What is going on? And What do I do?
Today should be a happy day. I survived Jazz Band. I gave a good introduction for a possible essay question on monday's test. I didn't have Grande because of guest speaker (which was awesome!). Corcos didn't ask me any hard questions, and I ended up in two different but very nice rooms for Spain. And Toy was impressed w/ the questions Tomer and I asked at aforementioned guest-speaking. Then at karate Mr. Vargas was impressed w/ my sparring. Plus, tomorrow is Winter Formal and Aerynne is coming. All the above should be reasons for rejoicing. And yet, something weighs me down. maybe it has something to do with what goes on at school while I'm at Jazz Band.
For the record, I have never heard about fights between HGM and resident school kids ever. Until this year.
Several months ago, Esteban asked some hispanic kids to stop throwing things at us. As a result, he got beat up. Then several weeks ago, Eric Fanchiang got beat up by some hispanic kids. Are they the same? I don't know. Why didn't he fight back, or block or something? Eric goes to my karate school. He should be experienced enough to do something. But he did nothing, and got bruised up. Several days ago, Philip gets punched by hispanic kids. He got a swollen ear, but did nothing. Then today Michael Yeh got beat up, and he may have lost a tooth, I don't know for sure. I can't help but wonder why. Why Michael? Not only is he one of the calmest, friendliest guys I know, but he's also one of our best baseball players! He's been on varsity since freshman year (now a sophomore), and last year he hit a grand slam! So why would they decide to beat up on him? I don't know all the facts, but as far as I can tell, he didn't do anything to start it. Fortunately, he reported this to the HGM office and the Dean's office, and now the Friends of the HGM are trying to get the school to do something about before-school security. Why is this happening now? From what I heard, Michael's parents may not let him come back next semester. I definitely would miss him. I wish I knew what was going on.
And then there's the question of what do I do? For the past eleven years, I've worked hard at karate learning what to do in this sort of situation. But now I'm at the point where if I am attacked, I could potentially cause a serious injury. So if I am attacked, and I fight back, i could end up being expelled or arrested for causing that sort of injury. But if I don't fight back, then all the training is wasted. Why should I let myself get beat up if I can avoid it? That's my situation right now. All I can do is pray to . . . oh yeah. Not Christian/Jewish/Muslim/Greek/any other religion with a god. Okay, all I can do is hope that I don't run into this problem in the near future. One thing that would probably help, though, is for more hgmers to hang out near these kids. There is safety in numbers. I know if I wasn't in Jazz Band, i'd help as much as I could.
For the record, I have never heard about fights between HGM and resident school kids ever. Until this year.
Several months ago, Esteban asked some hispanic kids to stop throwing things at us. As a result, he got beat up. Then several weeks ago, Eric Fanchiang got beat up by some hispanic kids. Are they the same? I don't know. Why didn't he fight back, or block or something? Eric goes to my karate school. He should be experienced enough to do something. But he did nothing, and got bruised up. Several days ago, Philip gets punched by hispanic kids. He got a swollen ear, but did nothing. Then today Michael Yeh got beat up, and he may have lost a tooth, I don't know for sure. I can't help but wonder why. Why Michael? Not only is he one of the calmest, friendliest guys I know, but he's also one of our best baseball players! He's been on varsity since freshman year (now a sophomore), and last year he hit a grand slam! So why would they decide to beat up on him? I don't know all the facts, but as far as I can tell, he didn't do anything to start it. Fortunately, he reported this to the HGM office and the Dean's office, and now the Friends of the HGM are trying to get the school to do something about before-school security. Why is this happening now? From what I heard, Michael's parents may not let him come back next semester. I definitely would miss him. I wish I knew what was going on.
And then there's the question of what do I do? For the past eleven years, I've worked hard at karate learning what to do in this sort of situation. But now I'm at the point where if I am attacked, I could potentially cause a serious injury. So if I am attacked, and I fight back, i could end up being expelled or arrested for causing that sort of injury. But if I don't fight back, then all the training is wasted. Why should I let myself get beat up if I can avoid it? That's my situation right now. All I can do is pray to . . . oh yeah. Not Christian/Jewish/Muslim/Greek/any other religion with a god. Okay, all I can do is hope that I don't run into this problem in the near future. One thing that would probably help, though, is for more hgmers to hang out near these kids. There is safety in numbers. I know if I wasn't in Jazz Band, i'd help as much as I could.