Amanda Grace Case Study

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1 It was exactly a 11 years ago when Amanda became paralyzed. Amanda remembers her mother freaking out and crying because she had no clue what to do. The day started off as a Wednesday morning, it was the first day of eleventh grade. Amanda Grace, who became paralyzed from the waist down when she was five years old, was heading to school. Amanda had long dark brown hair and is five foot and one inch tall. Her great grandmother was paralyzed when she was younger around the age five. That's how Amanda became paralyzed. She had gotten her great-great grandmother’s genetics. When she got to school she saw Wrecking Single, a five member boy band, by the front door. Wrecking Single was a popular boy band group. They had a variety of music. …show more content…

Minutes passed as Amanda was trying to find her locker. Then out of nowhere came six big tenth grade boys. They were on their way to meet up with some friends and purposely tripped over Amanda’s wheelchair leaving it tilt to the side. They meant to push her over, because they were the bullies of the school. Also, Amanda was in their way, and the boys wanted to catch up with their friends. Instead of helping Amanda up, they decided to leave Amanda on the ground. “Can I get some help please?” Amanda shouted. No one came. All the teachers were by the front of the building greeting the new students coming into the building .Two minutes later, Louis, from Wrecking Single, was heading towards Amanda. He said, "Are you ok? Sorry that happened. I did not see you at first." Louis called the other boys over to help her up. Wrecking Single gave Amanda two Wrecking Single tickets and two backstage passes to their summer concert. One week later, Amanda Grace was at their concert with her mother. Amanda was enjoying the concert very much. Every time she would look at Louis, Louis would look back. It was love at first sight. When the concert was over, Amanda went backstage to see the boys. Louis gave her a kiss. Amanda said, “Why did you kiss me?” Louis never replied, and there was an awkward stare between them. Amanda asked again, “Why did you kiss

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