Bullies

I would like to share with you what happened on the third day of high school. I was in a band class, the trumpet group went into a separate room to work on a song. There were three of us and one of us was supposed to be "leading". I hadn't practiced my trumpet all summer, and usually when I get new music I take a few minutes to identify all the notes and rhythms. I was messing up a little and I was struggling to under stand the "leaders" instructions, he wasn't being descriptive of what he wanted. After a couple more minutes of me messing up on small things he started getting impatient, he was swearing, and being rude. I was trying really hard not to take it personally and to not cry. Then he said I was pissing him off, but he was pissing me off!  I felt so bad about myself and was so mad at this guy. He left the room to see how much longer we should be practicing . I turned away and started crying not noisy crying just tears rolling down my cheeks. When he came back in I pretended to be messing with some stuff in a storage bin just so I wouldn't have to look at him. he got in my line of vision and asked me what was wrong. I turned to him with tears in my eyes and said "nothing I am fine". He then realized he was the problem and he apologized. I could have got angry I could have yelled at him and told him the list of reasons he was an asshole but I decided to just accept his apology. Over the years of being a sensitive teen I realized that when a girl stands up for herself she intimidates others and no one wants to hang out with her because she is "such a bitch". One reason I moved to this new school, at my old school the boys made fun of me a lot. I don't like it when I am picked on. The other student there? He stood there and watched. Don't be a bully.