High School Lunch Narrative

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I didn’t exactly come from an upper class family, I wouldn’t even call it a middle class family. The clothes i got were just hand-me-downs from my older brother, usually shoes with holes in them or a faded jacket with torn sleeves. Often times I had to scrounge up money just to buy a school lunch. My family and I would stay in town for several months at a time before moving to a new one. I had learned quickly not to make any new friends because it would only hurt when I left in the end. This got especially hard on a nine year old. With this in mind, I would just ghost through the days and schools without talking to anyone and accepting no help from them. This got me criticized by the other students, but there was one particular school where things got especially bad. …show more content…

Walking around, I stuck out like a sore thumb and got a lot of hate for how I looked. One day I had scavenged enough money to buy a school lunch for myself. Heading over to my corner seat in the cafeteria, a kid named Milt approached me with his gang of about six friends. They stopped me in the middle of the cafeteria and asked where I was going. I really didn’t want trouble so I tried stepping around them, but in return I got pushed back. He then began a barrage of insults on how peasants were not allowed to eat with kings. Before I could respond, Milt whacked the tray out of my hands and pointed to the door telling me to get my pig family out of Eagle Mount before we ruined their town. After insulting my family and ruining a lunch I worked hard for, I got pretty heated. After a moment of silence I put my hands in my pockets and told him to meet me in an empty lot across from the front of the school. Little did I know, I was being

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