A high school freshman is faced with many new thoughts, feelings, and
situations that they have never been faced with before.
A high school freshman is a child no more.
Young adults in the world today, often make choices for which they will
eventually pay.
Often, people this age find it hard to make it through a single day.
A high school freshman is often much too immature to face challenges associated
with high school.
A high school freshman sometimes may feel like all the extra homework is
extremely uncool.
From homecoming, to school dances, to final exams, high school is much more
than many of them had planned.
Grades slip, and parents of once all "A" students suddenly flip.
This is a part of high school that we all must face.
Sometimes high school freshmen feel totally out of place.
A world of changing bodies, new choices, the leaders being those whose voices
were once quiet and shy.
High school freshmen often want to know why?
I can not answer this question I am often asked.
So, when they want to know, I do the best I can.
But my best is not good enough.
Because all I can say is
"It's all a part of growing up."

A physical disability means being "different" than the crowd.
A physical disability often means pain: emotional and physical.
A physical disability means not having a date to the prom, simply because you
use a wheelchair.
A physical disability means watching your friends playing and having fun,
while you sit on the side.
A physical disability means many painful questions.
A physical disability means not being the star athlete your big sister is.
A physical disability means you are still trying to master some of the skills
your friends take for granted.
A physical disability means being forced to avoid many public places, because
they are not wheelchair accessible.
A physical disability means struggling to communicate to the outside world,
because you are unable to speak.
THAT IS WHAT A PHYSICAL DISABILITY REALLY MEANS.

Written 4/97 Kelly Czarnecki

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Updated August 10, 2000