Robin, I hate to be right with a subject like this, but I think high schools are
microcosms of adult society, only more ruthless than adult.  Students in high
school have little experience with life problems, and they are mostly looking out
only for themselves.   It takes a brave high schooler to befriend someone whom
the "in" croud has named a pariah because he's "different."
Mike

Robin Frisch wrote:

> Mike,
> I think  you are a genius! ZAch did start high school a week and a half ago,
> and he did not want to say much, but something like that did seem to happen
> at the lunch table.