, I am often invisible also. When I first started by current job, for the first year no one in management noticed me. The only reason they ever sought me out was to
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