The Impact of an Older Brother

How much they can do

“Brothers are what best friends can never be.”

-anonymous

You look up to the older people in your life. Whether it’s an older kid at school, or even a big brother, they are someone you strive to become, and want to impress. As a kid we are all impressionable, if someone we consider, “awesome” or “cool” does something, we will most likely follow. But now as I am a big brother to my little brother johnnie, I now feel like the older person that I used to look up to. 

what friends are for

“no act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted”

Friends are there to stick up for you. And whenever people make fun of me for my stuttering issue, my friend Charlie is always there for me. If a kid was teasing me, Charlie would tell him to stop and that its not funny. Without help like that my years at fenn would’ve been much harder.

Happiness with my friends as we drink Koolaid

“If you build the guts to do something, anything, then you better save enough to face the consequences.”-anonymous

Empathy is an essential core value. Empathy is caring for others and standing up for someone when no one else is. When someone is picking on someone else, you have to step up and make it right. Because if you don’t, the bullies wont stop and it will be an endless cycle. There was one time at my old school, where an older kid was picking on a kid in my grade. It was football season, and we were playing football when an older kid started calling my friend names. My friend missed a pass and thats when it started. Another teammate on his team who was an older kid, called him out for it and gave him a mean name. Everyone shared worried looks, as we knew our friend was going to get bullied. Then there was another play where the same thing happened, but this time the older kid called him a faggot. There was then complete silence, until one kid told him to stop. Then all of a sudden everyone agreed and told him that it wasn’t cool. Now he was outnumbered, and he then knew that he should do that again. This story is so important, because this was the first time anyone stood up and told him off. Previous to this incident, he would call many kid other names and insult them on there looks, clothes and athletic ability. This was a great moment for everyone who had been bullied by him, because after this experience he stopped and we defeated the biggest bully at our school.

Empathy is so important because if you have someone who cares for you, you will feel safe, you will feel important, and you will feel like your at home.