While growing up, I felt confused, lonely and hated by my mother. I was confused in my younger years, living with my mother. At times, she was happy, and then her mood changed so drastically, she became sad or angry. She never took me to see any of my family members, and when I asked why, she said,” They don’t love us “. I wanted to ask her “Why didn’t they love us?” but the look on her face, changed my mind immediately.
Her best friend Rachel didn’t even sit with Melinda that day. Instead she laughed at her and told her “I hate you” (pg 5). Melinda found a new friend that just moved to town. Heather is completely different then she. Melinda does not even like her but it the only girl that doesn’t know about the party.
One of the children in the bunch yelled, "You're just ugly why are you even alive!" I was appalled, I too know how it feels to look different and have you peers judge you. Even though that was so many years ago, it felt like yesterday as I watched this innocent girl cry. Starting middle school isn't easy for any child coming out of elementary school. It's almost a step closer into being a teenager and not everyone is always ready.
That day when the women came to speak, and class was over, I put myself in her shoes see what she went thru; it is hard to try to talk over like 30 kids in one room. I felted so bad I wanted to apologize to the woman but I was too late. I was paying attention; I wanted to tell her that I am sorry for how my classmates acted with no self-control. That we mad the LPP program have a bad name. I bet now she does not want to come back because of our behavior, and the way we acted like
The brown eyed children began to feel frustrated and upset because of the names they were being called by the blue eyed children. Their IQ lowered causing them to not perform as well as they should have been during school. Also issues at their own homes began to arise because they would be miserable coming home from school. Then after a few days Miss Elliott spoke to both the groups and told them that she had
Alyson started to argue with her sister more often than before. As a result, both Alyson and her sister stopped talking to each other and now they tried to avoid each other. After a short time, Alyson’s sister couldn’t stand her anymore so she moved out because of her. The dream that the two of them had of growing up next to each other has now come to an end because Alyson can’t reason with her anymore. Alyson’s drugs addiction kept getting worse that she started to steal her sick father’s medication.
He believed that we all reach a crisis within each of the life stages. Erikson may have believed that Maria is coming to the end of the Young Adulthood stage in life, a stage which he considered ‘Relationships’ to be the important event in this stage. Maria is a single parent, and Erikson may see this as failure in relationships, which results in isolation and loneliness. Maria is affected by work and home life, causing her behaviour towards colleagues and her children to be sharp and snappy most of the time. This is because she is mentally and physically exhausted and drained where she never gives herself a break.
Jennifer’s daily hassles are breaking her body down and making her sick. I also believe Jennifer had her miscarriage due to her hectic schedule and stress. Jennifer lost her mother two months before her miscarriage and Jennifer has not had the time
Since then Julia was doing poorly in school and her behavior was changing, her grandmother decided to put her in some kind of treatment hoping her parents would join too. Julia’s behavior became worst and worst. She was starting to act out at home by refusing to do chores or homework, talking back and slamming doors. According to the author, “This sense of herself as bad, as well as her lack of trust in others, was in danger of becoming entrenched internal working
I can remember most of my early childhood being an infinite stretch of loneliness and a great sense of grief. That woman forced me through daily pains that no one should have to endure – I remember school being on par with hell, each day I was bullied and teased because I was forced to wear cheap, awkward clothes that didn’t fit. Her aim was to keep me humiliated, make me meek and be low maintenance. My time with her was an endless nightmare. I eventually got away.