Stereotypes During Recess

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A time that I did something that I thought I couldn't do, was to stick up for others. When I was in sixth grade, during recess, I saw a girl named Melissa crying. I went up to her and asked what was wrong. She said that people were talking about her behind her back, and that she felt awkward around them. I consoled her by letting her know that friends don't talk behind friends backs and that you have other people that you can talk to during recess. It bothered me how Melissa was sad. She felt a little better after we talked and then we played games. The next day at recess Melissa and I played games together again. This made her friends upset. They were upset because Melissa had decided not the socialize with them. They began spreading rumors …show more content…

We asked them to stop spreading rumors. We told them that what they were doing is not nice. Melissa told them that since they were talking about her behind her back, whispering and looking at her made her feel uncomfortable and that she felt they were not being her friends. I told them that what they were saying about Melissa was rude and that I'd like them to stop spreading rumors about us. I told them what they were doing was being bullies. Melissa and I walked away afterwards, ignoring the last minute comebacks being fired from Kayla. Today, Kayla and Melissa are not friends. Melissa started to socialize at recess with me and my friends and other people. Melissa is a much happier person now. I feel like this was something that I couldn't do because when I was in sixth grade, I was very shy. I didn't speak for myself that much, I wasn't very social. I never really thought about how bad rumors and kept secrets hurt others, until the incident with Melissa and Kayla. After this, I've taught myself to get involved with my school's social community, because I saw the difference from the shy person I was, to the independent and social person I am

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