So I wrote this for an essay and then decided it didn't apply. Nevertheless I thought it was...decent. whoo for blogging.
Senior Prom
Sherrie Shepard from the View was at my prom. She flew out from California with some WWB wrestler, donned a dress and a corsage and came to my senior prom.
A few weeks later, my high schools “Greatest Story Ever told” themed prom was on national television with Sherrie saying things like “inner city school” and showing pictures of kids dancing to loud rap music.
That’s not all there is to my former high school. Sure, on the outside, you can look and see that about fifty-percent of students have minority status and there are certain aspects of my high school that may seem like “inner city” but the reality is that we are in the suburbs of Chicago and really, doing just fine. There are other schools who need the attention more, other students who are worse off than us.
When I watched that episode of the View I was shocked and awed that someone like Sherrie Shepard didn’t know what a real inner-city school looked like. It’s not mine.
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