One of the ways the Dream Teamers feel they will make an IMPACT on lives is if they Include the Excluded. No one or nothing (like invertebrates) likes to be excluded, underappreciated, overlooked, or left out. The following are a few stories that Dream Teamers wrote about a time when they were excluded.
Excluded by a Friend
by Devin H.
Everyone has been excluded. I would know, it happened to me last year.
I had just turned ten a month before. Andrew and I were talking about football then Zach came in and changed the subject and started talking to Andrew. I tapped Andrew...nothing. I tapped Andrew again...no answer. I started to talk and say, "Andrew, hey Andrew! Andrew!" He turned around and said, "Be quiet. And do us and yourself a favor and leave!!!"
I walked away. Rage and sadness stormed through my body. I thought, "Well, it's just those two. I will go and play tennis with my dad." My day and I went to the tennis courts. We had a blast! I served the ball....it was out. "Fault," yelled my dad. I hit it again. It was in. But right then Andrew came back and wanted to play tennis with us. My dad gave him the racket and we strated to play. If you don't know htis, Andrew is not a tennis player. He can't hit a tennis ball even if his life depended on it. We started to play and I was up to serve. I would usually go easy on Andrew but I was so mad I showed no mercy! I hit a fury serve. It was right in the box. The only problem for Andrew was it hit him right in the face. He and my dad started to yell in my face. I felt so sad I walked home alone. I learned that instead of letting the moment I got yelled at hang over me and make me even sadder that I should just let it go and move on with life. This was a time I got excluded.
Excluded at Recess
by Jessica T.
I remember a time when I felt excluded. It wasn't too long ago. It happened in the beginning of the 5th grade school year.
It started at recess. I wanted to play and make some friends. I'm not going to mention any names. I went up to these two girls and was about to ask them if they wanted to play but they were talking and I didn't want to interrupt. So I kept walking with them to ld finish their conversation so I could ask them if they could plan with me. Finally they stopped waling and talking so I thought, "This is my chance."
Just when I was about to speak, the two girls said, "Stop following us, Jessica." I was crushed. But later in the year I found some new friends and I wil lnever exclude people like how the two girls excluded me.
Excluded
By Riley D.
Nobody likes to be excluded. But everyone has. Even I have been excluded. I hope no one ever feels this way...
Back in Lexington, there was group of girls, Emily, Ally, and Kaylie. One day in the lunch roon, we were all sitting next to each other, then Emily said the big news, "My mom said that I could have a sleepover next week and it will be great!"
I started to get excited - very excited. "And we will have cake, cookes...and all kinds of games," she said. "I thought of all the things we could do: play house tag, movie freak, and secret cell spy!"
Wait, secret cell spies? What was that? I asked Emily, "What is the game secret cell spy?" She responded, "That's a game where you use YOUR cell phone to find out clues to where an item is hiding. But you have to a cell phone to come to the sleep over."
I thought, "Well, I do not have a cell phone. Can I still go?" So I asked, "Can I still come. I don't have a cell phone?"
She said, "Ahh, No! If you don't have a cell phone, you cannot come!"
I wanted to punch her in the face, but I walked away. Now I felt mad and excluded. I was mad because I couldn't see why they had a cell phone and I didn't. I mean, we were 9 and in the 3rd grade so why didn't I have one?
Well, now (2 years later), I have a cell phone. I will never do that to someone because now I know how they would feel.
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