That's Right!

Taking a stand has many ups and downs to the outcome of your life. Personally I have taken many stands, but at one point in my life I had not.

For instance when I was in the fifth grade I had a friend who was getting picked on, and my friend was just standing there doing nothing to fight back. The bully or "jock" rather, had thought that he was the best thing around. Well back then I didn't do anything to help out my friend, but wait until he was done and then tried to comfort him.

Now days I will not tolerate anything like that, I will do whatever I have to to stick up for my friends, even if it resorts to fighting. Now don't get me wrong, I will try my best to prevent a fight, but if that person swings at me or my friend, I will not back down.

For example, one time last year, in the ninth grade, my friend Timothy was getting pushed around by a guy named Joey Germany. Joey was the type of guy who always got what he wanted and thought he was a "Bad A." This was the day he was wrong. The day was an A day, a Friday to be exact, and our first period class was P.E. Well on Friday's the whole gym played dodge ball, well we started playing and after the game was over Joey started messing with Tim. Now Tim he is a big guy, but he is not very aggressive. So when Joey started messing with Tim, I headed that way. When I got there I could tell that Timothy was upset, but that he didn't want to do anything. I don't really remember what happened exactly, but I do remember him swinging at me, and that's when he woke up on the ground.

Joey backed off for a while, and left me and Timothy alone, but he got brave one day and had one of his friends come and tell me to meet them in the locker room. I said, "No, I am not going to fight him, if he wants me he's going to have to come at me first. I am not going to walk into a room knowing that if I do, that I will probably get into trouble because I was just as guilty as him for fighting. So no." Well a few weeks later, during that same period, he runs at me with his fist clenched, and I wasn't going to have any of it. So right before he hit me, I ducked and slammed my shoulder into his temple. He was knocked out cold.

Joey moved away, and I haven't heard from him since. Taking a stand is a good thing, if you do it for the right reason. But if you take a stand in order to get what you want, in that since, you are as dumb as a rock.