The Karate Kid

Shane Koyczan is an award-winning Canadian poet, author and performer who rose to global prominence in 2013 when he published the spoken word Poem project “To This Day”. Koyczan proficiently represents his bullying experience and its shared aims in society through the proficient use of emotionally lyrical techniques to illustrate its emotional results and the view of discovering oneself. Koyczan attract the audience attention into his personal experience by relating his own experience as a…

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The start of this school was quite scary actually knowing I made the decision and the commitment of doing the wrestling team, thinking wow this is going to be different. After managing for 2 years wanting to actually be on the mat then helping them out would be different. Once season came along after the first week actually and liking it? Wondering why I was so against it. Why was I so scared of it? It was because it was viewed as a guy’s sport and I being such a “girly-girl” didn’t want to come…

California and Colorado Springs, Colorado. After serving as a youth worker, Hancock went on develop stories for a quarterly magazine aimed at youth workers. Also, Hancock developed some short films aimed at adolescents, parents and the adults who work with kids. Lately, Hancock calls Seattle, Washington home, it is here he penned the book “Raising Adults: A Humane Guide for Parenting in the New World”. In this book, the author offers advice on how changes in parenting have occurred over time.…

prosperity. Starting in the first grade, I had always had trouble fitting in at school. It is a problem that has haunted me every day since I had emoved. I expected to grow up normally with no problems. However, the other kids would always pick on me when I was in elementary school. They were…

Breathing is difficult, as if each breath only fills my lungs a fraction of what my body is accustomed to. Taking the respirator mask off seems like a viable solution if only I wasn't encompassed in an oppressive cloud of dust. My hands are numb. The relentless vibration of metal took away all sense of touch minutes ago. Even my headphones blaring a Kanye West playlist fail to drone out the echoing sounds of machinery. Most people don't get to see the inner workings of a body shop. Glimpses of…

I’m five years old and in my first ever soccer game. Everything is going great, my parents are on the sidelines cheering me on and I’m having a blast. This is the first sport that has captured my attention and I’m overjoyed. Then it happens. The ball is kicked and I’m in the way; it hits me square in the face. While my mother jumps to save me my father gently reminds her that soccer’s a contact sport. I stand there stunned for what seems like forever, before running off crying to my mom. It…

the last Airbender.” I was so inspired by watching this show, just watching the characters doing crazy flips in the air ; it was an extravagant sight. My parents who would see me trying to perform such flips and karate techniques, decided it would be right for me to start taking karate classes. One day after school I was taken to a dojo about ten minutes away from my house, that’s where I met Sensei Bryan. Sensei Bryan was awesome. The first impression I have of him, is him and Sensei Angelo…

effects of bullying, which not only adds credibility but it also creates a sense of compassion and empathy: “I earned my first name, Pork Chop. To this day I fucking hate pork chops” (Koyczan). Not only was Koyczan bullied for mistaking pork chops with karate chops, but the effects have followed him throughout his life, to the point where he longer considers pork chops his favorite food. As a matter of fact, he despises them. Given that this anecdote is not as serious when compared to others, it…