Humans of Burnaby

A Girl Named Lois

Back when I was in school there was a girl named Lois in my class. Lois was 15 when she and her whole family were killed in a car accident. It happened because of the ice and snow on the roads. There were 20 boys in the class and 17 of us got her name tattooed on our hand. Those other 3 boys were jerks. One of those three boys was a real teacher’s pet. If the teacher called you and you didn’t answer he would jump up and smack you in the back of the head. One time the teacher called my name and he came running so I waited for him then hit him right in the belly.

I told him "don’t you ever hit me or any other kid in the classroom again!"

Unlike those boys, Lois helped and befriended everybody. She had brains and kindness for people. She would teach us the homework and she would even give us the answers. If it wasn’t for her we would still be in grade 1 in school. But there were those guys in class who would tell everyone "hit her!"

One day I asked one of the guys "you like hitting her?"

He said "yeah."

I said "do you like getting hit?"

"No."

"Then what are you hitting her for?"

"I’ll hit her if I feel it!"

So I let him know "if you hit her again, I’ll kick you."

The people that used to push her around wouldn’t do it around us. Lois helped us all and we all helped her."

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