To me, it basically boils down to this analogy: Pretend that all of the world is a high school and we are its students. Britney is like the nice girl who went and did something horribly wrong. Maybe she got pregnant or got caught with drugs or was canoodling with a teacher, so her parents pulled her out of school and did homeschooling for a year. We never saw Britney except for a few awkward times at the mall or church or the Dairy Queen. A year later, Britney is back in public school with us, but we all know what she did and can't forget it. She knows everyone remembers her bad deeds, but is uncomfortably trying to return to class unnoticed, knowing everyone is judging her for her past mistakes.
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