"The Start of Her Life"
By Chantel White
My name is Chantel White. I do not like my middle
name so I tell people that I do not have one. I was born in Lawton,
Oklahoma. I know that now, but when I was growing up I thought I was born in a
cooler place like Germany until my family crushed my dream and told me I was
born in Lawton. My childhood was interesting I suppose but I would rather not
talk about too much of it until high school. I went to Eisenhower High
School and like most young people I was cool in my own mind. I did
not actually become "popular," according to media standards, until my
junior year. I was in two clubs, I was starting my third year of track and
field, I got my braces off, I discovered high heels, and I was in media broadcasting
which was a difficult class to get in to. Life was getting good!
