At school she feels like an outcast.

The others are giving her the ‘stink eye.’

Whispering about her while looking at her.

She is being bullied by weakness…

It’s a strange world this world of children where they learn to be mean to one another. I lived through this and I’m sure she will to.

I think I liked the survival of the fittest model better.

First she was physically bullied and I told her she could stand up for herself and that ended that.

Later in the day I checked in on her at school. She said, “I feel better for getting that off my chest.”

“So you’re not feeling like an outcast?”

“No.”

Dennis Mantin