Life Bullies

Farzin · 05-11-2010, 06:46 PM

I rarely talk about stuff other than the Chiefs/football, but I feel I needed to get this out to as many people possible. It's something I hate seeing.

I want to share two stories.

In my college composition class, there was an older student poking fun at a classmate who has down-syndrome. Before the class, the bully, John, starts asking our classmate questions about a ring he wears on his finger. He starts laughing and asks him if that's his wedding ring. The student with DS responds and says "This isn't my wedding ring you idiot. It's a birthday gift my dad got my when I turned 18. I'm not going to get married for another 30 years." John laughs and goes, "30 years? Hahaha." John turns to me and I ask him "What's funny?" And before I even let him answer, I asked him (quietly, I don't want the student with DS to hear) if he thinks he's tough for picking on someone with a mental disability. I then told him that he should be ashamed of himself for doing such thing. He basically kept his mouth shut and he looked guilty throughout the rest of class.

John was in the army. I know this because he has his name patched on his backpack and I edited one of his essays in class in which he talked about his experience in the army. I thought people like him were more mature after what they went through. I guess I was wrong. This all happened around October.

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Today, two kids (who looked like they were in elementary school) were together. I didn't see what was going on, but when I came back to my room, my window was open and I heard some arguing outside. An older kid (he looked like he was in middle school, or a young HS student) was standing in front of a bike and not letting the two boys get it back. I heard one of the young kids say "Give me my new bike back." They said a couple other things, but I could not hear. The middle schooler took the bike and flipped them off while riding away with it. The little kids kept yelling cuss words (I heard ass used about five times..) and the two kids laughed. The older kid stopped and made it look like he was going to go back and do something. It seemed he took offense to what the kids said. He flipped them off an rode away.

Once again, an older kid feels accomplished for stealing a bike and flipping off little kids. I really love being around young kids, mainly babies. I'm always excited to see a close family friend of ours when they bring their kids (not sure if this is common among most 18-year-old boys..) but it makes me sick to my stomach. If I was a parent of those two kids that got the finger and their bike taken away, it must feel like a crappy feeling and hope to God I don't experience anything like this when I get older.

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I don't know who here is a counselor, teacher, etc. But why do people feel the need to take advantage of another person's age or disability and feel tough about it? I'd say this is my biggest pet peeve.

05-11-2010, 06:46 PM	Topic Starter
Farzin Host of "The Chiefs Zone" Join Date: Jun 2008 Casino cash: $10004900	Bullies I rarely talk about stuff other than the Chiefs/football, but I feel I needed to get this out to as many people possible. It's something I hate seeing. I want to share two stories. In my college composition class, there was an older student poking fun at a classmate who has down-syndrome. Before the class, the bully, John, starts asking our classmate questions about a ring he wears on his finger. He starts laughing and asks him if that's his wedding ring. The student with DS responds and says "This isn't my wedding ring you idiot. It's a birthday gift my dad got my when I turned 18. I'm not going to get married for another 30 years." John laughs and goes, "30 years? Hahaha." John turns to me and I ask him "What's funny?" And before I even let him answer, I asked him (quietly, I don't want the student with DS to hear) if he thinks he's tough for picking on someone with a mental disability. I then told him that he should be ashamed of himself for doing such thing. He basically kept his mouth shut and he looked guilty throughout the rest of class. John was in the army. I know this because he has his name patched on his backpack and I edited one of his essays in class in which he talked about his experience in the army. I thought people like him were more mature after what they went through. I guess I was wrong. This all happened around October. ----- Today, two kids (who looked like they were in elementary school) were together. I didn't see what was going on, but when I came back to my room, my window was open and I heard some arguing outside. An older kid (he looked like he was in middle school, or a young HS student) was standing in front of a bike and not letting the two boys get it back. I heard one of the young kids say "Give me my new bike back." They said a couple other things, but I could not hear. The middle schooler took the bike and flipped them off while riding away with it. The little kids kept yelling cuss words (I heard ass used about five times..) and the two kids laughed. The older kid stopped and made it look like he was going to go back and do something. It seemed he took offense to what the kids said. He flipped them off an rode away. Once again, an older kid feels accomplished for stealing a bike and flipping off little kids. I really love being around young kids, mainly babies. I'm always excited to see a close family friend of ours when they bring their kids (not sure if this is common among most 18-year-old boys..) but it makes me sick to my stomach. If I was a parent of those two kids that got the finger and their bike taken away, it must feel like a crappy feeling and hope to God I don't experience anything like this when I get older. ----- I don't know who here is a counselor, teacher, etc. But why do people feel the need to take advantage of another person's age or disability and feel tough about it? I'd say this is my biggest pet peeve.
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