if there ever were a student that would have compassion on her with optimism for her ability to be kinder and have good friends , shelly h. funk was about to meet her , but on her own misguided bully terms as she was too bitterly blind to believe that the girl she was about to target could be the one student that would have sympathy for her homely , bitter plight as shelly walked right up behind her in a school hallway and shoved her hard to the ground .