I run onto the bus excited for the day. I walk into the school glad and joyful. I walk into the classroom, grab my stuff, and I'm ready for class. She tells us "leave your stuff on your desk, we're gonna have forty five minutes of play time!" I am the first person to grab the hot wheels. These kids walk up to me and say. "you're not good at anything and your mom's fat." why they said this to me I don't know. I was treated lesser than those kids which made me feel like I was different. Yet, that helped me shape my life. I believe that everyone's equal.
I once witnessed a kid getting bullied. That kid's name was Max Pietrzak. I had a mohawk in first grade which made me target for kids to bully me. I didn't want to go to school anymore. No one talked to me. I had no friends. This was the worst year of school for me. The teacher HATED me. She kept most of the kids inside on the first day of recess we had ever gotten because were not sharpened correctly. She would yell at me. Just me. This made me feel like i wasn't equal compared to everyone else because it was just me getting yelled at for mistakes that were mine and other peoples.
I feel like kids with disabilities maybe treated nice in school, but outside of school, they are treated different. I invited a boy named Alex to my birthday. Alex had down syndrome. His mom didn't think that he was really invited. She cried because it was the first birthday party he was ever invited to go to. Alex came and had a great time bowling, eating pizza, and playing games with everyone. Alex got to be like every other kid. During this time, no one saw his disability and neither did I and he was treated like an equal.
Alex's mom got the invitation but didn't think Alex was really invited. My mom called her and asked if Alex was coming to the party. Alex's mom said that Alex has down syndrome and wasn't sure if he would be part of the group. My mom told her she could come but couldn't be by Alex. We had two special education teachers there to help with groups. Alex's mom sat in the back and cried. She said "it was the first time she really got to see her son play with other kids." This is why i believe everyone's equal. My life has been a roller coaster. When i found out that my parents were getting divorced i went to school crying. All the kids made fun of me and called me a "sissy. I look back at the day. The day was February seventh two thousand twelve. People might know what its like. Here's what my parents said to me when they announced that they were getting divorced. "we're buying a house!" My mom said. "But I'm not moving in with you." my dad said. But i worked through it all. I hope one day my kids (possibly) don't have to go through what I went through. Yes, they probably will be different but that's what makes them unique. I believe that everyone is equal because we're not all going to have the same as everyone else but yet, we are all unique. People think that just because they are getting treated differently that the easy road out. What I've learned is that people think they don't have friends or that no one loves them. I don't believe that's true. Another thing I've learned from this is to treat others they way I want to be treated and if I don't like them I'm still going to try talking to them. My future will not be chosen by you. My future will be chosen by me.
Thank you all for reading this.