Haha ok. Rebel here. So our school is holding our annual speech competition and the topic this year is teen angst. Now this can range from peer pressure to depression to anxiety to suicide. Uhh alexis surprisingly decided to enter and asked me to put her speech up here so you guys could see it for yourselves. Uhh...her speech had to be at least two minutes long and that might seem like a really short time but it's honestly difficult to get it to that length. So here goes...
"Hey many of you know me as alexis. The crazy weird blonde headed girl who is always in trouble. But today I'm gonna be a little more serious than usual. Now I was given a topic from our "Teen angst" studies by my English teacher which I had to talk about for this competition. My topic was bullying and suicide. This is actually a pretty good topic for me to talk about. Recently I lost a good friend who I considered a brother due to suicide. I have also lost a grandfather due to the same thing. Suicide is not a joke. Many people think that suicide is the cowards way out. Well guess what people??? It isn't. What's cowardly is making someone feel so low that they feel that it's their only choice. I'm probably not the best person to talk to about this because I don't beat around the bush. I'm a pretty blunt person at times. Every 14.2 minutes someone in the United states dies by suicide. Nearly one million people make a suicide attempt every year.90% of people who died by suicide had a treatable mental disorder when they died. So what are we doing to help? Because bullying people and ridiculing them for being different is not helping. I for one was bullied for a while because of my sexual preferences. And honestly? You people who bully are simply idiots. Why treat someone like dirt? For all you know that girl you see in class whos pregnant? How do you know she gave consent for that to happen? That boy who you called a fag today? Maybe he goes home to an abusive family? Everyone is different. You are uniqueand special in your own way and so is everyone around you. I honestly have no idea whypeople bully others... But if your bullying someone so you look cool in front of your mates... You need new friends. So please. Everyone has the right to be themselves. To be happy. Stop the bullying. Ask someone if they're okay. Save a life. Speak up and be heard. Don't hide your voice because your worried of what others will say. Thank you.
