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Personal Narrative: A Day At Tippin Elementary School

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Within seconds I had a decision to make. My heart was pounding, my conscious started to kick in, should I act or should I blend in? Everyone was laughing, it just didn’t feel right. It was like any other day at Tippin Elementary School, roaming the halls I stopped by this boy named Tommy. From a glance, he seemed timid, shy, and a bit nerdy but he was the kindest person you’d ever meet. On the opposite side of hallway walked the jocks or so-called “cool kids.” No one dared to speak up against them, it was as they were wanting everyone to fear them. All of a sudden the toughest of the group slowly walked up to where we were sitting, opened up his water bottle, and poured it all over Tommy. He slurred racist and inappropriate comments, kids all around me began to burst out into laughter. …show more content…

I stood up, looked the jock in the eye and shouted, “Stop it! How would you feel if everyone was making fun you?” Then quickly I ran to the nearest adult and explained all that had happened. They tracked the bully down and let's just say he was in deep trouble. I looked side to side frantically searching for Tommy, and worried for his well being. With the help of some friends, I soon found him in the corner of our library hunched over crying. I myself had never experienced such a traumatic crisis. Calmly I tapped him on the shoulder and lead him to the nurse's office trying to keep my own tears in. With much confusion, he looked up at me and said something I will never forget “Why did you decide to stand up for me, you barely know me? In that moment I looked back at him and responded “I believe in Courage, that when we go out of our comfort zones it can truly impact someone else. I also know that if something like this ever happened to me I too would want someone to stand up for me.” He smiled, dried his bright blue eyes, and simply said: “Thank

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