I was also bursting with confidence I had decided to go out for trackThe first day of 10th grade the morning went fine, The sheet for sign up for diff...rent sports was on the information board. I signed up for Track. John Hooks Laughed and said . “Hey Little Guy you gonna try to play with the big boys.” I turned to walk away, “Hey,” he grabbed my shirt and said, “I'm talking to you.” I jerked my arm and John pulled at the same time. It ripped all the buttons off my shirt. The hall way went. "Thank you Sir, I am very grateful for your help.I have had to figure a lot of things out on my own. As you can tell,it's still a guy's world and they don't want me around. Seems like theyare more interested in seeing me fail than succeed." Jordan declined tomake this great conversation about her bad experiences and let him usehis imagination. He was a true gentlemen and treated her with respectwithout ever thinking of her as anything other than one of the guys.She wished her squadron had at. They never even bothered to count the number of bedroom suites in the house, but there were a lot.Overall, it was shaping up to be a very nice home, indeed.In October, it was time for another Aerospace Technologies picnic. There were two significant changes this time. Instead of just having a Miss Aerospace Technologies, there was another beauty contest for married women and even a third for “seniors”. This last was at the insistence of Trudy Harrison and Connie Miller, both of whom entered.. "I know, I shouldn't moan, butsadly 'family' includes 'dad' and 'dad' means 'stepmother'..." 'Dad' does means your younger brother and sister, though," I remind mygirlfriend, who nods in agreement."It will be good to see them again," Sarah says between mouthfuls ofcake, which doesn't last long in a room full of hungry, tiredballerinas. On the way back to Sarah's house in her car, I can't helpbut feel sad about Sarah's unhappiness with her relationship with herfather- especially considering how.