Date: 6/8/2020
By ace200
I was teaching my ballet class for the first time, but was running very late and was kind of a mess. I was scrambling to create combinations, find music, and get dressed. Once a the studio, this lady was there and basically started telling me what to do the entire time. She wanted my class to do “exercises” like stomping around. Some students were elderly. I was really frustrated because I only had an hour and she was wasting it. Then, we were called to this meeting with these older men in the basement. I didn’t know what was going on, so I asked the lady and she said we could leave. She then had me start leading the dumb exercises. After class, I was ready to leave. My friend Angelina showed up and we left, however we ended up in this dirty, poverty-ridden area. People were living in boxed-in fenced areas with tents. It got dark, and the police came. Anyone who yelled at the police or disobeyed them in anyway had their limbs cut off. It was horrifying and I couldn’t move. Angelina had to pull me through the maze to safety. We hopped over fences until we found a place to hide. The was fire around us as people protested. I was so scared and texted my mom the next day to come get me. I started crying when she came. I also remember something else about a Disney cartoon on racism.