Life is Like a roller coaster

Life is like a roller-coaster, it has its ups and downs. Whenever you’re down, you need to get back up. As tears welled up in my eyes I knew it wasn’t going to stop. Since Grade one I have been picked on and from then my self-esteem began to drop. I did nothing at all to hurt anybody or even to make them upset. However I thought this would only last until I moved to Grade two. My predictions were so wrong and I had been repeatedly attacked by my peers, so much so that when I woke up in the morning I was horrified to jump in the car to go to school. I finally made it to Grade four where it got worse. My mom was running late to pick me up from school because she was finishing up in the doctor’s office. Thankfully as soon as the bell rings most parents had already been waiting to pick up their children. I didn’t want to be around the remaining people so I went to sit under a tall tree until my mother came. Two boys came from behind me and asked “what are doing here?” I replied and said with shaky voice “ I am sitting and waiting for my mom to pick me up”. They told me to get up and go away, but before I could get up to go on my way they grabbed two long, thin branches with seeds attached and started to beat me with it leaving bruises and bashes across my body. After this happened my mother finally arrived and as I entered the car I began to cry. My mother in a worried tone asked me what was wrong and she couldn’t understand what I was saying so I slightly lifted my clothes and she was flabbergasted after she saw the bruises. We rushed out of the car and proceeded to the principal’s office. A complaint was made and the boys were expelled. It did of course get worse because they started to call me a snitch. My self-esteem dropped so low I could not take it anymore so my parents transferred me to a new school. I was placed in Grade five where I had many friends and for that whole year it was all well and good. My luck of course didn’t last long because as the next year approached everything went downhill. People as well as my peers began to call me arrow nose, fat, ugly, stupid and many other things, as my self- esteem grew it dropped right back down.

This continued for a long period of time. However in Grade seven a new girl came into the school called  Nicki She was the one person out of all of my classmates that would cheer me up after I was beaten to the ground. She showed me that there will always be a friend to help you when you are down and that is something I never had. With continuous motivation she helped me to overcome what had been happening to me for basically my entire life. It strengthened my confidence that what people said to me didn’t affect me as much. Sadly Grade eight came around where she graduated into the senior classes where we would only be able to see each other for a short period of time on our lunch breaks. For the first term in Grade eight things had been bothering me but not enough to be bothered with, however by the second term people began to realize that I am indeed overcoming what they say and now my classmates and I are very close and the feel is now of a family type relationship.

There will always be a friend at your side to guide you through the rough patches in your life. I strongly suggest that if there is anyone at your school that is being bullied try to stop it by at least giving them guidance because as a victim of bullying this is really all that is needed, and like a seed we will come out of darkness and we will grow strong and powerful. 

A Friend in need is a Friend indeed

          As sadness overtook her  she  poured out her sorrow. My friend had a relationship with one of my classmates for about 5 months and she explained to me that he was one in a million. Within those two months the relationship began to become dull and boring. This led them to end the relationship with no sympathy at all. a few months after the breakup she once again came over feelings towards him, however he had none at all and he moved on. Every time she sees him walking along the hallway or out of school her goose bumps starts to rise. She always seems to regain those feelings every time she sees him, but she has taking in mind that he has probably moved on already but she is what people say "stuck on stupid". Saying that, she has made a new plan, to become close again with him, staying as best friends but obviously concealing her strong liking towards him. It is infect true that she still has feelings for him. She is finished with digging for disappointment, and is trying to turn over a new leaf. but she probably still have that special part in her mind for "him". Through all of this by listening to all she said and i gave her positive advice as to what to do. She took my guidance to heart considering the fact that i have been through this same situation.  as girls we will always have that one person that will always be in our hearts and that is our first loves. I gave her personal stories and i made her feel better from all of the sadness that came over her.

          It is always kind to help someone when they are down because it can bring light to their day. Even if they are not your friend and if they are your enemy you should still care enough as a human to see the light in someone's eyes. God sees all that is done and you will be rewarded no matter what your belief is .'Treat thy neighbour as you treat your friend'.