High School Controversy
My parents always taught me to stand up for the underdog in every situation. There once was a time where I applied that, and stood up for a fellow student who was being bullied. This incident happened during my junior year of high school. It was in HOPE class which is basically gym class, but my school doesn’t have a gym so we had to exercise outside in the field. Every three weeks we started a new segment on a different sport. The incident occurred during our segment on soccer. There was this obnoxious student named Nick, who played soccer competitively outside of school. He was very serious about the sport, while the rest of us were just trying to have a good time and get a good grade in the class. One day, in early spring, we were playing and he had the ball. This bigger student named Ben was chasing after the ball. Nick was a relatively short and skinny person, while Ben was much taller and all-around bigger. They were on opposing teams. From what I saw, it looked like Nick shot for the goal, only to be accidentally run into by Ben. Now, Ben wasn’t
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I’m not as big as the Hulk or anything, but compared to Nick I’m much bigger muscle-wise and size-wise, so something tells me he still wouldn’t do it again. All I said was that he would regret doing it again, which he probably would have. No matter what I said or how I said it, I still stayed true to my personal values and stood up for the underdog, which, if presented with a similar situation, I would most definitely do again. I feel that this experience demonstrated my good character in a positive way. I stood up for a fellow student, put a bully in his place, and don’t regret a single thing about it. Most importantly, I stood by my morals and beliefs and stayed true to myself, which is always the best thing to do in every
I’m not as big as the Hulk or anything, but compared to Nick I’m much bigger muscle-wise and size-wise, so something tells me he still wouldn’t do it again. All I said was that he would regret doing it again, which he probably would have. No matter what I said or how I said it, I still stayed true to my personal values and stood up for the underdog, which, if presented with a similar situation, I would most definitely do again. I feel that this experience demonstrated my good character in a positive way. I stood up for a fellow student, put a bully in his place, and don’t regret a single thing about it. Most importantly, I stood by my morals and beliefs and stayed true to myself, which is always the best thing to do in every