[I'm going to class in half an hour's time, and I should be studying for my two tests coming tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. But I just have to blog about this topic, because it's really meaningful to share with all my visitors! It has changed my view of life, and I hope it has changed yours.]
Yesterday, my English class was having oral presentation. The topic given by my English teacher is, "One thing that I want to pass down to my next generation." The "one thing" need not be tangible. It may be a skill or knowledge or value too.
There is a guy who presented about "Self-respect". In his slide, he used this quote from Mark Twain. From his presentation, I understand that self-respect starts from respecting ourselves, then only you can respect others because you will be able to see the positive sides of others. Next, you can increase your self esteem and self worth.
At first I thought that this was just a normal presentation with moral values, but when my English teacher asked us one question, I was stunned...
"How many of you are actually not comfortable with yourself?"
I raised up my hands, but I told my English teacher that it happens sometimes, not always. Then she said that it is ironic that sometimes you see someone whose appearance can make everyone become envious of her, but inside herself, her self esteem is so low and has low confidence. Don't judge a book by its cover, she added.
Then, she shared a story about herself and her son to the class.
Her son is a fat boy and he had problems regarding his weight. He had low self esteem and was constantly feeling sad when people called him nicknames or pinched him. My English teacher, being a fat girl herself, understands the feeling very much! But, in their house, the whole family calls the elder son Fei Fei (which means Fat Fat). She explained to her son that they call him that not because they want to tease him, but because they love him for who he is!
Then, in an event in my campus, she brought her son to visit the stalls. A teacher saw them and invited her son to play a game in her booth. Her son declined because he was not good at the game. Shockingly, the teacher said a statement which should never be coming out from a teacher's mouth!
"Fat people are always lazy!"Of course my English teacher felt insulted and was very angry. When she reached home, she complained to her husband. But then, her elder son told his parents, "Aiyah, forget it la... It's no big deal!"
My English teacher told us, at that moment, she realised that her son's self-esteem was quite high! And she feels glad for him! ^.^
After listening to her story, I'm not sure how other classmates felt, but I certainly was touched! We don't need to feel self-depreciated just because of how other people look at us! The only thing we need to do is -
LOVE OUR OWN SELF!
TELL YOURSELF: I AM THE BEST!!!
Others don't have the right to look down at us;
And we have NO reason to look down at ourselves!!!
Here, DeeJay would like to thank DeeJay's friend for picking such a meaningful topic to share with us. Thank you very much to my English teacher too for her story, which I'm 200% sure that my life has changed 360 degrees from that moment onwards and I can predict that my life is going to be better and better!
Thank you very much!!! Really appreciate it!!!
