Have you ever been bullied?
I guess that was a stupid question. Everyone in there life have been bullied. At least with a life as long as 7 years. If its teachers pointing out all of your flaws or that classic school or neighborhood bully that stole you bike. Even those "mean" girls who tease you and rank you on your appearance or you hair.
Your'e told to not give a crap about them and go on with you life. And you do. You find some friends, get a crush, or love a subject.......
But at times it gets really hard to ignore them.
Let me give you an example:
Lets say a young naive eight year old just finished the summer before the 4th grade. And lets say this 8 year old's parents happened to think private school tuition was gettin' a little cray-cray, so they moved and put her in a public school walking distance to their house. This 8 year old was new to the world of the 'public'. Cursing and harsh judgement rained down on her already small spirit. She became a total , how I like to say, "booknerd" and without any guidance was thrown into a cyclone of stuff. But eventually she found that friend that she would soon come to call her best friend in her exact class sitting right next to her. They became stuck to the hip and only a had one fight that none of them could remember what it was about. She also found her role model, THE Ms. Jessica Shirey. She was your classic 'favorite teacher'. She made this eight year old feel like a star! But in the 5th grade things changed. People decided to get really mean to others and the Board of Education thought it would be best to make Ms. Shirey a 2nd grade teacher. So the now nine year old girl was again pushed into newness. Her best-est friend in another class, her parents repeatedly bickered, and the girls in her class were total clique material. This nine year old learned to fight back and cursed a lot on the playground. She got into two fights and back sassed a government official. Needless to say this nine year old was becoming a down right bad-ass.
Fast Forward to 2013!
This now 12 year old in the 7th grade has came home crying softly into her mother's pillow. There was an incident on the bus. Some ,excuse my French but I need to get this out, freakin' Bitches wouldn't move their asses.This gotme the 12 year old PISSED!
She became her nine year old self for about an hour to not bawl in front of these greedy and (Vocab. Word!) sinister children. She walked home and cried entered the house and cried some more while question people and life. Her mom called and made her explain everything. after they hung up she got a splitting head-ache and lied down while eating some ice cream (once in a month comfort food). Then she fell asleep and was awaken by her father who asked what happen after 30 minutes. She explain what happened breaking down in the process and told him exactly what she said and her father thought on it. "You did the right thing of speaking your mind and not lettin' them see you cried. But you do have a much more advanced vocabluary. Your parents, like the rest of their parents, has to pay to get on the bus and they should of moved their asses. You should of told the bus driver because that is his job." her father said. "I don't want to be a snitch dad." says the girl. "This is differnet. You have all the rights to push their stuff on the ground and sit there for the rest of the ride." he replies. She is now typing this blog when she should be completing her homework. She learned something today. And hopes you learned something too.
Think About the Good Things.
Depression kills. Bullying creates the most depression upon kids for more than 2 centuries. I think about how I need to be own a TV show or a Brodway production. How when I ge the courage, tell the boy I like that I put the Valentine in his locker, and when I will finally post a video on YouTube after being a member for about 2 years. Amanda Todd, the gay kid who was tormented by his dorm mate,the kids at Sandy Hook, and millions of other poor souls all died because someone wouldn't speak up or found better things to foucused on. I don't want to see on the evening news that someone I knew or anyone at all died of suicide or murder or an accident. Especially children.
I guess that was a stupid question. Everyone in there life have been bullied. At least with a life as long as 7 years. If its teachers pointing out all of your flaws or that classic school or neighborhood bully that stole you bike. Even those "mean" girls who tease you and rank you on your appearance or you hair.
Your'e told to not give a crap about them and go on with you life. And you do. You find some friends, get a crush, or love a subject.......
But at times it gets really hard to ignore them.
Let me give you an example:
Lets say a young naive eight year old just finished the summer before the 4th grade. And lets say this 8 year old's parents happened to think private school tuition was gettin' a little cray-cray, so they moved and put her in a public school walking distance to their house. This 8 year old was new to the world of the 'public'. Cursing and harsh judgement rained down on her already small spirit. She became a total , how I like to say, "booknerd" and without any guidance was thrown into a cyclone of stuff. But eventually she found that friend that she would soon come to call her best friend in her exact class sitting right next to her. They became stuck to the hip and only a had one fight that none of them could remember what it was about. She also found her role model, THE Ms. Jessica Shirey. She was your classic 'favorite teacher'. She made this eight year old feel like a star! But in the 5th grade things changed. People decided to get really mean to others and the Board of Education thought it would be best to make Ms. Shirey a 2nd grade teacher. So the now nine year old girl was again pushed into newness. Her best-est friend in another class, her parents repeatedly bickered, and the girls in her class were total clique material. This nine year old learned to fight back and cursed a lot on the playground. She got into two fights and back sassed a government official. Needless to say this nine year old was becoming a down right bad-ass.
Fast Forward to 2013!
This now 12 year old in the 7th grade has came home crying softly into her mother's pillow. There was an incident on the bus. Some ,excuse my French but I need to get this out, freakin' Bitches wouldn't move their asses.This got
She became her nine year old self for about an hour to not bawl in front of these greedy and (Vocab. Word!) sinister children. She walked home and cried entered the house and cried some more while question people and life. Her mom called and made her explain everything. after they hung up she got a splitting head-ache and lied down while eating some ice cream (once in a month comfort food). Then she fell asleep and was awaken by her father who asked what happen after 30 minutes. She explain what happened breaking down in the process and told him exactly what she said and her father thought on it. "You did the right thing of speaking your mind and not lettin' them see you cried. But you do have a much more advanced vocabluary. Your parents, like the rest of their parents, has to pay to get on the bus and they should of moved their asses. You should of told the bus driver because that is his job." her father said. "I don't want to be a snitch dad." says the girl. "This is differnet. You have all the rights to push their stuff on the ground and sit there for the rest of the ride." he replies. She is now typing this blog when she should be completing her homework. She learned something today. And hopes you learned something too.
Think About the Good Things.
Depression kills. Bullying creates the most depression upon kids for more than 2 centuries. I think about how I need to be own a TV show or a Brodway production. How when I ge the courage, tell the boy I like that I put the Valentine in his locker, and when I will finally post a video on YouTube after being a member for about 2 years. Amanda Todd, the gay kid who was tormented by his dorm mate,the kids at Sandy Hook, and millions of other poor souls all died because someone wouldn't speak up or found better things to foucused on. I don't want to see on the evening news that someone I knew or anyone at all died of suicide or murder or an accident. Especially children.
