dear internet diary,
School has been hectic. Today I’m going to be discussing bullying and how I deal with it.
My school is filled with kind people don’t get me wrong, however there are the occasional kids who “joke” around with others.
Example:
Girls to boy:
“Why are you wearing a girls jacket? *insert annoying laugh here* ”
“My grandma has the same jacket! *insert another annoying laugh here*”
Boy:
*stares off into the distance looking irritated*
In a situation like this, think for a second… what would you do?
For me, I tend to stand up for people quite a bit. I’m that girl in school that gets “offended by everything” but it’s not like I care.
I think the majority of teenagers wouldn’t think of jokes being discriminatory. We just get on with our lives and roll our eyes.
It’s trash.
I want to get rid of the stereotype where people say :
“Oh teenagers are just immature and will say whatever, blah blah blah”.
TEENAGERS DO NOT HAVE TO BE IMMATURE. TEENAGERS DO NOT HAVE TO BE JOKINGLY DISCRIMINATORY. I am so sick of my peers not standing up against racism, sexism, ableism, etc just because they think it is a mere “joke”.
I’m done with my rant, I’ll try to post more often.
Sincerely,
Clarissa
"humble" highschooler 