The Divorce --- Is it Really Worth it?

      It was the first day of a brand new school. In a learning transition, everyone was rushing crazily, cleaning up, to get a point for their table. In the midst of the crowd there was a little girl who wasn't rushing at all, just sitting there. Everyone in her table, including me, begged her to clean off the desk. When we were the only table without a point, she said sassily, "It's not my fault, it's all yours." We stood there in amazement how she could be so mean.

     This girl, who was my first friend in the new school for a very short time, usually had sudden outbursts of emotion. After a period of time, she slowly explained to me that her parents fought a lot at their house and finally they divorced. As a result, she tried to vent out her frustration in school. She was complaining to me how her parents fighting made her sad, and her parents also shouted at her a lot.

    Because her life was so different than mine, I felt sorry for her. Based on how much she cried at school, I can really understand what her after-school life was about. Many times she treated other kids in my class in a mean way. My other friends often told me bad things about her. I felt a lot of sympathy for her.

   I really think that if she understand her parents a little more, or her parents understand each other a little better, then she could become a whole different person, who is nice, kind, and always happy.

  The Divorce --- Is it Really Worth it? I can see how much divorce could affect children and their personalities.  I hope this girl could get over the hardship of her parents' divorce and be a happy girl.