Betty Ann

Today I read a story called Betty Ann by Ina Hughs. I was about a girl from Cleveland that moved to Virginia and nobody really liked her at school because they judged her before they got to know her.

1. To me the saddest part in this story was when the girl went to Betty Ann's house and the girl got a phone call and Bettty Ann's mom over heard her and asked her " Why don't you girls like Btty Ann she likes you...". I thought that this part was really sad because they just judged Betty Ann before they got to know her.


2. I probobly woulden't be nice to Betty Ann on her first day, then after I get to know her I would probobly be nicer to her. I don't like it when people are mean to people that they don't even know, that really bothers me.

3." Sticks and stones only break bones. Words can shatterthe soul. A little, quiet, 10-year-old runs away because kids on the bus laughim . A sensitive ninth grader flips out be at because a group of self-rising girls decide to thow her to the wolves. We tell ourselves it takes more then that to send someone over the edge. Maybe so, maybe not. But there are no erasers." This last paragraph means a couple of things to me the first part means that if you get hurt physicly, you can just go to the doctor and make it all better and ithe pain is gone forever, but if some one tells you some hurtfull or teases you , you can't just go to the doctor and make it all better and the pain dosen't just go away forever, it stays with you. The second part means that if make a mistake on paper then you can just erase it, but if you make a mistake in life you can't erase it. This quote is amazing and don't ever forget that.