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Take a step in my shoes
Each day I wake up & beg my parents to let me stay home and they so no. I get dressed and head out the door. Wait at the bus stop and get on. There it is. Eyes and eyes staring at me cause im different. I enter school. This is where the nightmare begins. As I walk up stairs I try and stay out of everyone's way. Try not to make eye contact with anyone however still keep my head up high. I enter homeroom and go to the back and push my seat back so no one will see me. No matter how hard I try I will never be invisible. *Bell rings* And then the next nightmare happens. In class doing my work look around to see if everyone is staring at me. No one is. I feel great. A good day for me is almost no one bothering me. That's a good day. A bad day for me is having people call me Hannah Montana and looking at me , and whispering about me. But no matter what they say or do I still enter those same doors I will enter for the next four years. I'm strong. I take loads of crap from everyone and still be able to be nice and smile at everyone even though I'm dying to go home where I can actually be happy. So for all the people at my high school that teases me take a step in my shoes. Walk through my school halls everyday, where I get looked at from everyone talked about from everyone. Take a step in my shoes & see how it feels to be talked and looked at every single day. Take a step in my shoes one day and maybe just maybe you will finally understand what I go through everyday.
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Comment by Tallgirl on October 12, 2011 at 8:12pm
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Maybe they are looking because you have that cute smile, and they are waiting to see you use it. Go for a shockingly carefree attitude with your own pals. Go for a shockingly cool wig or outfit. Invite others over to a great movie and pizza and ice cream sundae party. Take friends along to a concert or family camping weekend. Show them you know how to have fun, no matter what!
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Comment by Brianne on October 13, 2011 at 11:51am
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You are so strong. My hair fell out my senior year and I made my parents put me in a home school program. I sometimes wish I would have stayed in school anyways, because being at home all day didn't help with depression. Stay strong girl. And the next time they call you Hannah Montana just ask them if that is an insult, because the last time I checked, Hannah Montana was a super beautiful rich pop star.
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Comment by Eliza alisa abgail on October 14, 2011 at 3:00pm
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*trys on teisha's shoes and walks in them* *trips* Helllo ground.... love your shoes... But I don't fancy a hug from the ground... I'll stick to mine thank you. I had this habit of tuning out my environment.Try that out and see if it works. I just go off in a daze and try not focus on the stares.Hannah Montana is that the best they can do?? they must be idiots needing glasses. don't worry about those who tease. Most of them don't go far in life. I know I was in your shoes size once. But you will out grow that size and they will be bigger things out there for you.And being different is a good thing.It makes you you.
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Comment by Bald and Fabulous AKA Terri on October 14, 2011 at 8:27pm
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School is tough....school will always be tough. I too remember begging to stay home, away from the stares, the teasing and bullying. Not only did I have alopecia, I was always affected with some odd skin ailment. I still carry the memory of being covered in huge blisters when I was 6 or 7. And the kids popping them, causing extreme pain. I wish I could say "what doesn't kill us makes us stronger" but sometimes that just isnt the way it happens. I kept much to myself and blocked out the world for most of my childhood. The only certainty I know from my experience is that you learn who you want to have in your life and all others are irrelevant, unimportant. The memories will always be there but as you grow they fade and you find purpose and passion in life.
Hannah Montana ??!!! really is that the best they can come up with. Next time you should thank them, for thinking you can be compared to a beautiful, successful, and talented young lady.
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Comment by Lili on October 15, 2011 at 7:28am
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You are amazingly strong Teisha and a very talented writer. Pretty pathetic that people have to tease others to feel better about themselves, isn't it?
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Comment by x3Awesome'TTx3 on October 15, 2011 at 12:59pm
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Thank you guys! :) Your comments really helped me! Be sure to check your friends request box ill be one of them sending a friends request to you :) lol God bless you all <3
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Comment by MiNAH on October 17, 2011 at 1:51am
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I decided to take those looks and draw strength from discomfort, ridicule or perception. Rather than feed into a negative mind frame. After all ... the ball is in our court, and we can be our own worst enemy. In the end ... it is us who have all the control on how we are going to connect with the rest of the world.
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:) MiNAH your comment was great :) Thank you for reading my blog :)
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Comment by Rodeli on October 19, 2011 at 11:34pm
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TT, I forgot to mention on my last comment to you that I want you to know that in my county, there are two girls (1 in JR High and the other in SR. High) that have alopecia unversalis (no hair at all on their bodies). Both of these remarkable young women have chosen to go completely bald to school. To my knowledge, they each are the only girls in their respective schools who come bald to school. And while they get some light ribbing occasionally, most of the kids think they are really cool and both girls are popular. One of them is even a cheerleader. Both of these young women exude confidence and joy. Because they have come to accept their condition so do their peers. Good Luck. Be Bold and Brave in the face of your adversity.
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Oh, and about the Hannah Montana remarks they make--just smile and say "Yeah, you should hear me sing! or "Yeah, look what it did for Miley Cyrus's career. I hope to be that successful too someday."
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