Music Heals Everything
"Watch where you 're going, idiot!" Said the dominant eighth grader as I was making my way to the buses. I was a frog 's hair from being left by the bus. Of course, I had become that girl 's new subject at picking. Who would 've thought bumping into a stranger would lead me into constant teasing on the bus. After that whole fiasco I became the punching bag of the bus, except I would receive my punches with words. I only focused on the negative and never the positive, until I entered my middle school band class. My teacher, Mrs. McNair made a marvelous impact in my life. Her positive example provided me a whole new perspective on middle school. Middle school affected me in various ways, such as adapting to changes, befriending my peers, and dealing with discrimination. Getting accustomed a different environment was such a challenge. On the second day of middle school I thought that it was a good idea to make new friends, I kind of took the whole "new school year, new me" thing too serious. I tried to talk to the girl who sat beside me in my Science class and I believe that a tree had more of a personality than her. At this point, I …show more content…
Adapting to a new environment, facing my peers, and battling with discrimination was quite a challenge, but in the end I learned from this. Sometimes we may deal with a bully, and our first instinct is to fight back or to hide, when we should simply kill them with kindness and positivity. When I was at a younger age speaking up about problems wasn’t “cool”, but sometimes you need that outlet, or maybe you could even use the rhythm of music to solve your problems. The example of strength, positivity and kindness portrayed by my music teacher allowed me to become a better person. Due to my teacher, I changed my performance overall in school. After all, middle school is not as bad when you have a magnificent teacher by your
"Watch where you 're going, idiot!" Said the dominant eighth grader as I was making my way to the buses. I was a frog 's hair from being left by the bus. Of course, I had become that girl 's new subject at picking. Who would 've thought bumping into a stranger would lead me into constant teasing on the bus. After that whole fiasco I became the punching bag of the bus, except I would receive my punches with words. I only focused on the negative and never the positive, until I entered my middle school band class. My teacher, Mrs. McNair made a marvelous impact in my life. Her positive example provided me a whole new perspective on middle school. Middle school affected me in various ways, such as adapting to changes, befriending my peers, and dealing with discrimination. Getting accustomed a different environment was such a challenge. On the second day of middle school I thought that it was a good idea to make new friends, I kind of took the whole "new school year, new me" thing too serious. I tried to talk to the girl who sat beside me in my Science class and I believe that a tree had more of a personality than her. At this point, I …show more content…
Adapting to a new environment, facing my peers, and battling with discrimination was quite a challenge, but in the end I learned from this. Sometimes we may deal with a bully, and our first instinct is to fight back or to hide, when we should simply kill them with kindness and positivity. When I was at a younger age speaking up about problems wasn’t “cool”, but sometimes you need that outlet, or maybe you could even use the rhythm of music to solve your problems. The example of strength, positivity and kindness portrayed by my music teacher allowed me to become a better person. Due to my teacher, I changed my performance overall in school. After all, middle school is not as bad when you have a magnificent teacher by your