More old memories

The first day of Immaculate High School was filled with such hope and promise, because it was a new start. Maybe I could shed the tag of dork/nerd/pathetic/unattractive/etc/etc.

Except that very first day I was still mocked and ridiculed because Jay Gargano, a jock, for some reason made it his mission in life to do so. The only class I had with him was Geography with Mrs Stockman (who immediately picked me as her favorite, which probably didn't help things). It only took a week before she ordered him to sit in the front of the class because he would kick/hit me sitting behind me. I had PE with him too, and it was only the threat of expulsion from the coach that kept him from physically abusing me more often.

... and this was a "Christian" school.