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Rosa Talks Harassment
Tennis, singles and doubles conference champion, GoGirl for life!
I like everyone. Well, almost everyone. There is this one boy in my class named Brandon. I can’t stand him. He acts like he rules the school. I guess it’s because he’s pretty funny. It’s strange. Brandon makes fun of practically everyone, but kids hang around with him all the time.
I have no idea why, but Brandon is always messing with me - flicking my hair when he sits behind me in class, whistling at me when I walk by, snapping my bra. It is so annoying. My brother thinks it’s because I have a disability. My friends say he likes me. I don’t think it’s either, I think he just wants to be popular, so he does it to get attention.
One day, I was coming out of the bathroom where I was changing for practice. I was wearing a tank top and this cute, little tennis skirt. Well, Brandon was hiding behind the door. As soon as I opened it, he jumped out and flagged me! Yanked my skirt down! I totally freaked out. All of his friends were laughing and clapping. I was so embarrassed. I just wanted to disappear.
My friend Uni came into the bathroom and tried to calm me down, ‘cause I was crying. She is tough. Uni doesn’t take mess from anyone. She told me she’d go rip his pants off and see how he felt when the world saw his underwear. I laughed but told her “no way.” I didn’t want to start a war or anything. We decided not to stoop to his level. Instead of following him, I went to the principal’s office and told her what he did to me. He was on in-school suspension for a whole week! It doesn’t like…erase the most embarrassing moment of my life…but at least now he knows he can’t get away with messing with me.
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