A girl who was an outcast at her school. Written for English 3 AP.

Non-Existent I had just gotten back from living in Italy with my dad for a year, my 4th grade year to be exact. I was used to the spring smell and dewy grass along the hilly countryside. I arrived back to my real home, Fort Worth, Texas, two weeks before I would start 5th grade. During this stage of my life I wasn't like other 11 year olds. I was tall and lanky, taller than most …

…I look back on that experience I feel that I have grown from the pain I felt. I now realize the true meaning of "do unto others as you would have done to you," no one else I know will ever understand completely the full meaning to that famous little phrase. But I know I do and that, that one little phrase got me through everything I went through to be who I am today.