I recall my 5th grade classroom, the desks were set up in rows of six, and I
sat in the middle row, of a large room filled with an average sized class. And that’s where he
sat, right there in front of me; now being a female in a male bias world I found that most guys
don’
t expect you to know how to fight. And that’s where he made his mistake. His name was Tommy and he tried to take my pencil, this might not seem like a big deal now but ever since I was younger, I had an “obsessive compulsive disorder” type of thing; I absolutely positively could not stand to have
people touching my things, or things that I had previously touched. So I asked him kindly to please not touch my things…he didn’
t quite listen. He continued to grab for my book
bag when I told him again “DO NOT TOUCH MY THINGS” I was getting madder and he didn’
t seem to comprehend the level of seriousness displayed in my threatening tone. “Shut up” he snapped back at me “
don’
t be a tattle tale”. “I wont,” I said through my
teeth “but stop touching my things” with an angry shove, he pushed me. In rebuttal, I shoved him back.