Today was the Silent Stand anti-bullying protest, specifically aimed toward helping the LGBT community.
I wanted to make sure people got the whole point of what this is supposed to be about.
A lot of kids who weren't participating today got bullied themselves by people who were participating, saying that if you didn't participate and take bad grades because you wouldn't speak, that you were bullying gay kids.
The point was not to seek out and be mean to anyone who didn't participate. It's about acceptance and tolerance, not about starting a witch hunt over nothing. Just because people aren't refusing to talk doesn't mean that they hate gays and are horrible bullies. I didn't participate because I had two oral reports to give, wanted to study with my friends at lunch for a science test, and had to act out a couple of scenes in Romeo and Juliet for English class. And there were plenty of other kids who had similar reasons for not doing it.
As previously stated, the point was to support acceptance and tolerance. Don't attack the kids who didn't participate. It doesn't speak about their character at all. Every single day we should support acceptance and tolerance. Today was supposed to be a day against bullying for EVERYONE, not directly bullying to kids who didn't participate.
So, basically guys, remember that today is a day to support people. Making other people's lives better by supporting them is more important than tearing down other people.
I'm not complaining about what happened to me, I just want y'all to know that today is more than that and it sets a terrible, hypocritical example when people think it's an excuse to pick on other people.
Today was the Silent Stand anti-bullying protest, specifically aimed toward helping the LGBT community.
I wanted to make sure people got the whole point of what this is supposed to be about.
A lot of kids who weren't participating today got bullied themselves by people who were participating, saying that if you didn't participate and take bad grades because you wouldn't speak, that you were bullying gay kids.
The point was not to seek out and be mean to anyone who didn't participate. It's about acceptance and tolerance, not about starting a witch hunt over nothing. Just because people aren't refusing to talk doesn't mean that they hate gays and are horrible bullies. I didn't participate because I had two oral reports to give, wanted to study with my friends at lunch for a science test, and had to act out a couple of scenes in Romeo and Juliet for English class. And there were plenty of other kids who had similar reasons for not doing it.
As previously stated, the point was to support acceptance and tolerance. Don't attack the kids who didn't participate. It doesn't speak about their character at all. Every single day we should support acceptance and tolerance. Today was supposed to be a day against bullying for EVERYONE, not directly bullying to kids who didn't participate.
So, basically guys, remember that today is a day to support people. Making other people's lives better by supporting them is more important than tearing down other people.
I'm not complaining about what happened to me, I just want y'all to know that today is more than that and it sets a terrible, hypocritical example when people think it's an excuse to pick on other people.