Creative Babel. Daniela wasn't like the high school freshman.

In history class, she acted like she couldn't read and write so the teacher had to most of

the time write for her and so the teacher would have to come and write for her is that

what you're saying? Danielle you know she comes to class and then the teacher would like write for her on a piece of paper and then

she'll have Daniela to write whatever she can write because she didn't have really good

handwriting at that time.

Before you start firing off those angry reviews or nasty emails,

it's important to note that Daniela did not have a learning disability.

It's just that something about her wasn't adding up.

So she was in math class with me. She was definitely smart in math because me and my friend

we struggled deeply in math so she was definitely like she had everything

top to bottom with no help no nothing like she was definitely smart in math I'll give her credit for that.

Yeah, and so she kind of like almost tutored you guys, right?

Yeah, basically.

Janelle, the 16 year old high school student from Boston is telling me about Daniela, a friend she met on the first day of school.

She introduced herself, I introduced myself, she asked me like what school I came from, and

she's just started talking to my other friends that were in that circle as well.

And then we just started eating together in the library, just talking about how we didn't like

the Burke and how our classes were going.

The Burke, as in Jeremiah E Burke High School in Boston.

Daniela and Janelle, both freshmen,

were not only nervous about starting a new school, they were legitimately concerned for their safety.

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