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Standing Up No Matter What
Her hands were trembling and clammy as she stumbled down the hallway towards the door that said “PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE”. As she opened the door she saw the receptionist with her large black glasses right on the tip of her nose. “What do need?” she said. “I am looking for Mrs. Calvander.” “You will need to wait a few minutes, sit in the blue chair over there.” As she points she turned her head, she sees this ugly ripped up chair all the way in the corner with pen and pencil marks all over it. All she could image were kids who were down here frequently, or involved themselves in drama just to annoy the principal. This was the day that Julia finally realized that you always need to stand up for yourself, even when it is against your teacher.
At the time every day seemed normal. She would start the school day by getting off the bus, and going to her locker. When she would go to her locker there were always kids that would play a game of “Who Could Slam Their Locker The Fastest” She would grab my blue pencil and folders (Those were the most important things that she brought to school.) She would began to notice that things were a little different about her teacher. Well one day he pulled her and two other classmates back into the classroom as they were about to go eat lunch. He began to close the door, it began to creek. He asked them if we brought our own lunches instead of getting them downstairs in the cafeteria. They all answered, “Yes.” it’s like they planned it out; it was so synchronized. At the time their school allowed all students to have free lunches, so he asked each of them if they would go down stairs to the cafeteria and put in their pin and get whatever they were serving for the day. In return he allowed them to come up stairs to his room and play video games. She was very annoyed listening to the rifles being fired off or watching them play other games. Well a week later one cafeteria lady noticed that she was carrying my lunch pal with her everyday has a got a school lunch. She looked very puzzled. She asked, “Why are you getting lunch if you already have one?” Julia answered with, “ Oh this isn’t for me this is for my teacher, he asks me to bring lunch upstairs for him everyday.” She asked me a few more questions and sent her back up stairs. She turned around to see her face, she was white as a ghost. She quickly turned her head and began talking to the cafeteria aid, very quickly. The next morning when she got off the bus she had a teacher in the hallway who sent her to the nurse's office. Julia hated going in there, to see all the kids coughing and the smell of everything being sterilized. She asked her many questions. Some she didn’t understand at the time like, “Does he ever touch you or any of his other students?” It took her awhile to think and then she remembered how if students wanted their backs cracked he would pick the up and crack them. Whenever he did this it would make her cringe. She then sent Julia to the principal's office and her mother was standing in his office. She thought she did something wrong, Julia was never the student to get in trouble. The only time she went to the Principal’s Office was to bring students their work. She quickly sat in his chair and told him everything that had happened. The next day an officer walked into the classroom. He called the three of them out of the classroom. They walked into a spare classroom that hasn’t been used in months. All of their parents were they asked us to sit down. They then explained everything he had done in complete detail, but they had to be alone. They wanted to make sure everybody agreed. The two other students were allowed to go home because their parents took the day off , sadly Julia’s didn’t. So now she had to return to his classroom, she knew it would be awkward. The officer told her if she needed anything he would be in hallway. She walked into the classroom and saw her teacher glaring down at her as if she had done something wrong. He asked her to stand behind the door then opened it. So they were cornered behind door. He asked what she told the officer, Julia said nothing. Looking at her shoes she said Officer. He came in the room and asked Mr.Brown to come into the hall. He refused, so he grabbed his hands and put them behind his back. They told him that he was being arrested. He was dragged out of the room screaming and swearing.
For the next couple weeks Julia and her mother would have to go to meetings with many board members. She would have to explain all things he had done over and over again. It was that point in time when she finally realized it was over. Mr. Brown would not take advantage of his third grade students or the school district anymore. It took a lot for her to go against what her teacher was telling her to do. If she didn't say anything he would have taken advantage of other students. This is one thing that Julia is glad she learned and to always stand up for yourself no matter who it is against.
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