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Stop On In

Bullying

This topic has been very serious lately. As most know of the young man that jumped off the bridge who killed himself around three weeks ago. He happened to go to Rutgers and did this act because someone had posted his business on Facebook.

I just really thought that I would talk about my past experiences with bullying and being bullied.

When I use to bully I didn’t find it as a way to vent or anything like that. I didn’t really want the person to feel bad it just kind of happened, it wasn’t purposeful it was just something to do I never really thought about it as they could potentially kill themselves over something that to me didn’t t seem so important. That’s the real reason I stopped.

As far as my being bullied, I don’t really get bullied I mean all of us get made fun of because of something we have did or said. Last year I did have a couple of incidents where I was in a way cyber bullied and a lot of things got on Facebook, but I wasn’t really into that it wasn’t something that made me feel bad it was just a situation where I thought immature people will be immature and I’m ok with that. In other words I have never been bullied to the point of wanting to kill myself or harm someone else.

Some advice i can give on the subject is if you are being bullied TELL SOMEONE! I don't care if they threaten you TELL SOMEONE, it actually does work! If you are they one doing the bullying then look up some instances where people killed themselves because of that , it will really get you on the right track!

So now that I have shared some of my experience give me your ideas on this topic I would love to know what you guys think, or your past experiences with this subject!

A Fantastic Play

Last Friday I saw a play called Confirming the Search: That Girl's Still Here Somewhere By: Nadine Mozon. Unlike most plays this had only one person and was a collection of poems instead of a script with multiple characters.

This play was very interesting. The writer told about her life and the different stages she experienced, and it always went back to what she did as a kid. I think that it is important not to lose the kid in you because you lose everything. I believe being a kid helps you know what you'll enjoy as a grown up.

This play was more then something to just sit back and listen to, it got you thinking and wondering how you can keep the inner kid in you. It also gave you an appreciation for the small things and keeping child-like amazement by expecting so much. One of the most important things I got out of this is to learn to live free from your mind and don't go searching for you, but let it come to you.

This program was part of the "Women in Power Conference" series sponsored by United Way of Greater Union County and Kean University. My sisters and I as part of Tiaras To Crowns started attending this annual event last year. There is really good information shared and lots of fun too. We meet girls from all over the area and talk about issues that face teens.

As a bonus to the evening I received a signed copy of Ms. Mozon's book, Kiss It Up To God -- I'll be reading it to fulfill my homework for English. If you get a chance click on the link above and look into some of her work.