Words of Wisdom
Common SENSE-itivity
Arianna Millington
Issue date: 2/5/10 Section: Opinion
I encourage everyone to do the same! Maybe this separation lasts the rest of my life, or maybe it lasts a week. If a person decides to apologize, then I'm there, ready and forgiving.
Application: My thought on sensitivity is you can't control anyone but you. So if something makes you uncomfortable either deal with it, or ignore it. Don't try to tell people what they can and can't say. Karma is a better punishment anyway.
Example: So far this school year at Lyndon I have grown extremely close to this girl, let's call her Pamela. We were like best friends and, until recently, everything has been cool, . But since we got back from break, she really likes hanging out with this kid. Let's call him Daniel.
All day and everyday they are together, it's like she's in love with him or something, but I found it's more of a best friend situation. So of course at first I thought I was jealous, but that just didn't feel like that was the problem exactly. Every time I was around Dan, it seems like he always picked on me! I know it sounds super childish, but his constant attempts to hurt my feelings was really too much for me to handle. He always mocked the way I talked and ridiculed the fact that I was black, and always had fun laughing at whatever I said and did. I simply reasoned that he made me uncomfortable and that I don't have to tolerate him. This may be the most over-sensitive I have ever been, but that's for me to decide.
So now I don't hang with Pam as much as I used to, or as much as I would like, and she even said to me: "If you don't like people who pick on you , then you won't have any friends!" I told her that I'd rather have very little or no friends, than to be around a bunch of people that made me uncomfortable.
Today we're all three still cool, though I find it more accurate to say that Pam and Dan are best friends, and that's all right with me!
Report your progress: If you try this application and you like what you've done, please let me know. Positive feedback is proof that persuades someone else to try, slowly improving our world.
Application: My thought on sensitivity is you can't control anyone but you. So if something makes you uncomfortable either deal with it, or ignore it. Don't try to tell people what they can and can't say. Karma is a better punishment anyway.
Example: So far this school year at Lyndon I have grown extremely close to this girl, let's call her Pamela. We were like best friends and, until recently, everything has been cool, . But since we got back from break, she really likes hanging out with this kid. Let's call him Daniel.
All day and everyday they are together, it's like she's in love with him or something, but I found it's more of a best friend situation. So of course at first I thought I was jealous, but that just didn't feel like that was the problem exactly. Every time I was around Dan, it seems like he always picked on me! I know it sounds super childish, but his constant attempts to hurt my feelings was really too much for me to handle. He always mocked the way I talked and ridiculed the fact that I was black, and always had fun laughing at whatever I said and did. I simply reasoned that he made me uncomfortable and that I don't have to tolerate him. This may be the most over-sensitive I have ever been, but that's for me to decide.
So now I don't hang with Pam as much as I used to, or as much as I would like, and she even said to me: "If you don't like people who pick on you , then you won't have any friends!" I told her that I'd rather have very little or no friends, than to be around a bunch of people that made me uncomfortable.
Today we're all three still cool, though I find it more accurate to say that Pam and Dan are best friends, and that's all right with me!
Report your progress: If you try this application and you like what you've done, please let me know. Positive feedback is proof that persuades someone else to try, slowly improving our world.
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posted 2/13/10 @ 2:14 AM EST
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