The Courage of Children: Boston and Beyond XXX
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Marion Mosman<br />
Scott Larivee, Teacher<br />
Mary Lyon K-8 School<br />
Hi, my name is Marion <strong>and</strong> I am going to tell you about a time I showed<br />
courage. <strong>The</strong> type <strong>of</strong> courage called fortitude, to be more specific. To me<br />
courage is st<strong>and</strong>ing up for what is right even if you are afraid. A quote<br />
from Chris Gardner reminds me <strong>of</strong> my story, “Strong people st<strong>and</strong> up for<br />
themselves. But the strongest people st<strong>and</strong> up for others.” I want to teach<br />
people to st<strong>and</strong> up to bullies <strong>and</strong> that bullying is not okay.<br />
My courage moment took place at my former school. <strong>The</strong> day started out<br />
normal. I woke up early <strong>and</strong> went to school not knowing this would be the<br />
day I showed courage. A little later in the day things started to change. I knew<br />
there had been bullying going on at my school. I had experienced it myself,<br />
but I did not realize how bad it would get. My ELA teacher had been out <strong>of</strong><br />
school for a while <strong>and</strong> we had a substitute. <strong>The</strong>re was a lot <strong>of</strong> bullying going<br />
on, but the substitute teacher didn’t really do anything about it. I was sitting<br />
near one <strong>of</strong> my friends <strong>and</strong> she always wore a hijab (a hijab is a head covering<br />
worn by Muslim woman <strong>and</strong> girls). A girl in my class had bullied me <strong>and</strong> my<br />
friend earlier that year, but I thought it was over. I was doing my work <strong>and</strong><br />
heard fighting, so I turned around <strong>and</strong> the bully was saying very mean things.<br />
I couldn’t believe what I saw. My heart started to beat super fast <strong>and</strong> my eyes<br />
opened wider. <strong>The</strong> bully had pulled <strong>of</strong>f my friend’s hijab. I knew it wasn’t<br />
right! I immediately stood up <strong>and</strong> moved quickly over to them. I was very<br />
scared that she would start being mean to me, but I knew I had to help my<br />
friend. So I said, “Put her hijab down <strong>and</strong> leave my friend alone!!” She put<br />
it down, but she was still saying mean things. In my head I was thinking<br />
about what else I could do to help. I decided it would be best to get another<br />
teacher to help. I went <strong>and</strong> got my Math teacher from the classroom next<br />
door <strong>and</strong> she helped end the fight. After the incident my friend <strong>and</strong> I<br />
became much closer.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Courage</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Children</strong>: <strong>Boston</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Beyond</strong><br />
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