Long poems from a short girl

Was I Taught to Judge Others?

Do I care what people actually think of me

Or is it all due to my many insecurities

Is it my own urge to fit in a crowd

Or was I taught to make others proud?

If I grew up learning self confidence

Would I learn not to aim for dominance?

From the time that I went to School

I learned how others could be very cruel

I learned of a mark which meant you excelled

And of the lowest of lowest which meant that you failed

I was brought into a system that judged you on everything

From your clothes and your hair and
even the food that you bring.

I was graded at school with a certain criteria

And so I learned to judge others in every area

So self conscious because standards were set

From my teachers to my peers they had to be met

So that's why I ask the question did I learn to do that myself

Or was it because I was taught by someone else

I am not standing up for people that bully or harass

But we were all taught how to do so in class.