I just got reminded of someone from school. There was this girl in my class who was very quiet. She barely talked to anyone and always sat alone. She struggled to keep up with the class and took longer to understand things and most people just ignored her and some kids even made fun of her. I was asked to sit with her and I always tried to talk to her and she would actually open up a little. Even when the teacher dictated notes, she couldn’t keep up with his speed, so she would just copy from my notebook. I didn’t really understand what she was going through back then so sometimes I’d tell her, “Match your speed with sir aise toh tum peeche reh jaogi" and when I saw that she genuinely couldn’t keep up despite trying, I’d just let her copy from my notebook. I treated her like I would treat any of my friends. I was just being normal with her. And then I remember a few guys actually complained to the teacher that I was bullying her. Like what??? After all these School years, she still texts me. She still asks me about things, still reaches out to me. And sometimes I genuinely wish I could show this to my teacher and that guy from school and be like see, bitch, I wasn’t bullying her. I was just treating her like a normal person, something you guys clearly couldn’t do.
