 Nobody Should have to Change for Anybody Else


I’ve been bullied, judged, and witnessed people change to be other people’s friends, but I’ve learned to believe that nobody should have to change for anybody else. I think that I am perfect in my own ways and that nobody else can have a statement about the fact that I am perfect in my own way. I believe that nobody should have to change for anyone else.
I’ve believed this ever since I was in second grade. I was about nine years old when I started to realize people would change to be friends with other people. They would change like as fast as a cheetah runs. I did not agree with this, I thought that I should always be myself 100 percent of the time. From then on, I never wanted to change and be in a certain group, I wanted to be myself. 
I moved schools when I was going in third grade. I thought that I was going to have to change in order to make friends. I started crying the night before the first day of school. It was a very long night of o sleep. I imagined that I would be tortured into being another person that I wasn’t. But I ended up being the same person I am today. Turns out there are a lot of people that are like me. They welcomed me with open arms like a pig is open to food.
“Can you be my friend?” I asked with my eyes so puffy it looked liked they were infected.
“Ya, of course!!” my friends said. 
Now, the next chapter I am going to explain was not the best chapter in my life. After fifth grade I had to transition to middle school. I would only know a few people from my first elementary school. In the beginning of the year I hung out with the people I used to know but ended up meeting a new friend. She was nice but I had to switch personalities to be friends with her. She was my best friend in school at the time. I eventually figured out that changing myself for other people is not good for me. So I kind of started to drift away and become friends with other people.
My past has been a roller coaster of emotions and a big part of my life. I have gone through a lot of stages in my life and have learned a lot of lessons. This has lead me to believing that everybody is perfect and nobody can change that.

Alyssa Baker - Student