“You're my teacher?” she asked, incredulous. I took her little hand in mine
“Why,” I demand, “do I have to go to stupid graduation?”
You’re doing so well now, Shulamis, I tell myself. Why would you even think you’re not happy?
“You changed,” she said hoarsely. “You changed a lot, Shulamis.” I stared at her, not knowing what to…
An 18-year-old that needs help in the airport— honestly!
It was then that it dawned on me: I wasn’t a wallflower anymore. I was Shulamis, a self-confident,…
My issue with reading wouldn’t go away, but could my attitude toward it change?
Why are you being so pessimistic? I asked myself. Miriam is only moving! She isn’t dying, or disappearing…
If she wanted to yell at me, she could have easily done it at home. So what else…
Yes, it was only one year of school, but an entire nine months of struggling, of 12th-grade exams…
They want to put me in therapy. The school wants me to see their social worker. They think…
I sniffed. “I’m worried. She’s so much like Yonah, it’s scary”
Somehow, I knew what to say. “I want to tell your mommy a secret”
“Just leave me alone, Mrs. Adler,” I said. “I don’t want your help.” I swallowed a sob and…
Then, the labeling started. Lazy, stupid, developmentally delayed, ADHD
