Gandhi Inspired my School

Be the change you wish to see in the world. - Mahatma Gandhi 

This may be a cliche post, but this is my blog, so I can write whatever I want, right?

Anyways, here's a short message that I'd like to share with all of you about my experience at "Be the Change" a few weeks back. After all the stupid games played in order to break the ice with your peers, the awful dance moves, free Chick-fil-a, crying with your families, hugs, and inspirational messages given by fellow students and teachers, I've come to a conclusion about high school students.

Every single person at this "World Class" school goes through shit. Our parents get divorced. Our Dads loose their jobs. Our homes get foreclosed on. One of our siblings dies. Our Moms get diagnosed with breast cancer. Our best friends go to rehab for a drug addiction. We go through hard, tough, sad, lonely, shitty situations in our family or personal lives. So why, do we as high school students still find it alright to put each other down? Life butt fucks all us anyways, so why do we still do it? Would it really kill you to smile at someone who looked down? Would it hurt your popularity to invite someone who didn't have any friends to be your partner in class? Would you get cancer and die if you were nice to other people?

We are so conceded and self righteous during our high school years. In the words of Lorde, "I am not a white teeth teen. I tried to join, but never did. The way they are, the way they seem." There are people in the halls of our school that fade into obscurity. Nobody knows who they are, but they all know who we are. They want to have sleepovers with the cheerleaders. They want to go to prom with Hannemanns. They want to show up at a party, and have people compliment their outfit, and carry out a conversation with them because they want to, not out of pity. But it doesn't happen.

We should all read this and feel ashamed. I know I'm ashamed of myself for realizing I also do these things to others.