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When Maria was around four years old she started pre-school. When her whole class was doing an activity where you get in a circle, hold hand and sing songs along with the teacher. Maria was the only one who didn’t participate and the teacher just thought that she was shy. So her teacher tried to encourage her to participate. But with many attempts from her parents she still didn't interact the group. After a while Maria finally participated but she didn’t sing with them. She would just play with Kristine or something she didn't play at all. Maria and Kristine were always friends....they get through everything together.
Maria almost never talked and if she did she would say short phase and that was it. But she is good at listening and obeying her parents and elder. Sometimes when Maria was eight years old, Kristine was going to L.A with her parents so she couldn't come to Maria's birthday. So Maria spent half of the day in her room petting her pet Turtle which she called Binky. Soon in awhile downstairs the family was having dinner and Maria didn’t feel like enjoying the food or eatting it at all. So all she did was sat there quietly stirring her food back and fourth. Maria never argue back or talk back to her parents and elders. One time when Maria got scolded by her mom for doing something wrong and she knew she didn’t do it she still never talk back but instead she just stood there crying while her mom was yelling at her.
When Maria was twelve her mother said that she was a mistake and her parents born out the wrong child. Maria felt really sad because she thinks she can't do anything right and her siblings were much better than her since my parents always kept on saying that her or his brothers and sister accomplished more thing than her. She thought that her mom liked her siblings better than her.
In despair times, she was laways thinking back at the times her mom yelled at her and all the things she had spoke up. Deep inside Maria loved her mother dearly but she just thought that everything she ever does was a mistake and everything was always wrong. Every night she would just cry and cry about the things inside her heart she felt great terrible pain that she had never shown anyone but Kristine. To Maria, Kristine was like a sister to her, even her parents knew of their bond. Even though Maria's Mother Anne sometimes felt jealous but she didn't mind. Because at least she she had someone to talk and share her feelings too.
When Maria was thirteen years old, It was the first day of eighth grade. She felt really nervous when she walked into the halls. She thought that it was because everyone was staring at her. She felt as if people were judging her on her appearances, what she wore, how she acted. During class when they were introducing themselves, a group of girls came up to her and introduce themselves. Maria started to hang out with them but in a way she was talking and laughing more when she started to hang out with those girls. Even Kristine was soo happy to see Maria like this. Maria and Kristine were very happy to have new and more friends.
As Maria hang out with them she saw herself different from them. All that she could see was that they looked prettier than her in everyway and she wanted to be like them. Maria started to change the way she look and how she acted. But Maria’s socializing skill wasn’t that good she could start a conversation but it would usually ended after a couple of minutes. In a way her socializing skill has improve because she could ask her teachers for help and get what she needed. Still she has no courage to talk to a group of people who she doesn’t know or talk to other strangers.