My Boo Radley

   My Boo Radley is a bit different. I thought for a long time about who my Boo Radley was and I thought about a lot of pretty scary and mysterious (and some just plain weird) people, but none of them really had that much of an impact on my life. So, instead I thought I would do this a different way (and I really hope I don't get points taken off for it).
     Throughout my life (yes, I know my life hasn't been that long, but I can still learn things) I've had a lot of confusion about people. I've always been judgemental, and because I don't always think when I talk I sometimes make people feel bad. I don't think I really noticed when i started judging people stereotypically, but I think it was around the start of middle school. Up until then everyone kind of just judged other people by thing like "The fastest runner" or "The really nice one". I can't remember judging people in kindergarten or first grade.
     In sixth grade, i was scared of "goth" people, because i was kind of preppy and I didn't like the music they listened to. I just put them into the weird category. I don't think that i ever thought they could be thinking the same thing about me. As we got older (a lot of things can change in two years), I realized that my friends started changing what music they listened to, and how they dressed and so on.
    In 8th grade I had some classes with people that I would've been scared of before, but I can't stand not talking, as you probably know, so i started some conversations with different people than the ones i hang out with and most of them turned out to be really cool people. Plus, I made a lot of new friends which is always a bonus. Half way through last year, I didn't like what some people call "preps" because to me they seemed kind of fake.
     This year however, I'm trying to stop judging people and actually talk to them and get to know them before i judge them. Then, if i decide they're mean or scary that's fine with me. That's my Boo Radley, even though it took a whole bunch of people, I think it works.