So whose side do you choose?

Remember that time, when a newcomer came to your class in school say in 6th std. and if you were anything like me, you would befriend her immediately, show her around the school, introduce her to everyone else in the class. You would get to know her and invite her for your lunch meetings, recess games and so on. A few months go by and you would have officially become her friend. But if she ever got into trouble or worse got the whole class into trouble, and you’d had to defend her while the rest of the class would be confused as to why you were choosing to stand on the side of a newcomer. After all, she…