I don’t remember exactly what happened that made me hate the class so much. I know I was very shy and very quiet and immediately aware I didn’t fit in. Everyone else already knew one another, they all talked and laughed and included each other in their groups. I was generally ignored by everyone, even the teachers. I guess it was the Asperger’s barrier, showing its face again. In that moment, I just wanted to be ‘normal.’ I wanted to break the glass wall around me and experience life in the same way that the other children did. I felt very different - a “freak,” a social pariah.
