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| 27 May 2014 10:49 PM |
because of this paper I wrote:
Introduction
....... Ms. Mancuso’s gifted language arts class was assigned to write down every name we heard anyone being called. We were to do this within a week, wherever we heard it. To be honest, when I first got this assignment I thought to myself, cool, sounds easy enough. But when I got home, and I started writing, I released how bad it made me feel to be called a name, so when I reflecting upon some of my entries, whenever I called someone else a name, I felt so remorseful and guilty. After that night, I not only didn’t call anyone names, but I starting looking closer. Many people I know are bullied still name called others. Now, I know how much it hurts, and so do they. So, that brings up a question for me that I studied and observed very closely, are we so blinded by societies idiotic perception that name calling is just “kids being kids” that we believe that name calling isn’t a form of bullying? Anyway, back onto my original subject, why do I think Ms. Mancuso had us do this project? I think it’s because we had recently read a book where the characters were constantly called names for tedious reasons. I think, she wanted us to reflect on how we don’t even know half the story of the person we are teasing, how we don’t realize how much our words actually hurt.
Description of language
....... In this, rather untraditional, essay, I am going to focus on how name calling hurts, and a lot. So, I am going to take this on a personal level, and do an entry about myself. So, here I go. I was on the bus, sitting down with my friend (please note, that there is rumor we are dating.) We were talking, and some kid (I will spare her name to spare the tiny amount of dignity that resides in her heart.) said, in a very loud voice, “Oh god, someone get me a paper bag! I’m going to puke at these l3zbo abominations! And stop staring at me; you don’t have a chance at this!” God, I hate the word l3zbo. I mean, if you’re going to insult my s3xu@1ity, at least call it by what it is. So of course I got angry. What I did you may ask? We’ll get into that later.
Discussion of
What that kid was assuming is that because I am of different s3xua1 orientation that every time I see a girl I go “Oh wow, she’s hot” or something along those lines. Sorry, but it doesn’t work that way. Just like a h3t3ros3xu@l, I have preferences, and chances are, if I’m looking at you, there’s a reason for it. I am not staring at you with lust and love, in fact, just to assume that, you are flattering yourself, because chances are, you aren’t my type either. Now, just to get a little more into the stereotypes of LGBT, just because I have short hair and wear guys clothes, doesn’t make me a “tr@nny” in fact, it makes me nothing, it’s just my style. Also, just because I have those features, it doesn’t make me more of a b1s3xu@1, it’s completely irrelevant. Either way, I really hate that assumption that you have to be masculine to be a b1s3xua1. It’s a stupid and, unfortunately, wide spread stereotype. Anyway, on to the next entry!
Description of Language: Entry 2
Now, I am going to go a little deeper in on how we are so blinded by society’s belief that name calling doesn’t hurt. After all that, how much it hurt, and how hard it was to laugh it off, I still called her a name. Don’t get me wrong when I say she deserved it, but no matter how evil you are, it doesn’t hurt less. So after I just got over all that pain inside, I moronically called her a “B**ch” I mean, I just explained how it hurts to be called names, yet I still said it. And it rolled off my tongue almost naturally. No, I am not proud of what I did, but I should have known (considering my own experiences) just because they laugh about what people say doesn’t mean they don’t feel it. It’s kind of weird how when someone calls you a name or says something about you, you first instinct is to automatically repeat that hurt.
Discussion of Assumption: Entry 2
What I assumed is that just because she called me a name, she deserves to be called something in return. This is completely false. There is lot of things that could have caused her to say that, ranging from peer pressure to her own beliefs. I’m just going to go with her own belief, and even then that doesn’t make her a bad person, in fact, it just makes her uneducated about that matter. What most people believe about h0m0s3xu@1ity of any form is that in the bible in Leviticus and all that stuff, but what they don’t realize is that there are more lines about eating shellfish then being h0m0s3xu@l, and even then it’s a vague sentence. Again, just to bring in the stereotypes about “bigots” just because she has her own belief doesn’t mean that she is a bigot, it mostly just traces back to that fact of so many years of false information and being uneducated about the matter. So, in other words, it’s not right for me to call her a name just because she spoke her belief.
Conclusion
What did I learn during this project you may ask? Well, what most kids would say is that words hurt, but that’s not what I learned. I already knew that. What I learned is how misguided and wrong societies perception on name calling is. We think that name calling is not a form of bullying, and how it is somehow different than being pushed into the dirt, but really, it’s not. It is a form of bullying and ignorance. Look at Gorege from “The Lottery Rose” how messed up he was after being called r3t@rd3d for who knows how long, and how he still was mean to others, even though he knew it hurt. “The Misfits” just proves my point further. They were called names for so long, yet whenever they got the chance they still called the bully an idiot. Society just calls names as “harmless” yet it kills so many every year. The issue of name calling in this country alone is so large. Want to know why? Because of social media. It’s so easy to get behind a computer and call someone names, and feel no remorse because it’s “just a name” when really, your just cutting another scar into that person. That’s why so many kids take their lives every year, because it can follow you home. You can be called names all day at school or somewhere, and come home and see names on the computer screen. It makes us as kids feel trapped. I just wish people would learn how much we are blinded by all of this news, and media everywhere telling us it’s just nothing. For anyone that reads this essay, I want you to realize how blinded we are as a whole, and watch your words, whether it be on Facebook, in person, or online anywhere, and know that just because they laugh it off, doesn’t mean you didn’t push them into depression. We all know words hurt, but do we really think that it’s bullying?
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| 27 May 2014 10:50 PM |
| I am super excited, thay are paying for my plane ticket and everything! I will get to meet so many people that I respect! also ( just to be ironic ) I am renting a pink suit to wear to the event. |
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| 27 May 2014 10:52 PM |
| china called they want their great wall of text back |
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| 27 May 2014 10:52 PM |
| who r these special people |
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| 27 May 2014 10:53 PM |
Congrats! I'm not going to spend my time reading that but congrats.
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| 27 May 2014 10:54 PM |
| maybe not, but I assumes some people would mention. "for what?" so I posted it anyway. If your too lazy to read it, here's the over-all idea: Bullying is portrayed as "kids being kids" and while we are taught that a little bullying is harmless, its not. I use my personal experiences to prove it ( with both me being bullied, and me as the bully) just to prove how blinded we are my societies moronic perception that name calling is not in fact bullying, but rather a harmless rivalry. This isn't true. |
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| 27 May 2014 10:55 PM |
this essay is pretty badly written tbh it really doesn't sound like your in the more advanced english class
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| 27 May 2014 10:56 PM |
Young: Yes. This is my own experience.
And yes I realize you probably won't read it, but some might. |
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| 27 May 2014 10:59 PM |
cyprad: Well, you need to realize the compare and contrast of most kids and the higher kids. ( I am in 6th grade by the way, so its not like I was going to write a huge great memorial.) What most kids would say: I called someone a jerk, they called me a b**ch and we fought. I learned that words hurt. That's what MOST kids would write, just to get a good grade. What I wrote was what was really on my mind, no it's most definitely NOT the best, but if you contrast to what we both know most kids my age would write, this is pretty good. Sometimes its better to write what's on your mind, the just try to get a good grade. |
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Flexably
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| 27 May 2014 11:00 PM |
| we should kill all the bullies |
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| 27 May 2014 11:04 PM |
| Besides, as I stated in discussion of language, this is an untraditional essay. What we were instructed to do: write what was on our minds, don't worry about length and just write away! Therefore, what might be mistaken as bad writing could just be my words in the writing style ( I personally thought I wrote too informally saying things as "here I go" etc. ) so you have to take in to account the many thing sin this essay. But I always appreciate some criticism, yours happens to be somewhat constructive I must say. |
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Cypraid
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| 27 May 2014 11:04 PM |
@emo that doesn't make up for terrible writing this essay is a rambled and badly put together piece of literature. for example, you don't include "so here I go" in an essay it's off topic and in no way supports the point you are making that combined with all the crap sentence structure is pretty bad. if you keep this up, middle school English classes are going to hit hard. this essay would get a D at best in English honors. |
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| 27 May 2014 11:05 PM |
flexably: what good would that do? Instead, we should provide free counseling for the not only victims but the bullies too. They usually have some problem. |
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| 27 May 2014 11:07 PM |
"flexably: what good would that do? Instead, we should provide free counseling for the not only victims but the bullies too. They usually have some problem."
>CIRCLE JUSTICE >CIRCLE JUSTICE >CIRRRCLLEEE JUSSTTIICCEEEEE |
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| 27 May 2014 11:07 PM |
| I wasn't asking for an excuse. That, my friend, is not what I am going for. Again, as I said above, this is NOT a traditional essay. We were told to write it untraditionally. |
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| 27 May 2014 11:08 PM |
"Bullying is portrayed as "kids being kids""
If this were true I'd have every right to call any adult immature. |
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Cypraid
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| 27 May 2014 11:09 PM |
untraditionally does not mean badly if a weapon isn't traditional, it doesn't mean it is bad napalm killed a ton of people in vietnam |
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| 27 May 2014 11:10 PM |
Where will it be? I would be more excited about the trip than being a propaganda puppet |
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| 27 May 2014 11:10 PM |
Flex< that's why I hate school counselors, they all are so the same. Its like, why no, I didn't think to talk to my abusive dad how I feel. |
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