Bullying

In a perfect world, in a perfect time period, bullying wouldn’t be an issue, or one so close to home for that matter. Nowadays you don’t see the physical side of bullying,, it is more of a verbal ad cyber assault. Although schools have cracked down on bullying they can see, they can’t stop the verbal part. Walking down the halls of this school, you might hear some vulgar language being exchanged, but in this day in age. Most teens talk like that around friends so it is hard to know if they are being bullied or not. Cyber bullying is also a big problem with all the technology we have. I haven’t been a part of bullying in the cyber world. In the real world there is an incident that sticks out to me. When I was in middle school I had a friend who looked a little nerdy, he was small so people thought he was soft. One day we were playing kickball and the eight graders started to kick his ball around. They all laughed and didn’t stop. When he asked they started a verbal attack on him. I saw what was going on but I didn’t want to get involved. After some time it was still going on so I stepped up and defended him.  I took the ball and gave it to him. The other guy just laughed and started calling me names. I didn’t let it get to me though because I honestly don’t care what he had to say. Bullies hurt people, not just physically but mentally. If you aren’t strong, then it will hurt a lot.

My Favorite Film

My favorite movie of all time has to be “Coach Carter”. I mean for me to be an athlete, it is easy to relate to since it is a basketball film. It’s a film that demonstrates the struggles of athletes in schools that aren’t rich. I try to always give one hundred percent in everything I do, whether it is practice or in all my class assignments. Not everything is given to you; sometimes they have to be earned. Basketball is a privilege, not a right. It is a game, not life or death. This film has a coach who makes a group of undisciplined players, into better people in high school.  He admits to them that education is more important than any game. I completely agree with his message. Basketball is a game and is meant to be fun but you need to be disciplined in order to succeed, in the gym or in the world.