Life is like a clogged toilet. It's full of crap until you do something about it.
I don't speak Karate!
Let me tell you all a story flood:
One day, I went to the Amusement park. I was there with a group, two girls, another boy, and me. Waiting in line, we began conversing with another group of similar size just ahead of us. They were the same age as us, and all from public schools. My group was all private schools.
Please note that in my area, the public school system is decent. The district that I live in is one the nation's worst (and richest.) However, the city tends to be slightly above average.
Anyway, we were talking about school sports. I told the other group that I was on the bowling team, and that my favorite sport overall was Volleyball. This received a couple odd looks, but nobody thought much of it. When asked about my standardized test scores, I told them truthfully that I scored perfectly on my Pre-ACT and a 99th percentile on my Private High School entrance exam, and was recognized as one of the top scorers in the nation. I also let out that I am a prominent member of my school's choir, and play two instruments. This last revelation was perceived as clearly taboo by the new group. They berated me, with swear words and spears of sound. Multiple times I was called a -blam!-. One of the girls in their group didn't take part, however. My friends defended me, and their clique left ours after entering the ride.
After getting off, my friends and I were laughing at their stupidity and foolishness. The girl that didn't make fun of me walked up, and apologized. I forgave her and her friends; I mean, does this really matter in the grand scheme of things? Nope. Then, she asked me one question:
"Are you really -blam!-? All of the choir losers at my school are -blam!-."
My answer: "Nope, but you didn't have a chance with me either way."
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This experience has me thinking: Why does the society in America put down those who express theirselves? What is up with people, that they will put each other down for no reason other than having different interests? What drives people to do this to each other?
Most importantly, I wondered why the reason for estrangement in cases like mine are always "-blam!-ry" or "homo-blam!-ity". It makes no sense. There is one -blam!- person in my choir, and he is possibly the best singer I have ever heard. He certainly is the best first tenor I will ever hear. Why is it, however, that I was labeled as -blam!- for being happy and enjoying my experience? Is this normal?
Have any of you ever taken part in something like this? Or were you the butt of such tortures? Please, answer my questions. They're starting to bug me.