First Day of Middle School

In our society, most people are being judged on how their skin color looks or how they dress. In my opinion it is true because people tend to look at you in a different way if you don’t have money, or fancy clothes on. How do we expect the environment to change if it’s all about following a trend?

            Take me way back to my middle school days, it was my first day of 6^th grade on September 4, 2010. I had no clue how it was going to be. As soon as I stepped in, I knew I had to grab my schedule in order to know what classes I had to go to. Waiting in line, I was one of the shortest Asians in there. I started to notice everybody looking at me and people giggling in the background. In my head, I told myself, “Are people laughing at me because I’m small? “ I finally got done waiting in line and got my schedule and started heading to class. Walking around, I seen everybody looking at me weird.

I tried to ignore them because I didn’t want any problems with anybody. I sat down in class and around me I heard people saying “Chino” as in Chinese. It made me mad in the inside but I held it in. I had no choice but to say nothing back because I was new to the school. I noticed they made fun of me because I was not “Their kind.” But I continued my day and told my friends about the story and they told me to just ignore them.

In my conclusion, we need to make a big change in our community.  You can’t judge someone by how they look. Just like a book, you don’t know what’s inside until you open it. It’s about respect, if you treat people the way you want to be treated it will all come back to you. B e positive and don’t make fun of people by how they look. It can hurt people inside without you even knowing it.