

My plan is to fly under the radar and try to blend in. and ever since that’s who I am.īut today, I’m not correcting anyone. He made up the nickname Rocky for me by using my initials R.O.C. I guess no one here at Tucker will know my name has been Rocky since the first grade when I complained to my dad about being Ronald OwenĬasson, Jr. You have to explain everything, including not You have to create your life all over again. She looks up with eyelids stuck between awake and asleep-and it’s only 8:05 in the morning-and checks me off her I give up and subtly wave my yellow card in her face. For the longest time, she doesn’t notice me. The teacher’s desk is at the back of the room. Why Mom couldn’t see that is something I’ll never I belong in my old school with my friends. Is officially the second-worst day of my life. I glance at my yellow schedule card, already moist from first-day palm sweat, and trudge up the stairs to my third-floor homeroom.
