personal connection

While reading "A Raisin in the Sun" we read about the Younger family and their struggles with poverty, not fitting in, and not being able to acheive their dreams. One issue that I can relate to is not fitting in. Before coming to CCHS I went to DeSoto Grade School. Many people believe people from DeSoto are "White trash" and "worthless". After graduating middle school and coming to high school, many people asked me "What school did you go to?" Or "Where are you from?" Of course I would say DeSoto and they would reply with things like "Oh, you're a DeSoto kid?" or just make faces like being from DeSoto was a bad thing. As freshman year went on people started to stop asking and I made many new friends that had gone to different schools too. I started to care less about what other people think, and honestly it's the smartest thing to do, because it makes you accept yourself even if other people don't, and most of all it'll make you happier in the end.