Don't think they don't notice.

The title... well it means EXACTLY what it says. When you body check someone who is overweight or you stare at someone's lazy eye... they NOTICE. One of my favorite songs made me really think about this.

"I'm the cripple on the corner
You've passed me on the street
And I wouldn't be out here beggin'
If I had enough to eat
And don't think I don't notice
That our eyes never meet."

Everyone want's to be treated the same. I've learned this through experience. No matter what it is about you, you're a person and you want to be treated that way, right? One of my biggest topics that I want to talk about today is mentally handicapped people. Using the word "retarded" is just like saying "that's so gay." When you call THEM retarded, as if it's a correct term, and then call you're friend retarded when you really mean stupid, it's like calling them stupid! When you say "That's so gay" and you mean it like stupid, you're calling homosexuals stupid. Just like if I thought something was stupid and instead of saying stupid, I say your name. All that they want, is for people to treat them the same. When you give them special treatment, or ignore them, pretend that they're not even there, they notice. At my school, J.C. Harmon, a lot of the students do this. Whenever I pass the Special Ed class in the hallway, I smile and wave, but most people just walk past and ignore them.

One time when I was in the breakfast line, there was a mentally handicapped kid in front of me. The teachers that were with him were helping the other students, and I dunno, they might have forgotten that he was behind them. He just kept pointing at the tray but didn't pick one up so I grabbed one for him and moved on because all I wanted was a juice. When I got out of the line I looked back and saw that he was standing by the milk.. just pointing at them, obviously wanting somebody to help grab one. EVERY single kid in the line just went around him and pretended like he wasn't there. So I went back and helped him. It really saddens me when people act like that. Like they're better just because his problems are a little more obvious than our problems, because we ALL have problems.

I have a friend, (will not name names :D) who is actually quite smart. He is a MAJOR Harry Potter fan, and to me that is AWESOME. Everyone is always making fun of him for that. A lot of people love Harry Potter, including me, but we're not as open about it. So other people take advantage of that and try to make his life hell. Now this friend, is one of the SWEETEST people I know. He is constantly saying hi and complimenting everybody. He has complimented my eyes on MANY occasions. So why does everyone else have to be so rude? Is it because he's different? It makes no sense to me.. because we're all different. (As I've said on MANY occasions.) I don't know about you guys, but I take pride in my differences. If we were all the same the world would be a very boring place.