It all started when I was in first grade. It was in the first couple weeks of school when I asked my teacher to go to the bathroom during math class. Mr. Gunther replied with a, “No, not until I finish this lesson!” My jaw dropped, “Are you sure about that?” I asked with a smirk. He shook his head and within two minutes I had peed all over my little first grade desk. He looked at me and screamed, I sneered. When I was forced to go in before school the next day with both of my parents, to apologize, he gave me the nastiest look. It wasn’t only teachers though. In fourth grade I made the transition from a 15 student per grade Christian elementary school in Michigan, to Chagrin Falls Intermediate. I didn’t quite fit in with the average Chagrin girl. Everyone seemed nice, but called me “new girl”, and that really ticked me off. Two girls in particular got to the core of nastiness pretty fast, Meghan and Jackie Shroyer. Meghan was seated next to me on the first day of class. When she mentioned she had a twin, I said “no you don’t”. Meghan stared at me, “Yes, I do”. So Meghan ran off after class to get Jackie to come on over and introduce herself. She made a mistake though, in the process of getting Jackie, Meghan ran off to her locker. When Jackie approached me I said “Ha-ha, good one Meghan, I know you just changed your clothes”, Jackie laughed and said “Hi I’m Jackie!” As I pushed Jackie out of the way I spotted Jillian, who, was also in my class. Now Jillian, Meghan, Kathryn Mahoney, and Mallory Widmar were the best of friends, and I could foresee their evil plot to exclude me coming on. So, the next day before we picked our seats, I told Ms. Delsanter to let me pick mine after Meghan but before Jillian. She nodded. With only four spots at the table I decided Meghan, me, Kathryn, and Mallory should sit together. As a little fourth grader, I had rigged the system. Meghan was very upset with this and after a few reoccurring tiffs, approached Ms. Delsanter. It was decided among Meghan, Ms. Delsanter, and of course Mr. Bondy, (Maybe on a purple tie Tuesday?!) that we needed to go through peer mediation.
The conclusion of peer mediation was that I had to stop rigging the seating charts, humming during reading time, telling Jackie she wasn’t real, etc. As for the other girls, they had to be nice and let me sit with them at lunch. The times have been changing and now I believe in both of the Shroyer’s, sit in assigned seats, and don’t say “Neeeener neener neener” every chance I get! Hooray for mended friendships.
Ps: A 4th grade picture will be uploaded and added to this post ASAP
Carly, I actually laughed out loud when I read this. I can't believe how far we've come since fourth grade. However, I'm not sure if I can forgive you for giving me a ticket during the classroom city project when you were the "Sanitation Engineer" and our store was spotless. That must have been another one of those tricks you had up your sleeve to sabatoge little innocent fourth grade Jackie Shroyer.
ReplyDeleteCarly, I actually cringed when I read this because it reminded me of how you would sit extremely close to me during class and scream, "NEENERNEENER NEENER NEENER". I would get nightmares from that horrible sound. I think it is very funny how far our friendship has come in the past eight years. Looking back, our fights were incredibly absurd and immature. The fact that we got Mr. Bondy involved is priceless. If only we had that "intervention" on camera...
ReplyDeleteCarly, I too laughed out loud reading this. Your tactics back in fourth grade were truly unbearable. I can recall numerous secret meetings in which we plotted how to get rid of you. Not to mention the fact that we skipped recess one day to write a strongly worded letter to Mr. Bondy about you, which caused the intervention. My mom always wanted me to be friends with you because Michael, Connor and Casey were friends but I told her it would never happen. It is funny how much things has changed since then.
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