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Hey Stanley,
Well it's nice to know I'm not alone in being forced to do this. My school signed up and gave all the students an option to take part, but since I live at the local convent I have to do it because 'it will help my future'. As if. The sisters don't know anything about me, and my so-called 'mother' has far since forgotten I have a mind of my own.
I totally get what you mean. It's just so hard because I know I have a purpose out there in the world yet I'm wasting time stuck in a tiny sea side town in the middle of nowhere, Spain. Stuck doing stupid school stuff and getting ridiculed by the other girls, it sucks. At least in Chicago (that's a big city right?) you have stuff to do.
Still, I guess it could be worse. Whenever I get too annoyed, I have this special place I go to, a cool cave in the mountains with a breath taking view of the sea. It's like a safe hole, it's quite a way from where I live but easily accessible with certain tricks. Do you have anywhere like that in your city?
Oh, and do you have anyone you really 'connect' with? Because to be honest, my best friend is a cat named Legacy. Unless you count Hector, but he's in his forties and a bit heavy on the drink, and I think you get my picture. Can't exactly watch Disney movies with him.
Anyway, I hope we can bond over this enlightening experience and end up falling in love and ride into the sunset or however else that common love story goes.
- Write back soon, Marina, 17, Santa Teresa, Spain, Europe, Earth, The Milky Way, Universe 11B
P.S. That last paragraph was a joke, in case you were worrying.