At the age of 8, I began ditching school. Instead of going to school, I would go into the canyon and hang out — climb trees so the principal and teachers could not find me. It was such a peaceful world until the principal looked up that one day and saw me in the tree.
I ditched school because I hated being around all those happy kids. Mainly white kids, with their Scooby-Doo and Barbie metal lunch, pale. I was given the brown paper bad lunches, with egg sandwiches, and I got bullied good for that. The white kids would get baloney sandwiches, ham sandwiches, etc. I just hated being around all those happy white kids.