Meaning: boring, confusing and lonely. The only difference was that I started my sophomore year as a Wayne County Cardinal, as the school I had previously attended had closed at the end of my junior year. We merged with our rival school, and so everyone from my school, Monticello Independent, entered second grade awkward and uncomfortable. The new school was at least five times larger, so even children who already had friends in Wayne County were left alone for a few classes. At that time in my life, I had several friends but only one that I hung out with after school or