Being Discriminated? Just Go With the Flow

4 years back when I was in Grade 6. An accident happened that changed my point of view in life. Ten days before Christmas, everybody was busy decorating their classrooms, making Christmas trees and preparing gifts for their love ones. Being one of the tallest in our class, I was assigned to place the Christmas lanterns on the ceiling. Before I perform my task, our teacher kept on reminding me to be careful. “Be careful” I had always kept that in mind. As I climb up on the fragile table, my classmates were staring at me. When I was about to fix the lantern on the ceiling …“Ouch”! I accidentally slipped on the table which caused my arm to be fractured. It was casted for a month.

Every night of every day I cannot move my arm. It really hurts. I was not able to do things I wanted to do. For the first time I went to school, my classmates at first really looked worried about me, but, as the days passed by, they started to discriminate. Being the only one in the class does not feel great or cool. It feels awful! Even our teacher teases me. It was just that irritating. Every time I pass by a student, they greet me “HI ROBOCOP” Hehe, what a name :). I did nothing instead of answering back to them. With those things around me for a month, I have learned to laugh at them. I even exaggerated their jokes for me. When my cast was removed, I told myself to be more careful. With that experience, I have learned the true value of “prevention is better than cure”.

Now if I were you, do not repeat my mistake. We always have our own choices. It is up to you. As you read this article, you may not feel the pain I’ve been through. If you do not believe me, I am telling you, BEING DISCRIMINATED IS NOT COOL!!

NOTE: WHAT YOU DO NOT WANT DONE TO YOU, DO NOT DO TO OTHERS :) Thank You for reading my short article.