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Persepolis, Marjane seems to not know how to keep her mouth shut when she got in trouble with the nuns. The nun was stereotyping Marjane and she told the nuns off. Can you remember a time when someone caused you to say something that was mean even if they deserved it?
I dated this guy for two years. My junior year he cheated on my with the gross girl who got around with a lot of guys. I was absolutely disgusted by him. I was to the point where I could not even look at him. After a couple weeks of being upset, I realized, “what am I so upset about, I can do better than someone who is going to cheat on me with some dirty girl.” After this girl saw that I was not bothered by the situation anymore she continued to keep going on about it. She would make rude comments to me even though she was the one who caused my boyfriend and I to break up. A bunch of friends and other kids were at the Southside Irish parade, including her. This girl would not get off my back. She would say stuff like “oh your just jealous he wanted me,” “your pissed cause I’m hotter than you.” She was being so immature. I tried to ignore her but after an hour I snapped. Everything that was bottled up for weeks inside me just came pouring out of my mouth. I went on a tangent. Many of my friends were shocked because I am usually not like that. I meant everything I said. That girl had it coming.
ReplyDeleteIt’s been many of times where I have been push to say things I really didn’t want to say. With my parents I don’t like to talk back it’s not right to talk back to them. Every now and then my patients can get tested and when they get tested a little too far I fail. It’s only so much one person can take in. So I can total understand Marjane in that scene of the book.
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ReplyDeleteI can remember a time when I was with my best friend and she was telling me how she just can’t figure out why she doesn’t get the boys. I ask her what she meant by that and she told me that she don’t think she is really pretty enough to get one. So she started comparing herself to the other girls that guys were mainly interested in. The guys she was interested in wanted girls with the biggest booty, big breast, and that had long hair. That made me so mad she wanted to make a change for someone else who doesn’t matter. I told her she was beautiful no matter guy want you or don’t want you at all. There is always going to be some guys who will like you for you and appreciate her. Then she didn’t listen and she was falling for this boy from the dance crew I was in and she change herself and started stuffing in the chest, butt, and wore a lot of tracks in her hair. I got feed up and told the boys that they all the same and only want one thing and that they will never get someone who will ever be loyal and not so easy to give it up. The guy from my dance crew told my best friend that I was no good for her because I act all that and like I got it all and the only reason why I’m not trying to change myself is because I wanted to be different and not like the other girls so I can get known. She felt for it and I went off and told him and her about themselves and I was angry and didn’t care what came out and they never stereotyped me and I never stereotyped anyone else.
ReplyDeleteA time when I said something mean to someone was a girl at my school. She was getting mad at everyone for no reason because she was having a bad day. Everyone that said something to her she would tell them off. She saw me and was like why you always acting like you a goody two shoes. You think you better than everybody because people like you, you not popular. You need go somewhere and sit down always smiling and what not. I told her that she needs to calm down. I am not a goody two shoes I have flaws too no one in this world is perfect. Its not my fault that people like me because I know how to treat them. Maybe if you stop acting like a witch all the time maybe others will start treating you with respect. I also told her stop taking her problems out on us because we had nothing to do with it. If you need help go seek a counselor because you all in my face. I need you to take three steps back away from me. I wish you politely stop yelling at me and talk to me correctly with a nice tone of voice then we'll talk. Everyone just looked at her and walked off. I knew it was mean to say that to her. Sometimes people take things too far that makes you say the wrong things.
ReplyDeleteA time that I can remember something like this happening was actually one of the scariest moments of my life. It was a Friday night and my friends and I are driving around for no reason. While driving I think it is necessary to change the song on my iPod because I couldn't wait the three minutes until I hit a red light or the song changed. So as I'm changing I guess I swerve about four times in and out of my lane. Well not knowing this and not knowing that there was the police behind me, made for a bad situation. I get pulled over and with about three or four cop cars behind me with the spotlight on my car the officer says "stay in your car and leave your hands where I can see them." Well at this point my friends and I were freaking out even though I thought I did nothing wrong. After a search of my car and a search of my passengers in my car as well as a field sobriety test the cops found nothing wrong and let me go. As I'm walking I mutter under my breath "for this I get pulled over for stupid cops." I guess the officer had heard me say it which didn't sit too well with him and he ended up giving me a ticket. So if I didn't say anything I could have walked away with nothing but because I couldn't keep my mouth shut I had to pay a ticket.
ReplyDeleteI have always said something mean to somebody that might have deserved it. The way I view it is that you have to watch how you step on people buttons; everybody isn’t as tolerant as the other person may be. I can remember a time when I was getting on the bus and as always it was packed. I got onto the bus and it was so pack that you had to sort of push and squeeze your way through. As I stand there I notice a neighbor who was looking straight at me. I said hello and then she looked the other way, she then told her friend that I am the boy who always hang around those gangbangers and whores, who are non other then my close friends that come to visit ever now and then. I immediately told her to mind her on business, and know body said anything to her when she was messing around with a sixteen year old that she teach in a high school. It was funny because that whole thing I said caught up with her and she was fired from her job.
ReplyDeleteI have a habit of speaking the truth, I don’t care if it hurt you or not. I feel people need to be real these days but just control how to when and how to say things. My high school had a fashion show; I saw so much unique work except one girls work. A girl designed a club wear for girls and everyone thought it was horrible by showing facial expressions. The shirts she designed were made out of fishnet, lace, and the miniskirts were too short and revealing. No one said anything to the girl, but I didn’t think twice to speak my mind. I approached the girl and said “Girl this is a high school fashion show, not a high school hoe show”, everyone started laughing. I felt the girl deserved to hear what I said because it was a high school event, and that was a bad place to present that type of attire. I didn’t regret my thought, but I regretted my thought being shared to her especially in front of people.
ReplyDeleteI was hanging out with my floor mates in my dorm last week and we were watching The Bounty Hunter because that’s what all the girls wanted to see. It was pretty late and I was very tired, as I’m dozing off I hear one of my floor mates say to me “wake up bubba”. We had a conversation earlier that day about how much I disliked that nickname and I thought we had come up with an agreement that she wouldn’t call me that anymore. I was irritable and groggy because I was sleep so when she said that it made me instantly angry. I told her to stop calling me bubba or I would call her a nickname she didn’t like. She then told me that any nickname I could come up with she would love, so I thought about it. I knew that the only way to make her stop was to give her a mean nickname so she would know how it felt. I called her Precious like the character from the movie that came out last year. She got pissed off and stopped talking, she was just sitting there arms folded with an upset look on her face. All the other floor mates were super quiet, as she got up and stormed out of the room. Once she was gone they said that I was wrong for saying that and I should apologize. I did apologize in the morning and everything went back to normal after that. She calls me her little brother instead now.
ReplyDeleteOn my way here to school this homeless guy simply asks me for some spare change and I simply tell him no sir I’m sorry I don’t have any money/change to give you so he starts to follow me with more questions. I simply tell him, sir keep it moving and he wouldn’t so now at this point it’s clear harassment so then he starts saying little obscenities under his breath so at that point I was really getting annoyed by it so I start cursing dude out saying things I knew was wrong but he push me to that point so what can I say. But I aventurely walked away and that was the end of that.
ReplyDeletereply to british 1. I feel you should have not been that rude to the girl. she didn't come at you and any wrong way. You just didn't like her fashion. If it wasn't your place to say something then you should have not said nothing but if you had the right to say something. You should have approached her better.
ReplyDeleteWell. . . This one time in my freshman health class I had gotten into an arguement with my gym teacher. It was so heated and ridiculous I can't even remember what it was about exactly, but as we argued she threated me with detentions and such as she was ordering me to leave her class.
ReplyDeleteI said "What?! Is it really so hard for you to admit you're wrong to a fifteen year old? You know i'm right, so why do you have to be so biased to my opinion!!"
To which she replied with " NO! You're not right! I'm the one with the education and you're just a snotty little shit!"
To which I calmly replied with"Ms. Lou. . . You are just a cunt."
After which I left with a detention and a dropped course. It's okay, I made up that credit anyway.