The thing is, most of her academic peers are pretty understanding about the typical developmental insecurities associated with being 12-14, having lived through them pretty recently themselves, YK?


So THAT peer group has no trouble relating to her.

It's the younger peer group that does, quite honestly-- because they have NOT lived through being in a high-pressure junior year of high school and selecting colleges, thinking about scholarships and a CV, etc.

She doesn't see this-- at all-- however. She seems to be mentally stuck on the notion that all of her older peers think that she is "just a little kid, really."

I wonder if this is related to the mess with that one (super-sick) peer who played head games with her extensively starting about a year ago. :sigh: I wouldn't doubt it. She's still downright frightened to run into him.


Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.