'Stand Up and Be Heard

Staring at my keys, waiting for inspiration.
Still waiting.
Well, for starters, Silk shaving cream is crap.
So is gym class volleyball.
And sometimes, society.
Not to copy my good friend  Kay's recent post (Check it out at girlvssociety.blogspot.com), but mean people suck. I almost never use that word. (I prefer sock ;)), but it's true. Being mean doesn't make you cool, or better than everyone else, it means you don't respect other people, and obviously have no regard for their feelings because you think it's funny to get a reaction out of them. Well, reality check. It's not funny. it's cruel, and it needs to stop. Not to say I'm completely innocent. In the beginning of the year, in art class, my assigned seat was with three guys, Kyle, Evan, and David. Evan is a friend of mine, I didn't know David or Kyle, but I thought Kyle was kind of weird and for some reason, those first few weeks I couldn't tolerate him for some reason. I wasn't mean to him, but I got annoyed easily by things he did, for no good reason. But David and Evan did bully him, and it bugged me,  but I never said anything, maybe because I never particularly liked Kyle, maybe because he reacted strongly to the bullying. I had tried telling him not to react as strongly, but he didn't listen. Maybe this is why I didn't do something before, but it was no reason not to. Then one day, they were bullying him again, and he said, "It's all fun and games until someone commits suicide." This opened my eyes to how bad bullying has become, and how being a bystander is almost as bad as being a bully. I told David and Evan off, and they claimed they were just having some fun. I knew I couldn't get through to David when he said this, but I talked to Evan later that day, and told him what Kyle said, and I think it opened his eyes too. He laid off with bullying Kyle, and stood by me multiple times when I tried to get through to David and told him off for being a jerk. Now Kyle often hangs with my friends and I in numerous classes, and he's actually is really funny. He makes the weirdest faces... He's also a good singer too. He sang for my chorus as part of this thing we have to do now to show class participation.
So, on that note, don't be a bystander. Nobody's perfect, and don't cover up your insecurities by exploiting others.
Keep it real and fail with style.
-I

This is an afterthought, but I would feel like a loser commenting on my own blog, but I swear, I sound like a saint or cult leader or something "I've tried to get through to David" but know, I pretty much said, "Hey David, knock it off, you're being a jerk and it's not funny." So yeah XD