My Tips and Tricks for Faking Sick/Injuries
As a little girl, I was quite the drama queen, and some of you will probably argue that I still am. I AM NOT! I loved attention. Let me say this again, I LOVED attention. I found that being sick or injured got you a lot of that. I started out with the classic "I don't feel good, my belly hurts," but that only worked for a short amount of time before Helen wised up to what I was doing. I knew I had to take action if I wanted to be taken seriously. So, I would wake up in the morning and do some exercises to get myself into character. Think of something sad to get the watery-teared look in my eyes, and then jump around so that I would be warm, maybe even getting some perspiration on my forehead. I would moan to Helen about how sick I was and she would keep me home from school. This method was good for now, but I knew I could do better. My second grade year of school was a particularly rough year for me. I hated my teacher, and I was miserable in her class. She