Log 5

 

       During these two weeks, I constantly read the book from chapters 12 to 16. I was impressed by the beginning of chapter 14. Because Bruno knew that Shmuel was bullied by a bad boy, he assumed that there were bullies all over the world, not just in school.

        However, it recalled my painful memory from the past. When I was fourth grade, I had falling out with one of my friends. The reason why we argued was because she said I lacked of chemistry with another friend. From my perspective, she was trying to drive a wedge between us, so we did not talk for a few days. I thought it was just a small argument, but I didn't expect it to escalate to the principal's office. She thought she was bullied by my friend and me, so she told her parents. Then, her parents told her to inform me that my parents had gone to principal's office to negotiate about the matter with them.

        On that day when they negotiated, neither of us could show up, I heard my mother say what happened in the principle's office. She told me that her parents printed out all of our chats on Facebook and said I was such a poorly mannered child since I said something bad about a teacher who wouldn’t let us extend the math exam time. However, their daughter deleted all the messages she had sent to me, so they did not know that what was actually bad-mouthing the teacher too. I thought I was bullied by her parents. I could not understand why they had to blow this situation out of proportion. No one knew. Surprisingly, I made up with her. We were still friends.

        Do you think we became best friends? No, there was another argument that happened when we were in fifth grade. At that time, a Japanese called, Death Note was popular in Taiwan, and many teenagers liked it. One day, a classmate found that she had a Death Note. She wrote down my name on the notebook. It made me furious. I did not understand why she did such a terrible thing. Then, we argued and stopped talking again. After a few days, I found that she had posted my photo and typed something bad on her Instagram. I thought it was cyberbullying. However, our parents did not negotiate in the principle's office again this time. Only our mentor negotiate with us. Because many people stood by me, so mentor thought it was my fault. I thought I had been treated unfairly, but I did not know how to defend myself at that time. I took it lying down without say anything. This time, we were no longer friends.

        Through the painful experiences, I hated the silent treatment when I argued with friends. I made up my mind to speak my mind as long as I had argument with others. Therefore, I could avoid the same thing happening again and again.