Long but worth reading:
Today in school we had a group of teenagers from a performing arts school come and do some skits for us. They addressed every day scenarios such as bullying, eating disorders, cutting, drugs, homophobia, suicide, and much more, all in the skits they had put on. Normally I would feel really happy that people were finally starting to address these issues, but no, instead, I felt ashamed. Ashamed, because the students in my school, they laughed. They laughed while the skits were being acted out. They laughed while the boyfriend was calling his girlfriend fat. They laughed while the girl admitted to being molested by her father. They laughed while the same girl held a gun up to her own head. They laughed while the teens cut themselves then did drugs to escape the pressure. They laughed. NEVER is it okay to laugh at these things. I have lost so much respect for the student body at my school because of this. The students at my school don't understand that people in their own school go through these struggles every day. What the students at the performing arts school did today was absolutely magnificant, and the students at my school couldn't even bother to realize it. I'm ashamed to admit that while they laughed, I didn't say a thing. I could have spoken up. I could have told them to stop, and that these were serious issues. But instead, I just watched. I was too absorbed in my own thoughts noticing that if they laughed at the skits, they would laugh at me if I EVER told them that I do some of those things too. The things they addressed today, I will admit to only Witty, that I have done. I have self harmed. I have thought about suicide. I have suffered through many terrible things, and it's a terrible feeling to know that my school finds humor in it. And if by any miraculous chance some of those student from the performing arts school that acted out those scenes today have a Witty, and are reading this, just know that I am truly sorry for the behavior of my school. Just know, that while they may have found it humourous, I found it inspirational. I was mesmorized the entire time you were performing. I was absorbing every bit of it. So thank you, for dedicating your time to our school, even if it may not have been worth it to you. It was definitely worth it to me.
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