01.09.06
Speak: Fifth Post (Apathy)
I really feel bad for Melinda. Whatever happened, it was bad. And her parents *don’t* know about it. She has no one to talk to (at least, she thinks she has no one to talk to) and her 14/15-year-old perspective makes it seem like the end of the world. The result is total apathy. It hurts too much to care. Her parents noticing that she has been drawing brings her to tears. I just feel so bad for her! At 15 everyone assumes that the apathy is a phase. It doesn’t seem to have occurred to anyone that, for Melinda, it might not be. That really sucks. No wonder she put tape over her sculpture’s mouth!