 Eventually, I won the right to attend school, but the prejudice was still there. |
| The first five to six years of my life were spent in and out of the hospital. |
| My family and I held no hatred for those people because we realized they were victims of their own ignorance. |
| People would get up and leave so they would not have to sit anywhere near me. |
| We began a series of court battles for nine months, while I was attending classes by telephone. |
| I received thousands of letters of support from all around the world, all because I wanted to go to school. |
| Listening to medical facts was not enough. People wanted one hundred percent guarantees. |
| Given six months to live and being the fighter that I am, I set high goals for myself. |
| I believe in myself as I look forward to graduating from Hamilton Heights High School in 1991. |
| Even at church, people would not shake my hand. |
