In my life I used to try to be what other people wanted me to be, and then I realized how stupid I was being!! I decided to be my own person-I started dressing how I wanted to and wearing makeup when I wanted to!! Over time my style changed along with my personality and my perspective on the world!! I had a happier life when I was my own person!! Then I was told I wasn’t allowed to be who I wanted to be-by the teachers-and that destroyed me!! So I decided to do something about it!!
It started out as a position just around school-because that’s where the problem was-then we saw the principle and he made everything worse -1 of my friends lost hope!!-Me and 2 other friends put a small symbol on our cheek!! It was nothing bad and nothing mean, but the teachers still disagreed! The teachers think it brings negative attention, but I think it brings nothing but good attention. It shows people that we are being our own person-and even if it does bring negative attention, my friends and I really don’t care, because expressing ourselves makes us feel good about ourselves!!
Teachers tell us to express ourselves to build character then when we do they shoot us down and I’m tired of it. I want to draw on my face I want to act like its Halloween every day and if that bothers people then so be it!! The more they tell me not to the more I’ll fight back!! If I get suspended so be it!! I will never give in!!
I will fight till I am heard clear on who I am and what I want to do! I will scream it and make a fool of myself if I must! I will fight for my right to be me, to be who I want to be! I have a voice and it will be heard no matter what the cost!!
