I
think every day we go through some type of confrontation with someone
or some group of people but it takes strength and courage for a
person
to walk away and not fight back. I think going through school since
kindergarten and being bullied has taught me the best thing you can
do in almost any situation is walk away and not fight back, rather
than
feed them with more reasons to fight or get violent. I was constantly
picked on for having glasses.
As
far as I know that was
not in my control. They
were very rude with their comments about it but I never tried to
fight back and I just kept going on with life. I have been through a
lot with the bullying
violence,
both verbal and physical, but it is something that has taught me to
resist
being
violent and that I should be kind and caring to everyone, trying to
help them in any way I could. All throughout school I was a nerd. I
was kicked, I got my hair pulled, I would get rude comments about how
I dressed, and how I acted. I was always told my personality was not
okay or normal and that I was weird. A few times I shouldn’t be
alive. But
I never listened to them and I kept to myself and never changed and I
see nothing wrong with me for who I am!


My
very first day at a new job I had a coworker talk to me like I was a
bug on the ground. She
didn’t greet me, she didn’t help me. She
was rude and nasty to me all during
the shift
and the best thing I did was not get involved with her drama. I
walked away every time and the next shift I had with her she was nice
and considerate with me. Another way I think people should deal with
violence in everyday life is to stick up for what you believe in and
take the rest as a grain of salt. If
they know you will not join in they may not even try to get you to
fight with them, or at them for that matter.
With
everything I have gone through in life I have learned you cannot
control others actions but you
can try
and show them how they should be acting.
I have always told myself I
will be a role model for my younger family members and always have a
backbone for them because I do not want them having to deal with what
I dealt with. Life can be tough enough
already
and then throw in violence and hurtful actions from other
people
and
it
makes it even tougher.
So
I will do everything in my own
actions
to model
for
my younger family members so
they don't
have
to deal with any of that!

Holly
Lukonen
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