Humor

I grew up with 2 older brothers. They were super rebellious, so my parents thought I was an angel. My mom was really strict, we were not allowed to hang fiends and go out. I remember when I was 15 years old, my mom was walking past my room, making sure I was studying. Of course I could hear her coming so I would always just pretend to write stuff down. It's like when your manager walks in and you pretend to be busy when you're really not doing anything. My mom walks past my brother's room and my brother isn't there. On the table he left her a note saying he's running away because he met a girl and that they're going to get married. He was only 17 years old. My mom storms into my room telling me to call my brother immediately. I look at the note and at the very end it says, "just kidding I'm with Jason (my other brother) at Royce's house" My mom did not think it was funny, but I had a laugh. Her face was as red as a tomato, and ever since then, she grounded all of us for almost a month, but it was worth it.

I attended John Muir Middle school from 2006 - 2008. Within these three years, I've witnessed, participated in, and received bullying. The middle school I attended had tightly packed cliques and everyone knew almost everything about each other. I witnessed a friend of mine being bullied by other girls in school. I was still trying to find myself, so I never spoke up. I even joined the girls in bullying her and making fun of her. It got so bad that she had to transfer schools, however I didn't responsible. After she left the drama settled down and everyone was looking for a new target, me. It then came my turn. I went from bullying, to being bullied. This went on for another year before I wanted to transfer schools. Although all the girls hated me at school, I made the decision to stay. By 2008, the hatred towards me died down and the girls actually apologized for the way they treated me. I can related a lot back to Malala and how she was being discriminated against and bullied. The girl I bullied and I are friends and I apologized to her. Bullying is a serious issue because it definitely effected the way I viewed myself, and had a huge impact on my self esteem.