UNDERSTANDING JODIE revised version

The is the story Jodie Brown, that is me and my so called misunderstood youth, I may seem like any other teenage girl going through puberty with her raging hormones racing about inside her bursting to escape. But along with the every day problems of growing up, I was also the target of school bullying, because not only did I appear weak, but I was so different. I had a problem with my education due to being dyslexic; I had a poor concentration span and short term memory deficit. If this was not enough to contend with I was and still am a lesbian or at least I presumed I was by the way I was attracted to girls, this made me an ideal target for bullies who also showed signs of being homophobic. I went through school in fear of being attacked each day and not knowing what punishment was to be bestowed on me, such as looking for the blue gold fish (or girls shoving my head down the toilet) school life was sheer hell. But then I recruited in self defences classes hoping that by doing this I could defend myself, unfortunately this rebounded and I was in trouble for fighting. So when I was a little older I joined a gang and assumed they would protect me, but my god, got into deeper trouble as I was accused of attempted murder after getting involved in a street brawl. I was imprisoned and the bullying started again, I was forced to face a worse experience in prison with some of the meanest women in society, so was this the end for me? Could I survive prison? Who knows I am still here in this hole and telling you the story.