The day began with dread. I walked to school with my jacket on. As I came through the doors to the school, I saw Mr. Provenzano in his shirt. The only thing I could make out from where I was standing was "iNerd!", but that was all I needed to see. With a smile on my face, and a sudden boost of confidence, I walked straight to my locker, hung up my coat, and grabbed my books for first hour.
The rest of the day went by smoothly. I would call it a normal day, only it wasn't that. Everyone else acted normally, with only a few people here and there asking about the shirt, and stopping to read the back. But the main difference in the day was the way I felt. I felt happy, free, and excited to be showing my true personality. Although - throughout the day - I came up with about a thousand things that I'd left off my shirt that would have been important in showing who I am, I was still happy with what the shirt portrayed. It was a great day, and I'm really thankful that I participated in the assignment.
At the end of the day, it felt as though a huge burden was lifted off my chest. Hopefully people will no longer see me as the girl who's shy, walking through the halls silently, without any apparent personality. I put "insecure" on my shirt, but I don't think I feel that way any more. After a day of being everything that I ever thought I was, and stills seeing how people accepted me for that person, I know that there's no need to hide that side of me any more. There's no need to hide that part of myself, or be insecure about it. Whether or not anyone actually paid attention and read my shirt doesn't matter. What matters is that I was able to put myself out there in a way that helped me understand that I should be proud of who I am, no matter who that person is.
FRONT ^
[Note: Some of the letters came off when I washed it, so I re-drew them on in black. The colors used to be rainbow.]
BACK^
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