A Day in the Life of a Young Child

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This story discusses, in the first person, the experiences of a young girl on her first day of a new school in a new neighborhood. The paper describes the fears that the girl felt and the anxieties she experienced. The paper focuses on the interaction that the girl had with another girl who bullied her. The paper concludes with reflections on the possible reasons for the bully's actions.

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"Most obviously, leaving aside the fact that it told me "sticking up for yourself" wasn't always a bad thing, I developed a fascination about bullies and about why they do the things they do. I am not sure even now that I know the answers to the questions I seek, but I suspect that the girl who made my first day at my new school in a new neighborhood so unpleasant did so not because she really hated me but because someone had done it to her once-upon-a-time. It is funny, but nothing I did that year or the year after (we soon moved again when my father received a promotion) ever stuck in my mind quite the way that traumatic first day did; I think there is a very good reason for that. Specifically, I think that we often learn the most about ourselves and about others when faced with truly painful moments, and I learned that grim morning not only to stand up for myself (albeit not in a manner I would advise to anyone else) but to feel a little pity for those who live life as that girl lived it then. Who could have known?"

Sample of Sources Used:

• Random House, Inc. (2006). The diary of a young girl. Random House: Books. Retrieved October 24, 2006, from <http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385480338&view=rg>

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