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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have many terrible lunch memories.  Both of these are from middle school:

1.  [b]Sitting at a table all year with girls who didn't like me and openly discussed plans and parties I wasn't invited to.[/b]
2.  Having no one to sit with and being in a panic to get one of limited library passes to not have to stay in the lunch room during lunch.

I am fully functional and thriving adult with a lot of friends and a great social life.

No, it is not a great feeling.  But I also consider these things somewhat formative in a positive way.  It really helps anyone develop empathy and an awareness of others.  To this day, I'm the type of person who is always aware of someone standing just outside the circle or standing alone and will be friendly and inclusive.  [/quote]

Those things matter. So much that later when the kid who had been excluded in middle school finds out that one of those kids who excluded them is going to the same university as them, they decide to change plans and commit to a different university (fortunately, they had an option to choose another university). That student who excluded said her mom doesn't like a certain ethnic group. Clearly that bias transferred to her daughter. Plus, middle school is perhaps the worst part of growing up.[/quote]

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