
Labeling the Boxes
My first few years in elementary school I learned everything that was suppose to describe me were words next to a box that I was told to check if applied to me. At the doctor's office gender, race and medical history. On standardized test letters for my name, age, grade, race, sex and answers to questions. There are so many more examples. But I learned young that there wasn't enough boxes to truly describe me. In my preteen and teens years I remember only using a few words to