Let me explain myself, for this rivalry goes way back. I had always despised of Oak Ridge Elementary, and the students there had always despised of my fellow Pine Meadow Elementary pals and I. This abhorrence didn’t just start with us though; it had begun the second both schools were up and running at the same time. If you went to ORE you didn’t speak of PME and vice versa. I loathed …show more content…
Darling’s fifth grade class. Over the summer I had asked every PME friend of mine if they were in Mr. Darling’s class and every response was no. I walked into the room with shaky knees and sweaty hands. The constant thump from my butterflies flying around in my stomach would not diminish. As I stepped foot into the classroom and gazed upon my new classmates I couldn’t help but realize, I know roughly ten kids in this class. This couldn’t possibly be my class, there was no way they would stick a Pine Meadow student into a classroom overpowered with Oak Ridge Students. I sat down in a fury, steam effusing out of my ears. The first half of the day idled by painstakingly slow, I played icebreaker after icebreaker unable to make new friends due to my unwilling attitude. I told myself it was going to be the worst year of my life and it had only been three hours of class.
Finally the best part of an day had come, lunch, I was so excited to finally sit by my PME friends and tell them of my wretched day. I waited in the longest and slowest line I had ever waited in. it felt as if hours had ticked by and I still wasn’t even close to the front of it, none of my friends were around to talk to me so yet again I was alone standing there waiting to feel a little comfort and friendship. All of a sudden out of nowhere I hear someone