HW # 56

Chapter 7 : The Golden Room ( continue )

There is a problem one day at school. Its Janice Avery. Leslie saw her sitting on the toilet seat in the girls room crying. Jess was surprised and shocked. No one has ever seen her cry like that before. Jess' first thought was that people were teasing her about the fake note sent to Willard Hughes, but he knows no one teased her about it before. Leslie decided to go back into the bathroom and find out what's wrong. At the end of the day, Leslie told Jesse that Janice was crying because her dad beats her. She also told Jess that they were having a little chat with Janice and they have become kind of like friends. Jesse was stunned at the whole situation.

I remember when I was in the fourth grade and I started crying one day at lunchtime. I wouldn't tell anybody what was wrong. People kept asking me, but I just would't crack. The only person that got me to talk was the guidance counselor, Ms.Jolly. I had a personal problem and we discussed it together. She even had my mom come in to talk about the problem. She gave me a tip. If I don't want to talk about my problems, I can jot them down in a journal.