This scenario only exists because Young is an idiot who wallflowers constantly. If one incident from elementary school screwed her up so bad that she will not only won't speak her mind, but will also lie to remove herself from any perceived threat, I believe there is no hope for her. At the same time, she hangs around with, and the schools are populated by such an unlikable bunch of people, people who go from 0-100 on the anger scale over the stupidest crap. I'm really wondering what the whole point of this blame game is, why even teachers are involved in it. I understand that the author is trying to illustrate a message, but I'm not sure even Shyamalan could write such a convoluted story.