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fandomhigh2015-09-24 04:59 pm
suitably_heroic) wrote in fandomhigh2015-09-24 04:59 pm
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How to Get By In A Hostile World, Thursday
"Sometimes, hostility isn't so much about people trying to kill you, or set you on fire," Atton said. He was sitting at the back of the class, surrounded by large plastic bags. "But about people being terrible to you. Sometimes on a regular basis. When people do this for nothing other than the fact that you're different than they are, we tend to call that bullying. I'm just going to start off right now by saying that if you've ever been bullied for something in your life, that's on them, not on you. There's nothing wrong with you the way that you are."
He cleared his throat. He had to, to get all the rainbows and puppies out of there. Ugh.
"There's a couple of methods to deal with bullies. First and most importantly is to remain proud of yourself, and to be willing to talk back. Think about the worst things they could say to you, and how to neutralize them. Remind yourself that they don't matter, and you do, and they're petty little brats who'll get what's coming to them." There. No more rainbows and puppies! "It's also usually recommended to take this to an authority figure, so they can step in and help you out. Don't retreat. Just get backup. And if you can't talk to the people around you--"
He patted a sheet next to him.
"There's numbers you can call."
He looked at the class.
"Okay, that's the official version," he said. "Me, personally, I like to fight dirty. Somebody thinks they can pick a fight with you because they think you're smaller or weirder than they are, you start applying some guerilla warfare. Which at your age, we tend to call pranks."
He patted the plastic bags next to him. "Now, pranks can be cathartic and fun and really great if you're the spiteful kind. For instance, earlier this year, I boobytrapped professor Skywalker's office so it rained down glitter on him from all over. Glitterbombing is basically the perfect prank, because it doesn't hurt anyone, but I'll tell you, Skywalker was still picking the stuff out of his cloak a month later."
"These," he added, beaming, "Are bags full of the stuff. They're not hard to get around here. Now, I'm not saying you should use them, but I do think it's very important you all sit down today and think about someone who deserves a good glitter bombing, and how you'd go about it. And if you want to take a sample, hey, that's what they're here for."
He was helping!
He cleared his throat. He had to, to get all the rainbows and puppies out of there. Ugh.
"There's a couple of methods to deal with bullies. First and most importantly is to remain proud of yourself, and to be willing to talk back. Think about the worst things they could say to you, and how to neutralize them. Remind yourself that they don't matter, and you do, and they're petty little brats who'll get what's coming to them." There. No more rainbows and puppies! "It's also usually recommended to take this to an authority figure, so they can step in and help you out. Don't retreat. Just get backup. And if you can't talk to the people around you--"
He patted a sheet next to him.
"There's numbers you can call."
He looked at the class.
"Okay, that's the official version," he said. "Me, personally, I like to fight dirty. Somebody thinks they can pick a fight with you because they think you're smaller or weirder than they are, you start applying some guerilla warfare. Which at your age, we tend to call pranks."
He patted the plastic bags next to him. "Now, pranks can be cathartic and fun and really great if you're the spiteful kind. For instance, earlier this year, I boobytrapped professor Skywalker's office so it rained down glitter on him from all over. Glitterbombing is basically the perfect prank, because it doesn't hurt anyone, but I'll tell you, Skywalker was still picking the stuff out of his cloak a month later."
"These," he added, beaming, "Are bags full of the stuff. They're not hard to get around here. Now, I'm not saying you should use them, but I do think it's very important you all sit down today and think about someone who deserves a good glitter bombing, and how you'd go about it. And if you want to take a sample, hey, that's what they're here for."
He was helping!
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