“Do you know what hurts the most? When they point a finger at you and laugh, mock you … not even behind your back, they tell you to your face the hurtful words, they call you the janitor’s daughter, a beggar, dirty… Like it’s a shame if a man works as a janitor. My mom sweeps the streets and I don’t think it’s an unworthy job! And when I grow up, even if I become a big, big boss, in spite of bad people, I will take a broom and help her! ” – the saddest brown eyes in the world look at me – two bottomless lakes of tears …
For 12 years, Irma has endured so much ridicule and humiliation from her peers, as no adult could have withstood. Ill-mannered kids keep name-calling her.