Dear Mrs. Fecteau,
I'm supposed to be finished with my book by the end of this week? It's huge! And I have play rehearsal, basketball, and Hebrew School, which I can't miss. I need to practice for the play, I need to work on basketball skills, and you understand the part about Hebrew School, I will miss too much and then I'll be horrible at all those things and have to make up for it, which will make me really stressed out. I'm already stressed out enough! I need a break! It's too much! It doesn't help that I'm about to go through a huge Jewish ceremony and I don't understand what we have to learn yet. There are going to be old people I don't even know watching me as I mess up! It's really stressful, it's just too much for me. My brain is like a computer that has too much stuff downloaded on to it, I losing memories. Then I get extremely tired from working on all of those things, and I can't sleep as long because:[ul][li]The night before I have to stay awake to do homework.</LI>
<LI>[li]In the morning I have to get up for school.[/li][/ul]
I am sorry, but I just need a break! Is it okay if I don't finish all of the homework for a little while? Just a little while, and I will get to almost everything, but with the Mid-Year coming up I'm really nervous. You know how I am, I hate getting things wrong, especially on tests.
Sincerely,
Ilana (who feels like a computer who is supposed to remember all these things but can't)
Dear Mrs. Recinos,
Give us more time to study! I was absent when we started this chapter because I was sick. With the play and everything else going on, I cannot study in that short amount of time! I need more time, and I need a break. Please, just go a little easy on me for a while. How am I supposed to remember all of this information, stuff for school, stuff for the play, stuff for sports, and enjoy myself? I'm sorry, it's just too much. Don't treat me like I'm my brother, either. No matter how hard you try, you can never make me be him. I am myself, accept it. Don't announce how much you think we studied when we get tests back, either. Do you
want us to hate you because you embarrass us in front of the whole class. I have an enemy in the class,
never do that again. For your information, I was sick on the day I was going to bring my book home, so I didn't have my book. Plus, that was a ton of information and I had to do it all on the computer. It's not my fault I was sick! I hate you, now.
Sincerely,
Ilana (who feels like a computer who is supposed to remember all these things but can't and also a person in their older brother's shadow)
Dear Ari,
I know I annoyed you when I was younger (okay, sometimes I still do), but I am really sorry. Why do you have to take it out on me by making the teachers that you had think I'm just like you? I don't want to live in your shadow! I am myself, nobody else. You can understand that, but I wish I were the older one so you would understand what it's like.
Sincerely,
Your Sister (who really hates you right now because she doesn't want to live in your shadow)