

Life at home may have been hard but when she got to school, this was one of the few classes she looked forward to. It’s a place she feels comfortable being. I like maff class.”(Sapphire (Precious) 7). Being confronted about it wasn’t that much fun either. Not only that, but Precious was pregnant again. Facing her mother’s abuse everyday, and going to school and being picked on wasn’t easy. There is never a right time for self esteem to just pop up. Precious hasn’t realized the real definition of self esteem just yet. Flawless, gorgeous, worthy, happy… But creating a place doesn’t make it effective. “I……, in my own world, I am so pretty, like a advertisement girl on commercial…(Sapphire (Precious) 35) Precious, in her head, created a world where she was who she wanted to be. She dreams of success, love, being happy, etc. Precious has dreams just like everyone else.
