Article May 23, 2016 Issue

Should I strike back?

Jenny Sinatra

When I was in middle school, there was a girl in my gym class who would take my shorts and T-shirt from my gym locker and throw them in the garbage can. Yuck!

I’d never done anything mean to her, so I was confused. Why was she picking on me? She didn’t seem to care about hurting my feelings, and she even laughed when she took the clothes. No one else in the locker room helped me, either. No one stood up to her and told her she was wrong.

What was I supposed to do?

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