The Christianville Spirit
The Spirit that Knows Love
August 7th, 2019-TCS # 650
Welcome Back to School, My Readers! Okay, actually, Your Children probably have already been told that or will be told that! Yes, It is Back to School Time! The Time when Everyone, young and old go back to School. Yes, Folks! I know It may seem Early to Some. I am sure that You are probably Thinking, Wait a Minute! Summer just started! Nope! Time went by Very Fast! Now, to be fair, There are Some School Districts in America (ahem..Here in The United States) where They have already started School and even I was thinking that It was starting too Early. I have always known here in Plano that School always started either A Day or Two before, On, or a Day after My Birthday of August 11th. This Year it happens to be The Day after My Birthday. Now, Something that worries Parents, speaking of School is the Dreaded Topic that Everyone eventually has to deal with at One Time or another. For The Record, Said Topic does not always stop in School, Sometimes You get them in Adulthood but, Much Less than in School. The “Them” that I am referring to, of course is Bullies or Bullying. In Other Words, People who feel that In order to Make Themselves feel better, They start Bullying You so that You are Equal their Level of Sadness and/or Anger-ness or both. So, The Thing is, I wrote a Newsletter about This, which I am going to rerun in a Second. But, I will tell you first that Yes, in My Childhood, I was Bullied in the 5th Grade. The Kids who did it have since apologized for Their “Immature” Behavior at The Time, which to be Fair, It comes with being in 5th Grade. But, I digress. Now, The Hard Part of This Topic of Bullying is that Bullying as certainly changed a lot since I was Kid. Most of The Time, Bullying occurred at School and Only at School, maybe After School too. Now, No I am not talking about Myself, I am talking about Bullying in General. Now, Since There is much more Access to The Internet and Technology, Bullying can spread a heck of a lot faster than Just at School. These Days as much as I hate to imagine this but Kids These Days have Social Media and of Course, Phones. By Social Media, usually it just means Snapchat or Instagram; “The Kids Version of Facebook”, as a Friend’s 13 Year Old told me a couple years ago. Of Course, Yes, There are Kids who sneak onto Facebook and Most often It is on YouTube. “Keyboard Warriors”, I have heard Youtubers referred to them as. As well as “Haters” or Most Commonly “Trolls”. Bullying can happen anywhere these Days. The Key to all this is to Report it. To an Adult or A Symbol of Authority. So, The Moral of The Story is not just to watch Your Kids but, Also Be Involved in Their Life, Talk to Them Every Night at Dinner and Chances anytime You get. and, Of Course, It goes without Saying to Spread Love! So, with that said, I am going to rerun a Newsletter about My Thoughts about Bullying! Enjoy!
This Newsletter was Originally Written on July 10th of 2013 (Refer to Newsletter 359)
So, This Week’s Newsletter is going to get a little Personal, about Something that concerns us all. It is known as Bullying. As hard as it is to say, You can’t go through Life without being Bullied and You have gone through without it, then You are very lucky. Now, I say that, “Concerns Us All” because it concerns not only PTLS Family Members but, also even the rest of us. For Those PTLS Family Members, I don’t mean to scare you in any way, I just want you to know what could be ahead (and, hopefully, it won’t be). As for Me, I was bullied in 5th Grade by a few kids in My Class. One Day, I was just sitting there and then, they started throwing Spitballs at Me. Considering that I had Texture Issues, I didn’t like the feel of the Spit Balls (I mean Who doesn’t). Anyway, It continued day after day while annoying me increasingly. After I told My Mom and My Brother about it, Our Childhood Meredith asked My Mom what would the risk be if she beat them up. My Mom told her what the consequence was and Meredith said, “Okay!” Talk about Support! I remember one day My Mom came to School to have lunch with me and they started throwing spitballs at me and eventually, I broke down and cried; My Mom on the other hand, She literally jumped out of the chair and flew over to those kids. Nearing 5th Grade Graduation, My Mom had a Genius Idea. She went to The Principal and they set up where The Kids that were nice to me (including Meredith) awards, to give the other kids a lesson in how to treat others. It would really help when Kids would ask My Mom about Me because I talked funny or acted less-than My Age (which is common in PTLSers anyway) and she would explain to them that I learned differently and Talked Differently but that was I was Unique, I had something called Dup.17p11.2 or A Duplication of Chromosome 17 (This was before Potocki-Lupski Syndrome was named). By The Way, I think I need to mention about the “Half-Age” thing. It generally said that us PTLSers in the way of age-appropriate behaviors, we are Half Our Age. However, there are times when we are more than our age, for me that is when it is about Geography and When I am Writing. I like to think of it more like this.. When I’m around Kids because there are No Adults to talk to or The Kids Stuff seems more fun, than I act less my age because I am imitating them. However, If I am around Adults (by Adults, I mean above 30), then I act more of My Age or sometimes even above it. So, I’m sure you are asking, “Was School Hard for You?(In The Way of Bullying)” It wasn’t that hard, the 5th Grade was the only time that I had bullies. As For My Advice about it, first thing to do would be to ignore it because they want a reaction out of you. If there are No Reactions, They will not Bully (do tell someone like Parents, Teacher, or Person of Authority); If it continues then, You tell them to Stop; if they don’t then You move toward The Principal (or Someone of Higher Authority). Of Course, On the rare occasion that the bully is an adult, then Kill Them with Kindness. A Big Way of Bullying to Me is Hurtful Words, They hurt me the most. It doesn't matter what Hurtful Word that they say, even if they are joking (which usually they are) it hurts me very deeply and it is something that I never forget. All in all, I conquered having a bully and I know that Other PTLSers can too.
Thanks for Reading The Christianville Spirit. Whether you have a Bully or You are a Bully, Stop Them!
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