I Did Something I Regret
Okay, confession time.
Back in high school, we had this introvert classmate. In hindsight I known that she was a legitimately good person, spending her free time to explain maths and stuff to the slower students and always smiling to everybody. But at the time, we were popular and bored, so we started bullying her. She really wasn't particularly pretty, not ugly tho, kinda like a wallflower type of girl. Also she had this annoying high-pitched voice, of course thats wasnt her fault, but it made her an easy target. I guess we did it just because we could, because she was there. It started with small things, mean rumours and nasty remarks. After a while, it got more out of hand, like inventing stuff that's supposedly been missing and blaming her. Eventually some of the popular guys joined in and carried it even further. One time, they placed a pin on her chair before she entered the classroom. Or they would throw pencils and stuff at her during class. She broke down crying several times, but not once did we stop to ask ourselves what in the hell we were doing to her.
By the end she was completely isolated, because everbody knew to avoid her like the plague lest they would also become a target of the bullies. She started gaining a lot of weight, probably ate herself to sleep every night on ice cream or something. When graduation came around, she was totally obese. I remember noticing during the prom dance how she just stood there, awkwardly, completely alone, and left pretty soon.
Now at the time it was just a joke to my friends and me, nothing to give a second thought to. But ever since I left high school, it dawned on me what we had done to that poor person, and I feel so bad about it. So that's my confession right here, and I really regret it. But I guess you cant change the past..
Back in high school, we had this introvert classmate. In hindsight I known that she was a legitimately good person, spending her free time to explain maths and stuff to the slower students and always smiling to everybody. But at the time, we were popular and bored, so we started bullying her. She really wasn't particularly pretty, not ugly tho, kinda like a wallflower type of girl. Also she had this annoying high-pitched voice, of course thats wasnt her fault, but it made her an easy target. I guess we did it just because we could, because she was there. It started with small things, mean rumours and nasty remarks. After a while, it got more out of hand, like inventing stuff that's supposedly been missing and blaming her. Eventually some of the popular guys joined in and carried it even further. One time, they placed a pin on her chair before she entered the classroom. Or they would throw pencils and stuff at her during class. She broke down crying several times, but not once did we stop to ask ourselves what in the hell we were doing to her.
By the end she was completely isolated, because everbody knew to avoid her like the plague lest they would also become a target of the bullies. She started gaining a lot of weight, probably ate herself to sleep every night on ice cream or something. When graduation came around, she was totally obese. I remember noticing during the prom dance how she just stood there, awkwardly, completely alone, and left pretty soon.
Now at the time it was just a joke to my friends and me, nothing to give a second thought to. But ever since I left high school, it dawned on me what we had done to that poor person, and I feel so bad about it. So that's my confession right here, and I really regret it. But I guess you cant change the past..
