Brian Meeter, 7 years old, was excited to start at his new school and meet some new friends. He had been going to a private school, and now was going to start attending a public school where friends from Stapleton were attending. That excitement quickly turned to horror when new classmate Todd Rewalt noticed his Star Wars backpack appeared to be a little too worn.
“It’s all in the stitching,” said Todd. “It was a pack that you could get at Target today, but you could tell, if you looked closely, that the stitching was a little worn, and the stormtroopers were in the sun a little too long.” The word spread quickly due to Todd’s and his friends’ diligence. “We can’t have a new kid up in here, trying to act like he’s one of us immediately and have an old backpack. Just not cool.”
At first Brian tried to convince the kids that it was not an old backpack, but that just made matters worse. More attention was drawn to it, and the teacher even said, “Okay everyone, let’s stop making fun of Brian’s old backpack.” Brian spent recess and lunch sitting alone, without his backpack.
More than likely he will be getting a new backpack within the first 20 minutes he gets home, but these scars will take time to heal. Much more time than it would take to stitch up an old backpack.]]>