Stereotypes: A Short Story

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It was third grade and I had moved to another school. It was close to my other school, but it wasn’t even in the same county. I was nervous. I didn’t know anyone and as someone who was shy and awkward, I didn’t really talk to anyone. As I began towards my seat where my name had been impeccably placed, a girl in the row next to mine suddenly, enraged, yelled at the boy behind her, who was tapping his pencil. I would observe this type of similar behavior from her more time than not. Most people strived to stray from any noise that might have irritated her. We sometimes wouldn’t even notice that we making any type of noise, even the most minute sound annoyed her. Even through this struggle, there were still the people that would do their

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