Selena+P.

"An Eye For An Eye Makes The World Go Blind"

Reading is easy for most, yet at school we dread the thought of cracking a book. We fail to comprehend that for some people out there, they can't even understand the words on the paper. For my ten year old brother Aidan, his whole world is completely different. Diagnosing Aidan is complex, his mind works like gears. Everyday is a struggle for Aidan to process and understand the whole world around him. Every corner or step at school is a new threat for Aidan, he has to look into the eyes of his torturers and can't to do anything about it. To some people loser and stupid aren't the worst words out there. But some people believe it is the worst type of words out there. Which for my brother who can barely grasp how to read makes him believe that he really is stupid. The simple grab of the arm turns into a struggle as they make a promise that his face will be bloody. Even on a class field trip they refuse to give up. As they pull out his legs from underneath him so he will trip and fall. My parents began to notice this problem so they allow him to enroll in karate. But those same kids show up there.

When you turn for help to the school that has the no toleration for bullying and yet he is still bullied daily. When did it become okay, for a kid to threaten and attempt to beat up another? Every month another meeting is made to stop this, but it gets worse and threats become real. My brother comes home daily, upset that he is a loser, aggravates himself to the point where everything he once learned leaves his mind. He begins to hit things, pull out his hair and attack the ones closest to him. He isn't a menace or unsafe. Its just that deep down he can't stop him self from being hurt. Why can't we follow up on the rules, and stop bullying? Every day, everywhere, some poor kid is being threatened. Not only by kids their own age but by older, and even adults. What about the bullies themselves? What environment are they growing up in, where this is okay? It’s not hard to step in and save more than one child's life, this I believe.