TIB essay: I believe that words make you stronger Different, damaged, useless, lost, I’ve been called it all. I believe that no matter what you’re called, those words only make you stronger. There’s always that person that’s just takes joy to tearing you down, and watch you fall. But what they don’t expect is for you to rise up and fight back. They don’t expect you to stand up for yourself, stand your ground and catch yourself when you are about to fall. And that’s exactly what you do. I remember every time when I get bullied. It was when I was younger and sometimes even now I hear little whispers or somebody tries to break me. In 8th grade I had, had enough of consist whispers, threats, and harsh words. The counselors weren’t helping they pretended to care and know my pain but they don’t. This one girl had pride to giving me a hard time. Every day it was the same thing. Get to school, hang with friends have a good time, get teased and bullied, leave school almost in tears with my hood up. She always told what was wrong, what she didn’t think a girl shouldn’t do. She did this everyday every single chance she got to make sure I wasn’t happy. She always thought high of herself and her ‘posy’. They followed her everywhere, agreed with everything she said, and did whatever she told them to. One day they were coming my way, I looked at my friends and they looked scared. I told to go, I could handle this myself. I didn’t want them getting hurt. But what I didn’t know was this day I was going to stop it. Stop it all, for good. Make sure she never hurt another. Here she comes. i remember every word she said like it was yesterday. right off the bat she starting insulting me like shes been waiting for this all day. “ well look what we h... ... middle of paper ... ...act. Who you have to be. It’s your life, don’t let them choose your life for you. The stuff they say shouldn’t tear you down. It only makes you stronger. The words that come out of their mouth, the actions the take, don’t be scared. You’re fearless and strong no matter what anybody else says. You’ve made it this far, you can keep going. That day I came home with a giant smile on face, and proudly gave my father the detention slip. I told him the story and he looked at me with such pride. Not because of the detention but because I stood up for my self. If i never stood up for myself, I would not be who I am today. I learned how to defend myself physically and figuratively. Those words that, the girl said, they tore me down. Then I decided that they wouldn’t any longer. I decided that those people and what they said were wrong. What they said only made me stronger.
At the beginning of this essay I told a story about the bully and how you stood up to the bully because of your vision to make the neighborhood a better place. What a shame that you ultimately lost your fight because of your inability to remain ethical during the battle.
... In addition, you should always stand up for what you believe in and don’t let people try to change your views. (Peer 1) Therefore, learn to say no and find a way to explain why you don’t want to do what they want without causing a commotion. (Peer 1) Lastly, if anything find somebody to talk to if you can’t find the strength yourself to tell anybody no. (Teen 6)
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