CHERYL REID
I have a lot of shoes but none of them can compare to the shoes my mother bought me when I was eleven years old. I was just starting middle school. They were the Nike Tennis shoes with shell tops. They were baby blue and navy suede with white Nike symbols on the side. The toecap was made out of rubber and it was baby blue with navy lines running up and down the cap.
Everybody that was popular in my school had a pair. It took my mother six months to finally buy me a pair. Everybody used to tease me about my Bargain Harold shoes. They were flat with thin rubber soles with canvas tops. They had four holes for laces and they were two sizes bigger than my feet. They made my feet look like Ronald McDonald's, so when my mom finally bought me my Nike tennis shoes, I was so happy I was like a new person.
My attitude changed. I walked differently; I hop-stepped. I think I developed more of a sense of humour, I smiled more, and I even looked forward to going to school in the morning. I made new friends, but I also made a lot of people grudge me too, like Sheriffa and Tanya.
They did not like me too much anyways, because when we were in elementary school, we went to different schools and I beat Sheriffa and Tanya in track and field and our school beat their school also. I guess they were still carrying feelings towards me because I beat them. One day at school during gym I went to the change room to change into my gym clothes. I felt uncomfortable changing in front of people so I went into the washroom stall.