Usually people would ask me, “Hey Danish, did you play the latest Battlefield game? The plot is astonishing!” What I could respond with was, “Sorry, I didn’t get that game yet.” Somebody else would ask, “Did you see what happens when you play the most popular map in the game?” Being a boy in middle school usually leaves you with two options when kids sit down to talk during lunch: Either they talk about video games or about the latest gossip trending in the school. Whenever I would sit down at my table I would have to face the other way or disregard the conversation whenever the topic of videogames was brought up. At that time, my parents neither had the money nor wanted to provide me with enough videogames to keep up with the latest one people
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Being left out from conversations was a very shaming aspect of my middle school experience. The toughest part about this experience was to get myself to understand why things are the way they are. Being in middle school and having peer pressure can be difficult at such a young age. My parents couldn’t afford those games and I had to think about what to do instead of feel inferior to my peers because of the peer pressure I felt. To escape this certain madness, I would focus on more productive things to spend my attention on. While my friends would sit there for hours playing and having fun, I would sit there for hours doing homework and reading, or studying. Without distractions about inequality or what I couldn’t have, I learned recognize what is important. I found a way to see my goals clearly without the temptation or regret of them not being given to me clouding my judgment. Which meant I could now accomplish these goals with the resources that I did have, and work towards getting what I want. This realization started with the regret of not having video games. But as I came to understand later, those little conflicts within myself about what I didn’t have became
Being left out from conversations was a very shaming aspect of my middle school experience. The toughest part about this experience was to get myself to understand why things are the way they are. Being in middle school and having peer pressure can be difficult at such a young age. My parents couldn’t afford those games and I had to think about what to do instead of feel inferior to my peers because of the peer pressure I felt. To escape this certain madness, I would focus on more productive things to spend my attention on. While my friends would sit there for hours playing and having fun, I would sit there for hours doing homework and reading, or studying. Without distractions about inequality or what I couldn’t have, I learned recognize what is important. I found a way to see my goals clearly without the temptation or regret of them not being given to me clouding my judgment. Which meant I could now accomplish these goals with the resources that I did have, and work towards getting what I want. This realization started with the regret of not having video games. But as I came to understand later, those little conflicts within myself about what I didn’t have became