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Melody has cerebral palsy and she is stuck in a wheelchair. The teachers took one look at her and judged her by thinking she isn't smart enough to be in a "regular" class, so she is put in a special class.
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When Melody got to go into a "regular" classroom, two girls named Molly and Claire, made fun of her. They judged her and assumed that she was dumb, so they made fun of her and called her a retard.
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Meldoy took a practice test along with the other students. The other students judged her and said she wasn't smart enough to take the practice quiz, but Melody was the only student to get all 50 questions correct.
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Mr. Dimmings, Melody"s teacher, judged her by thinking she was dumb, but he realized he misjudged her when she made the Whiz Kidz team, a team for some of the smartest kids.
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Melody's teammates judged Melody by saying that she wasn't smart enough to be playing with the Whiz Kidz team in Washington D.C., so they left her behind.