1. Coming into junior high can disrupt feelings of belonging. You belonged to an elementary school. Now you don't belong there any more. You belonged to a group of friends that may not hang out together anymore. You belonged in the world of childhood and now, if you hadn't already, you're starting to move out of that world.
Where do you belong now?
Where do you want to belong?
With whom do you belong?
What do you need or choose to do to belong?
Are some ways of belonging better than others?
What about friendship?
Will your old friendships continue? Will they change?
Will you find new friends?
What does it mean to be a friend?
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2. from the book Because I Am Furniture by Thalia Chaltas:
They call us
Nopes
the "out" crowd,
we don't fit their
dog-show guidelines
wealthy-beautiful
We call them
Yups
they have to
all agree,
yup each other
every day on every thing.
And we say
Nope, don't
want any part
of your Yuppitude
so tight
society will burst
with any change
of thought.
But being a fractured, momentary gathering
and not an actual collective,
we say
Nope
individually
with scrambled cadence
and their
Yup
is way
louder.
