A Quick Story About TI Charter

by Penelope, 6th grade student

My name is Penelope. I am going to tell you a quick story. One day before school stared I came to TI charter School. I was sitting there taking a test. A boy came. I never saw  him before. He was a little different. I later found out he was moving around in strange ways and making weird sounds. He sat next to me. I was freaking out. I was really nervous. I was trying not to pay attention to him. He is autistic.

Then we went to the hallway to drink water. He stared at me and said "Old school" in my face. He spit on my face and one of my awesome teachers saw it. I wasn't going to do anything back to him. I didn't want to move because I thought that it would make him angry if I  reacted. I was showing him empathy to him. I realized I am showing integrity by saying what I felt. I still think he should come to TI Charter School.

I think he should be able attend to school so he can become more social. I have seen him dedicated to his school work. It's also good that he can improve his social skills. Maybe if he was in an autistic school he would have bad social skills and he wouldn't learn anything because he would only be with autistic kids.

Sometimes when I see kids bullying him it annoys me. I tell other kids it's not funny, just  because he is different in some ways doesn't mean he doesn't think or he doesn't have a heart. He sometimes does and says weird things, but he doesn't mean to.

We can become different in a second. We don't know what our future brings. Life is something you can't predict. How life works is a mystery. People change, you might meet them and then it can take a twist. It can be us with that problem one day not him.

I think I should go to the middle school diversity conference for the following reasons: I am very focused in school. School is my main priority. I always do my homework. I don't do anything else but my homework when I get home. I am a very mature person. I am always paying attention. I would appreciate the opportunity. I would like to represent TI Charter School. I can behave. I won't be everywhere. I really want to go because I would represent TI Charter School to the best of my ability. If I go you won't regret choosing me. I work hard every day in school. I focus more on my school work than anything else. I think I would be eligible. I worked really hard on this essay. I follow TI Pride. I have a lot of empathy. I am very dedicated. I have integrity. I have resilience. I always have a Plan B. I would never give up on working hard if I don't win this contest. I will work harder than I can. Maybe I am not good enough. That would be fine. Even if I am very dedicated, it doesn't mean I am the best.

This is why I think I should go. This was my essay on how I used TI PRIDE. It was a little challenging , but I was very dedicated and I gave it my everything.