Growing up I 've heard it on the news. “New legislation,” “protection,” and “The end of” are all phrases connected to this topic. Bullying has been a major issue in the past few years. Many pupils stay silent and walk the halls of our public school system with fear. No one dares help them, not even our administrators without proper evidence of physical harm or repeated offense. There are many people who are against LGBT youth specifically. They are bullied, taunted, or even singled out. The biggest affect on these youths is low self esteem and fear of daily life. Since the age of 13, Everyday I would walk into school and be asked “Is it true? That you 're gay?. It was a never ending battle between who I was and who people wanted me to be.
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My teacher at the time, heard and sent the kid to the administrator. A few minutes later I was called and was told he was given detention. Further discussion with Ms. Beagle, who was mentored by one of the administrators of the school where the incident occurred, explains that “ There is a book with consequences in everyone 's hand book. In first offense a kid may get detention. They as administrators must consider a few things. One is the history of offenses a kid has, so if he had never had one, then maybe he is just having a bad day. Two: the family the kid came from, because some people have been raised differently. The more times it happens then the greater the consequence. They also consider all sides of the story. If a kid was to say just calling him names and you were feeling attacked.” The issue with perception in today 's modern day legislations is that it takes more than one offense to get people help. I was terrified he would retaliate. I didn 't have anyone to back me up or even understand me. I was as awkward as I 've ever …show more content…
I accepted myself. The bullying stopped. But my mind was still worried. I was not confident to speak in an oral presentation. It took a lot of my courage to do one for my English class. I practiced millions of times trying to make sure my voice did not appear to “Feminine”. When it came to presenting. I choked and ran out crying. No one had said anything or had done anything. I had a flashback to when I was verbally attacked. My fear grew and I ran out. I ran to the office crying and scared. I was told to not be afraid, but how? How can a kid who was told he was gay be confident and not mind that others are whispering names, plotting attacks, or even worst just ignoring him. As the years went by I started to go to counseling. I kept going and crying until it finally didn 't affect me. The more and more I communicated with trusted people the less the pain was. I ended up getting over my depression and fear of everyday life. To this day I still do some of the exercises I learned in counseling to vent out what is on my mind. I am still afraid of certain situations if a group of people is walking towards me I tend to run the other way or cross the street. My mental health has improved but I still have many problems with loving
My teacher at the time, heard and sent the kid to the administrator. A few minutes later I was called and was told he was given detention. Further discussion with Ms. Beagle, who was mentored by one of the administrators of the school where the incident occurred, explains that “ There is a book with consequences in everyone 's hand book. In first offense a kid may get detention. They as administrators must consider a few things. One is the history of offenses a kid has, so if he had never had one, then maybe he is just having a bad day. Two: the family the kid came from, because some people have been raised differently. The more times it happens then the greater the consequence. They also consider all sides of the story. If a kid was to say just calling him names and you were feeling attacked.” The issue with perception in today 's modern day legislations is that it takes more than one offense to get people help. I was terrified he would retaliate. I didn 't have anyone to back me up or even understand me. I was as awkward as I 've ever …show more content…
I accepted myself. The bullying stopped. But my mind was still worried. I was not confident to speak in an oral presentation. It took a lot of my courage to do one for my English class. I practiced millions of times trying to make sure my voice did not appear to “Feminine”. When it came to presenting. I choked and ran out crying. No one had said anything or had done anything. I had a flashback to when I was verbally attacked. My fear grew and I ran out. I ran to the office crying and scared. I was told to not be afraid, but how? How can a kid who was told he was gay be confident and not mind that others are whispering names, plotting attacks, or even worst just ignoring him. As the years went by I started to go to counseling. I kept going and crying until it finally didn 't affect me. The more and more I communicated with trusted people the less the pain was. I ended up getting over my depression and fear of everyday life. To this day I still do some of the exercises I learned in counseling to vent out what is on my mind. I am still afraid of certain situations if a group of people is walking towards me I tend to run the other way or cross the street. My mental health has improved but I still have many problems with loving