Social Awareness Project

#4~ Reading Response

a blustering, quarrelsome, overbearing person who habitually badgers and intimidates smaller or weaker people.-Dictionary.Reference.com

In the book, Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers, focuses in the topic of bullying and popularity. Bullying can be physical, verbal, viral, and more. Physical and verbal bullying, as well as cyberbullying take place. It all started with some drinks.

In the beginning, the Regina, the main character, and Anna ,her best friend, were staying at a home while still being drunk from a party the just happened, then, Anna’s boyfriend, Donnie, is too drunk that he decides to almost rape Regina. ALMOST. Anna was still there but she was knocked out and didn't want to wake up. Regina then runs out of the house into her “friend” Kara. She tells Kara everything. The next day, Kara tells the story to everyone, not the true one, the twisted one, she tells Anna that she had sex with him. After this, Donnie doesn’t get bullied, but Regina does, ALLOT. Donnie has loyal friends and Regina just has friends that would do anything to remain popular; they care of what people think. The bullying worsens.

The way the author describes Regina’s feelings makes me sick. The way Regina is being bullied seems ridiculous. Someone actually pushes her down one flight of stairs and causes her great damage. She gets beaten and left in a stranded area. She gets things written about her on the internet and images get posted. The whole school smirks at her and call her names like, “slut” and “whore.” She makes a friend though, Michael. It’s a rough start and with Michael, Regina doesn’t feel lonely, but doesn't feel safe either. Michael and Regina aren’t really close. But she feels a happier, not allot, just a little.

After reading this book, I felt disgusted. I felt that no one could possibly survive bullying. Reading the book literally traumatized me. The images are drilled into my brain. The author makes you understand the topic of bullying more clearly and explains everything that gives you a clear image, which makes more traumatizing. What the author is trying to say, is that bullying isn’t funny, especially not to the person who’s being bullied. 

#5~  Poem

I spend lunch alone and isolated,Everything I do gets you aggravated.

I don’t understand what I’ve done,My hopes as of now are close to none.

One day you will see,
Everything that you have done to me,

One day it will be over,Just when I get that for leafed clover.

School and home are the same,They don’t have a hint of shame.

Teachers swear they’ll make a change,It’s obvious that it isn’t in their range.

But now my hopes are none,You will see what you have done.

I’ll cut through flesh and veins,all to take away this pain.

I’ll have to cut deeper,Waiting for the grim reaper,

In the bathroom.Bleeding.You didn’t hear me out.It doesn’t matter now.


PROCESS:I wrote this poem thinking of the experience I had reading books about bullying, in the first person. I literally felt the pain in my gut and disgust. Even though I haven’t been bullied that much, the pain I felt reading was real. I used that experience in writing that poem. The poem is about a kid being bullied, and he takes too much of it. He tries to talk some sense to the bully/ies but fails and decides to cut himself. I didn’t include a happy ending because it seems that most stories have solutions to problem and there are actually people that have sad endings like this.

#2~ Stahp.

The word “stop” means to put an end to. I come across people being bothered about their beliefs, and even their likes. It may seem funny for a moment, but enough is enough. Of course, what’s popular now is One Direction, what used to be VERY popular, and still is, is Justin Bieber. I constantly hear people bothering fans about how they suck, and it never stops. I’m a directioner, and I get bothered constantly, people always say “One Direction sucks.” It can be easily ignored, but some people cross the line saying that they are gay and that we should go kill ourselves. This used to happen to beliebers, but now its on directioners. It hurts because it’s something we are passionate about. The point is, people should be able to know when to stop. What’s something you’re passionate about? It may be cooking, to reading, to watching TV, and playing video games, and it might also be a movie. This is basically bullying. The cause for this is questionable. There seems to be no reason at all to hate on others passions or dreams. The cause for this might just be if someone’s passion literally has done something to someone, which is highly unlikely. Some people do it to provoke someone and see their reaction to it, which they find funny.

The solution is simple, don’t cross the line. Crossing the line could lead to verbal and physical fights. I see this everyday. We try to ignore this, but unfortunately the passion drives us to different directions. Forget about our “obsessions” and “fandoms” for a moment and think about what your passionate about. Forget I even named directioners or beliebers or fandoms. I’m talking about dreams and passions and crossing lines. It may seems funny at first, but don’t pass that line.