I never imagined to be visible in school. In my elementary years, I was totally invisible. My classmates never knew me until sixth grade. I was a girl under a blanket afraid to show myself. Yes I remember all of them. All of the silly things they did back then. But they don't remember me. They never knew I existed for the past nine years.
We were together since kinder 2.We attended the same class, activities, we all performed together, and we shared the same stage. We danced, performed a play, but they don't remember me performing with them. I go to school exactly at the time classes start. I go home the time the bell rings. Maybe that is the reason why they don't know me.
We were classmates again in first grade, yet only a few people know me. Even if I joined every quiz bees science and math, they never notice me. I was an underdog until fourth grade. I never belong to a group of friends. Never. But my life gradually changed in fifth grade. I continued to excel in my studies. I continued joining quiz bees and activities. And continued joining them not as a person but as a classmate.But I started to have group of friends and they started to know who I am.
People knew me from then on. They talk to me now. They share what they want to say to me now. I am now part of their lives. I am now visible. I continued to join activities. maybe now, I became more confident. But older school mates would always ask me where I studied elementary. I tell them, "here." But they can't believe it. they always thought I was a transferee.
I started to mingle with my classmates. We always talk about the past. The experiences we had in elementary, the thing that I was there. But when I tell them that I was there, I knew what happened, they couldn't believe it. They say that they never knew I was their classmate until fifth or sixth grade. And I explain them everything, but they never know I existed.
But I am here now, with them, having fun, making new experiences. A new and confident me. I am not afraid to show myself anymore. BE CONFIDENT! SHOW THE REAL YOU!