Do whatever makes you happy and don't let anyone change the way you are. 

As a kid, I was the type of person who did what I wanted and didn't listen to my parents. I always wanna do things my way and think differently.  My parents are old school so they believed that I should be doing things how they were taught. They would always say “Don't do that, people are going to think bad” but it was mostly in Mexico when they said those things, especially where I am from they want a good reputation. My parents never said anything about gay couples or people, on that part I got it from them. I do not care what gender you like and I think that people shouldnt care either and judge them. Old schooled People think it's not right to like the same gender. I think you shouldn't care what other people think and whatever feels right for you and makes you happy. 

 I started to think this when I did something and my parents told me that it would ruin my reputation . “What are people going to say?”. I thought to myself that  it doesn't matter what people say/think. Those people will always have something to say. 

  I used to go to school in Mexico during the time I was there.  I always saw this girl alone and I didnt want to ask why she was alone. Until one day I was hearing the kids say “nadie la va querer y esta fea”. I thought to myself why are they saying these things if she's always alone and nice, what did she do? I turned to my friends and asked them “porque dicen eso de ella '' they responded with “they don't like her because she likes girls. To me this didn't sit right, why were they saying these things about her if the only difference they had was the gender she liked. A couple days passed and that same group of girls were saying mean things to her and she was crying. This time is when I thought to myself it's my time to tell them something or they will keep telling her things. I went up to that group and told them they needed to stop saying things about her. To one specific person I told her “nadie está diciendo nada porque quieres aquel feo” I knew it was mean  to say the kid was ugly but I didn't know what else to say. Once I got them to pay attention to me i yelled “no está bien que hagan esto, nomas se estan haciendo ver chiquitos, solo porque a ella le gusta las niñas no significa que no tenga sentimientos, ponganse en su lugar y se que no vieran de quiere que los traten como la están tratando a ella”  I stood up for that girl who was getting bullied because she liked girls and i was proud to say it. I had never been put in a situation where I needed to stand up for someone, neither did I believe I did it because I am shy but I was glad I did.  When I stood up and told the kids what i had to say they just stood quiet because they didn't think someone would ever stand up. When we were coming out of the school she thanked me and I heard that she made friends and they stopped bothering her.

This situation changed me because I don't regularly stand up and when I see something. My parents know about this story and they were proud. Somehow I'm still finding a way to completely change their old schooled thinking and bring them up to date. I say don't change yourself for others who you think will judge you or think you will lose your good reputation and go with what makes you happy.