Must we point out the weak of spirit?
Must we laugh at the Freak?
We all talk about uniqueness like it is something that we all want to be; however, when you look at people they actually shun difference. Lets face it we are hypocritical when it comes to a society, we say that we like everyone to have their own views and abilities and then we turn around and say that there is something wrong with that person that acts differently than us. What is it about a person with a slight variation in their genetic code that makes us repulsed? When I was in the fourth grade I developed a chest defect and then was relentlessly made fun of and judged as a freak during all my years in school. It got so bad that I decided never to take off my shirt if at all possible. Let’s just say that shirts and skins is a nightmare for me when I play sports. During my freshman year I had four surgeries to mitigate the deformity, but this did not stop the relentless teasing. It is a real damper on my self esteem and the comment s no matter how many times I hear them they seem to never hurt less and my wounds never callous from repetitive injury. I say this to explain that there are differences in the world and it is not pertinent to point out the obvious differences, I think when you reach college you would realize that the obvious differences are now implied. We all came to college to escape discrimination of different kinds so why does it seem to follow us in slightly knew forms. I mean most of us were discriminated against, at our various high schools, for being LDS and the fact that we did not drink or do other things like that. That was hard enough and I thought going to an LDS college would eliminate a lot of the judgments that are thrown around but I would say it is worse here.
3 comments:
I like the title Must we laugh at the freak. I think it is creative and catches your attention. We are all guilty of judging before we know who people really are.
I really liked your title. It made me think about how we all came to BYU with common interests, yet discrimination still exists. You really established your ethos and I am glad that you were able to open up so well to your audience. That was really personal information that you shared. your kairos applies to everyone so you did good!
that was a great example, however, I think that you should give an example from college to better establish kairos, an example from fourth grade is not very timely
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