Image: Aaliyah Bartholomew. Source: Supplied.
Year 10 can be a tough time. You are not really a kid, and certainly not an adult – and you often find yourself stuck between your peers, your parents and your own sense of self.
Coonamble High School student Aaliyah Bartholomew describes year 10 as “hitting a hard part in life.”
“I made a choice to hang out with these girls and it kind of backfired on me. I thought they were my friends but they were just using me to fight their battles. I was getting suspended because of all the drama these girls caused and because these girls would not fight their own battles. It happened for most of the year. It just got too much and I couldn’t handle it anymore” she told the Western Plains App…

