Stand Up To Better Society

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Stand up What if Martin Luther King Jr. never stood up for the rights of black people? What if Gandhi never stood up for what he believed in? What if everyone stood up for what they thought was right? As human beings it is in our nature from birth to be curious and wonder what if. The only way humans can be sure that their message truly gets across is to stand up and speak their mind. In today’s society, it is important to stand up for what you believe in as this can influence society to change for the better. Three prime examples of standing up to better society include Hans from the film The Book Thief, my personal experience and Malala in her struggle to change the view of education for girls in the Middle East. In the film, The Book …show more content…

For the most part, as a child I would say I was fairly friendly towards other children, however everyone has their fault and my biggest one has always been bullying. As many children are, I was bullied in Kindergarten leaving my self esteem at an all time low. After building myself back up by the time second grade rolled around I wasn’t going to take anymore bullying so I became the bully. I know that none of the kids would stop me from bullying because no one had the courage to. Considering all the options Julia, a girl who had transferred to my school two weeks into the school year, seem like the best candidate. The bullying started out slowly, at first it was just talking behind her back about how ‘stupid’ and ‘weird’ she was. From there it escalated quickly, my friends and I began to exclude her from everything and call her names to the point that Julia looked like she wanted to cry. One day Julia threatened to tell the teacher and being in second grade we knew that having the teacher find out what we had been doing would be the ultimate punishment. Aware of this my friend pinned Julia’s arms against the back of the climbing wall, where no teachers ever checked, and told her that if she did we would make her life even more miserable. I knew just being a bystander in this situation wasn’t really the right thing to do, but I just didn’t have the confidence to stand up, especially since I was the one who had initiated the bullying. Going home that night, I reflected on the events and I could see that we had taken things too far. I felt defeated, even though I hadn’t been the one being bullied, I was the one that was making someone feel how I previously felt. The next day I know what I had to do. I told my friends that we shouldn't bully Julia because it's not the right thing to do. Of course they didn’t agree with me, so I decided to take matters into my

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