Assignment #10

Bullying

     I came to the United States when I was 8 years old. The words were "todo va a ser mejor" meaning every thing's going to be better over there, I was a little girl and believed it. It happen, everything now is better than over there, but it was not easy to get where I am.

      I remember going to Barcelona Elementary School my first time, I was excited but nervous too. I walked in the classroom and notice that everyone was looking at me and sort of just giggling aside. I also notice that the way I dressed was nothing like the way they dressed, I wouldn't understand a word they will day, and in other words I felt really lost. I started crying begging the teacher to bring my mom back so she can take me home with her. I had no friends no play with instead the kids will laugh at me when I will try asking them if I can play with them (of course in Spanish). It was an awful feeling and just knowing that I had the whole school year in front of me was horrible. I thought it was cruel how instead of trying to help they will laugh at everything that I will say wrong, there was even times where i will stay in the girl's bathroom for the whole reassess. My mom will always be crying with me because it wasn't as easy as we thought it will be. I remember getting pushed in the lunch line, there was three girls who seem to hate me and will always pull my hair. I can't even imagine to going back to those hard days where i felt depressed and just really lonely. I remember even feeling bullied my my teacher at the time Mrs.Rubolino who will not let me go to the bathroom unless I will ask her in English; I guess she was trying to help me practice and learn it but I wished she would've understand how hard it was for me. There was days I will not use the bathroom in all day.

    All of those days, I can now say were worth it. Now I know English well enough to help others. I will never laugh at anyone that does not understand what I'm saying. In others words I will not bully anyone over anything because unless you know how it feels like, you will see is a really wrong thing to do. You will never know how much impact can you make in some one's life. My issue was nothing compare to Jamie Nabozny's story but they are both based on bullying.

     On the article I read online tells that bullying today works unless you have a victim. Like me I showed them that I was scared, that every time they laughed it will hurt my feelings and that will lead them to keep doing it. It's either because you are different, short, you have more weight than others, your weak, ext. But bullying will not exist with no victim. My issue when I came to the United States thought me more than anything a lesson because when I see people bullying it bugs me so much that it takes me back to those hard days. I will not bully anyone instead I'll try to help them because you never really know what they people but them through and unless they know how it feels they will stop. What I went through, what Jamie went through made us the persons we are right now; but have you ever thought about those who aren't here to see if they will be better today? Because even though my situation was not as bad some people's are and will even go suicide just for people who think bullying is not serious and it's real "cool" to do!

Because not just because you are taller, skinner, better looking, know something someone else don't, are straight, ext. you DO NOT have the right to put someone down, does not mean you are better, nor you have the right to even depress or take some one's life away ever! And even something you say can be bullying.

And it does happen.