More Pain

by Hayley
(Birmingham)

Unfortunately I appear to have missed an entire year out. this was my twelth year in existence, when I was a third year at Sion Hill Middle School in Kidderminster. It wasn't too bad at first, but after the first month, I began to struggle with my studies and my grades became progressively worse. I went on the skiing trip again but didn't enjoy it. things were not helped by a bunch of teachers who had blinkers on and completely missed the fact that I was unwell. As it was, I found myself being unfairly excluded from the trip the next year. Things got worse after Christmas, a lot worse. My maths and Geography teacher had a temper like a volcano, and although he had set me some homework that I actually enjoyed, my father had to assist me with it which earned me allegations that my parents do my homework for me.

Finally after five months of bad grades my parents were called in to school to talk to the deputy head of the school. I was sent to the hospital urgently, where I had more blood tests and was found to be suffering acutely with a long term condition. My medication was therefore increased, and within a couple of weeks my health and grades picked up notably.

Unfortunately things at home did not pick up at all. All the times I had been getting bad grades, my mother put more and more pressure on me. When that stopped because my grades were picking up, my brother's reign of torture continued. The remarks about my body were still going on, and I was still dreading school holidays and weekends, plus any time I would be left alone with him. It was the same thing every time harassed to carry things out that I knew were totally wrong, but having to submit myself to this degrading behavious that he expected of me.

I can't add much more right now, I will try to do so tomorrow