CIVILIAN . HARRISON, SHERYL

SHERYL LEANNE HARRISON

Gullible. Optimistic. Immature.

Sherry

Fourteen

May 21, 1998

Female

Heterosexual

Citizen

Currently she's a simple middle school student, although she happened to stay back a year due to insufficient grades. Despite obviously having no real job, she's more than once elected herself to be an "official cheerer upper."

Personality

First things first, Sheryl has had a recent and intense epiphany. Formerly known as Sheryl, and avidly opposed to being called anything but, this fourrteen year old suddenly realized she liked the sound of "Sherry" better. At the beginning of the school year, she expressed her change of heart to everyone, going so far as to announce it to anyone and everyone she saw. Now of course she realized that students needed time to adapt, and that it took around two months for habits such as names and nicknames to form, but there had to be a way to speed that up. So Sherry figured as long as she responded to nothing but "Sherry", it'd move along the "get this buried into your mind" process. Unfortunately she's having trouble with doing that. After years and years of answering to "Sheryl", it's taking even her time to stop turning her head when she hears her full name. 

Identification issues aside, Sherry is most prominently known for being childish and "impossible". Her maturity level is to be desired, and she just can't avoid the "nu uh" and "yeah huh" spats that go back and forth until someone (usually not her) stops it, recognizing its pointlessness. Pouting with things don't go her way is an almost guaranteed reaction, and the nagging that follows is just as likely. She has a habit of being incredibly stubborn, and refuses to give up to such high degrees that it could almost be considered stupidly so. It doesn't help the issues she gets hung up on are normally small and not often regarded as "argument worthy"; like if someone pulled the "look over there!" trick, she'd look, see nothing, then spend the next twenty minutes or so bugging said person about what was over there until they finally confessed there was actually nothing at all. 

Which brings us to another aspect of Sherry's kiddish nature. Lying is a huge rudimentary no-no. She could tear herself up from even the smallest untruth for days, and often caves and spills the facts eventually/if she gets the chance. And on the other hand, it's almost unthinkable to her that others would willingly lie without conscience. You just deceived someone, led their thoughts astray and convinced them an apparent truth was untrue! How could you not feel guilty? So in the above mentioned situation, Sherry would gasp and go into a lecture on what ifs and possible consequences of the lie just told. What if she decided to go looking for what was there? What if she began searching for a thing that didn't exist? What if that got her hurt or maybe someone else heard and tried to find it? The scenarios wouldn't be realistic but that's the gist of her reaction to lies. In a like manner, Sherry flinches at swears. Swears are bad and foul, and earn a momentary silence from the small girl. Whether a swear leaves her mouth (rarely) or someone else's (usually), she'll either apologize profusely or state a swear was said in shock respectively. Needless to say she overreacts to them. 

Additionally, Sherry has only lived fourteen years. Nothing significantly bad has ever happened to her, not even a pet dying (Waldo, her dog, is very much still alive and healthy) and luckily no deaths of grandparents, great grandparents have occurred in her lifetime. Or maybe not so luckily. Her very limited experience with it makes her clueless and naive to those who have gone through such a loss, and various things associated with it. People who have experienced tragic events would normally be upset or even angry, and while Sherry would, from the bottom of her heart, love to cheer them up and put smiles on their faces, her lack of understanding serves as a huge roadblock for that goal. Her methods of comforting lack severely with her inexperience, and insensitivity isn't impossible either, despite it being unintentional. The flip side would be that gaining such empathy would be incredibly devastating for her. But right now, the fact she can't do anything for someone who was feeling blue for this particular reason calls for more concern. 

On a more brighter note though, Sherry is a kindhearted individual. She strives to make people happy, and has no qualms going up to a stranger that seems under the weather and attempting to turn their frown upside down. Sure she gets into childish fights every so often, and isn't always a saint, but others' well being is primarily what matters to her. Putting someone else's needs before hers? Pure instinct. It's just what you're supposed to do, right? Or at least, that's how Sherry sees things. 

Now lastly, Sherry is overall a cheerful kid. She likes to see the glass as half full, and a smile is almost always on her face. Her theory is that if she's happy and upbeat, then those around her will feel compelled to be so as well. Smiles are definitely contagious, in a good way. And dwelling on depressing things would never solve anything. Actually, it would only make matters worse. So staying positive and looking for the brighter points in any situation is much much better. Also, when she smiles, then someone else smiles, it makes her smile even more! That kind of cycle of happiness is just a joy to initiate, which is all the more reason to keep smiling and be happy. 

History

Sherry has enjoyed her life this far. Her parents, Caroline and Franklin Harrison, brought her up in a quaint little home seemingly sized just right for their family of three. Being an only child, Sherry was predictably showered in love and affection, and had been given more than enough nurturing in her first years of life. The atmosphere at her house was always warm and inviting to her, like being wrapped in a nice, fluffy, figurative pillow. Her father was the one who worked to support the family, and with their moderate and less than luxurious living style, he has been successfully able to do so. Sure their house is a bit run down and the floors creak when you step on certain boards, but the roof doesn't leak and Sherry has lived to this day, so it's enough for her. 

School proved to be the biggest challenge. Sherry had some difficulties learning the subjects being taught; math was a whole other language, science didn't click, and history was boring with too many dates and people. The only area she succeeded in was English. Reading was a fun pastime for the small girl, and that proved to assist her greatly in particular academics. Yet even so, she was just barely passing elementary school. She studied like a good student, paid attention in class, and did all her homework, but it still wasn't enough. Quizzes and tests seemed to suck out all the knowledge she thought she knew, and  left behind bits and pieces that added up to D's and C's. Therefore, it was a great relief that she moved on to middle school successfully. 

Unfortunately, however, sixth grade was a nightmare. An entire class focusing on each subject, she thought it would help her. Instead, things got harder, much harder, and she ended up with grades that didn't cut it to move up to seventh grade. Her parents were sympathetic, helped her the best they could via quizzing her and giving her study tips, and enrolled her into summer school. But she still ended up redoing her sixth grade year. The disappointment in herself and the disappointment she knew her parents felt was just about the worst feeling ever. Sherry was aware her parents didn't actually hate her, and that they still loved her and yadda yadda yadda, but that didn't stop the hopelessness that came onto her. And the thought she'd let them down, and the brief irrational moments she thought her parents did hate her, upset her the most. 

Yet luckily that served to motivate her come the start of the school year. Dedicating herself to passing this time around, Sherry got to move up to the seventh grade on her second try, and then up to eighth. Her former school friends that were now ahead of her remained her friends, but on a looser level. They no longer could have lunch together and didn't as often hang out after school, but the now eighth grader didn't let it get her down. She established new friends, and they're just as good as her old ones. She's as determined to pass this year as she was the previous two, and so far, her life as been all but less than peachy (aside from staying back). Preparing for high school, she sincerely hopes it stays that way.

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