Mean Boys (Revision Original)

· Mean kids (boys)
· Being sick
· Being strong
· Wanting to be invisible
· Hiding
· School cliques
· Death
· Observing everyone around
· Fear
      There are three elements that these two essays and writers have in common. Loneliness because they both talk about trying to blend into the crowd and trying to be invisible. Both writers implied they wanted to be someone else because they want a mask to hide behind and they're just not happy with who they are. In both essays, the kids in school are mean and just downright vicious, especially the boys.
　
      In my high school, it was the same deal with the tables full of boys, except I actually sat at it. I sat at table with 17 boys and they were all pigs. Looking back, I don’t know why I even sat there, probably because I wanted approval from them or wanted them to think I was cool. I would sit there and those boys would make fun of me and other girls in the school through the whole lunch. I always shrugged it off because I didn’t believe any of it.
My mom always asked, “Do you think you're fat?”
Me: “No”
My mother: “Then what's the problem?”

      Can’t argue with that logic! But, there was this one time I went to sit down with all the boys and I missed my chair or they (most likely) moved it. I still don’t know, but I fell on the floor and my book flew in the air, as did my lunch, and not one of them helped me up. There was this nice boy who came from across the lunchroom to help me up and I will never forget that. I didn’t really care because I knew all the other guys laughing were stupid, but it sticks in my mind about how mean kids can be.