Being a Redhead

by Jess
(New Jersey)

Right now I'm going into 8th grade. Last year was hard because I was different from everyone else. There are very few redheads in my school. I was the only one on my team. This boy in my gym class teased me for about a week. He would say I didn't have a soul and call me a carrot. It bothered me a lot. I would come home and act like everything is fine. YOU HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT. Keeping emotions inside won't help. I would talk about it with my best friends. I stood up to him and he said sorry. He will never cross that road again, but you we are beautiful, unique, and different. My best advice would be to talk about it and stand up for yourself. We are all beautiful and never listen to those rude comments because they are not true.