Doing What is Right

 Colin Sabatino 

First part of Unit 3

Doctor Entzminger 

4/20/20 

Stranger To a Friend 

A genuine smile or conversation can make someone's day. I have a friend that I started to talk to during my sophomore year because he and I have the same schedule together. I started to notice that he would get bullied in the hallways because of the way he dressed and how he presented himself. His shoes would “click” down the hallway from his dress shoes he wore. He also wore a dress shirt, dress pants, dress shoes, and had his hair combed slicked to the right. Also, he wore a sweater over his dress shirt and tie every Friday. So it got to a point where I had to do something. I started to talk to him and right away, I noticed everything was different. 

I wanted to start talking to him and make sure everything was okay with him and possibly make a friend out of it. So after class one day, the bell rang and I stayed seated until he got up. He usually was the last person to leave the classroom. So I used one of the topics from “What Kids Can Do” and treated him with respect. Started off by me just being by his side and making sure no one did anything to him. This quote from What Kids Can Do “Keep in mind that everyone is different. Not better or worse. Just different.” This quote reminds me of when I had to think of myself in this situation and always say this in my head, “everyone is different” and base it off of what I would talk to him about. So I would start off conversations by commenting on his tie he wore or even about class. 

This site is good for people to find ways to help with a friend or family member who is being bullied. This site is helpful on tips and ideas as well as if you do feel angry or want to bully, there are ideas on ways to try to get your mind off of it. It has some of the ideas that I used when I was helping a kid get bullied. The section Stand Up For Others has ideas on ways to talk to people that are getting bullied like talk to them on the bus, in the hallways, as well as sitting next to them in the lunchroom and start a conversation with them. I started to sit next to him at lunch with some of my friends, and would talk to him in between classes in the hallways making sure he was okay. 

As I started to realize that he was happier and would want to talk to me I knew I did something right. I realized that the kid didn’t have the problem of being bullied any more or anything. It all started just from being kind and treating people with respect. As the topic Treat Everybody with Respect says, “Keep in mind that everyone is different. Not better or worse. Just different.” It was just like what I kept saying to myself when I was helping him out, I said “Everyones different” meaning that I have to find ways that he will talk to me by choosing the topic I start off with.  Every time I start off talking to him I am amazed by his outfit. I would either complement his tie he wore, or even the sweater he wore on Friday. He would automatically put a smile on his face and he would laugh and tell me that it was a special tie from some type of imaginary place. It would even put a smile on my face when I would start talking to him.

After realizing what I did and how it made me feel, I realized that a genuine smile or conversation can make someone's day. Ever since this I just say Hi or even start a conversation with people that I feel that they have no one to talk to or even someone I know. I get many people that I know that start up our day saying hi to each other going to class or even going to get food. You never know, one day you might have to use this for a younger sibling or even your future children to make sure they are okay in school. 


Work Cited: 

Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs (ASPA)

https://www.stopbullying.gov/resources/kids



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