It was bright and early on a beautiful spring day of 2007. I was about to step out of my house in my newly purchased sky blue sleeveless top. As any 9 year old would, I was super excited at the idea of wearing new clothes for the first time. A smile was pasted on my face as I rushed down my porch steps and made my way to the bus stop just across my house, where I would wait for the yellow school bus with my fellow classmates.
As soon as I arrived, the sixth grader who lived down the street stopped me.
"You can't wear that to school", she said, "the teachers are going to warn you."