Love it so far!! Pulled me in right away with all the awful and familiar feelings of a first day. You've captured the sinking feeling that comes as survival mode sets in! Can't wait to see more!
Someone once told me there is no such thing as a bad child, just bad behaviour. Such words would have been meaningless had I heard them during my school days, and now as a nurse who has spent 10yrs working with school children, I'm still trying to convince myself they're true.
And while I'm still trying to figure out good and bad, I've noticed some things don't change - bullying.
Whoever coined the phrase 'sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me' must have lived in another universe, because words stick, while bruises fade.
But in today's world, it's not just words, but images online that the world gets to see. Humiliation has left the classroom and become an international event.
But there is a funny side to all this - there has to be - because I'm not a miserable person and this is not a misery memoir. It's a boy's adventure in one of the most dangerous places in the world, your average high school.
Come and relive the fun.
Please, if you have 2 minutes, please read 'The carrot.' I want to know if the snippet I uploaded is funny, revolting or simply wrong.