Boarding school was a huge blessing in my life but it was not necessarily the most welcoming place in the beginning. I had to find where I fit in and how to still be myself. The students who grew up in rich towns and only hung out with rich kids were the worst to be around. Some made me really uncomfortable the questions that they would ask me. I was many of my classmates first black friend. These schools aren't as diverse as they sell themselves to be. Some black students can afford the tuition and most black students can dunk or hit their way into a scholarship. We fight a battle to be accepted in school by our classmates. We fight another battle to be accepted by society off campus. It can be exhausting and can really make a a person feel hopeless.