What Summer School Taught me.

I learned somethings, like how our government works, and what I should do to reach my goals, ect.

But what I will cherish the most from Summer School is what a little boy taught me.

I had to go to the bathroom, and we were watching a really dumb movie so I left even though there were only 15 minutes left in school. Of course the school had half the bathrooms locked so I had to go downstairs, past the office. I can hear some kid whining, he's almost in tears. He's shout at his mom "But I didn't do any of it!"
and she says "Well that's not what they said." She said it like she was one of those mothers that was really passive and probably let him do whatever he wanted.
"But they said I did it! They told everyone it was me and it wasn't! It was them!"
They paused and looked at me until I had passed them and was out of hearing.
On my way back he was talking to someone else, who looked happy, not like he was happy this kid was in trouble, but like he was making progress, or something. I don't know, but even though he was smiling at this poor guys situation, I didn't hate him for it.

so basically, the rest of it made it sound like this kid got set up and no one would believe him so he took out his frustrations. He's in summer school for grade 7 or 8 or something, so obviously he failed something, and usually if you're stupid, people think you're bad too.

But I got to thinking. If his mom doesn't stand up for him, Who will? I mean sure, he could have done it, but if someone doesn't ask for a second chance, who will?
and then I thought, Why did it matter that someone said he did it? Why did he care he got framed if he knows he didn't do it? Shouldn't that be enough? Didn't they just end up getting what they wanted by getting him angry enough and then him acting on it?


If they had framed him, and he didn't care, what would happen? 20-something people would consider that he did it. He might get a bad rep, but at the end of the summer he'd never see them again and that'd be it.

But because it mattered to him, because he stuck up for himself and took out his anger on someone, he got in trouble, he'll probably get kicked out of summer school and he'll have to stay behind a year.

If you don't care that they care, they lose. They don't get anything out of it. Stop caring about them! Those who care don't matter, and those who matter don't care.
Don't let them win! I wanted to say. Don't let them ruin it for you!