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232 THE CLARENCIAN 2024-2025What I didn%u2019t know was that my teacher would send one of the field staff to accompany me to the washroom. So, my plan to pour out all my troubles to my sister failed miserably. I cried and cried all day long. Noticing that I was being a menace to the rest of the class, Mrs. Cherian came over to me and told me that she didn%u2019t want to see me cry anymore and that I was a strong girl. Well, strong girl I was. I pulled out my handkerchief and spread it on my face so that ma%u2019am couldn%u2019t see me cry. She laughed, put her arm around me and I eventually calmed down.No matter how afraid I was on that day, I wouldn%u2019t have had it any other way. Looking back, that day was the start of a beautiful journey at ClarenceHigh School.Shruthi AtayathClass 9CA Frame for %u2018Forever%u2019Class 10She searched frantically in her brother%u2019s nightstand drawer for the mystery gift he talked so much about and she found it at last. Tears streamed down her cheeks as she finally saw what it was. It was a handmade picture frame that was titled %u2018My Hero%u2019 and had a picture of her carrying her brother for the first time at the hospital when he was born, 8 years ago. Her brother had lost his life to late-stage colon cancer just the week before.She screwed her eyes shut in pain and frustration as her last memory with her brother replayed fresh in her head.