Euthenics

BSA-101

Think about a time when you were made fun of because you are different in some way. Write
a story about it and share the lesson that you learned from it.

This story is about my father because I don't remember if I experienced anything like that
because I was so young then and I can't fully remember. But before everything, I said to my
father that I would share the story of his past in my class and my father totally agreed with me.
When my father was young, he told me that he was always laughed at or made fun of by other
people because of his super black curly hair and very white teeth, and because of that, his
height was also quite small, and because of that, he was always called by others a "negro/Ita."
It was also said by others again that my father was an ancient man. They said my father did not
fit into their modern world, so he didn't have very close friends. Because of teasing and
bullying, he stopped studying and didn't continue to go to college because my father said he
was fed up with hearing such harsh words, which also happened to affect my father's parents.
Those were my grandmother and grandfather. It is also they said that my grandmother and
grandfather were also “Itas or Negro”, because that does not fit into their modern world.
Because he stopped studying that he should have gone to college, he said he just worked. My
father also tried to apply fast food chains then, but he said he didn't always receive a result of
their interview in fast food, no one accepted to him while the one with him was accepted to
apply and for me i think my father was discriminate by others, so my father gave up to applying
in the fast foods so in the end he just entered construction worker at a young age, so that they
could buy a food in their everyday life because my father helping his father to support their
financial life and food, my father were just poor even before. Fast forward, Until he met my
mother, when my mother also told me before that my mother's parents which is my
grandparents also, they really didn't want my father to be a boyfriend of my mom because they
said it looks like that nothing will happen in the future of my mom just because my dad was
poor, also they said my dad was a "negro daw" and curly . And most of all, he didn't finish
school. For me i admit that my grandparents was too rude and harsh to my dad haha and it
come to the point, that my grandparents banned my mom for not seeing my dad ever. Plus my
grandmother insults to my dad was painful for him. My father told me that he seemed even
more hurt when he found out that was the reason why my mother's parents didn't like him,
more than the bullying of others to him before. Because of that, my father worked hard, he said
he saved his salary every day in construction because he said he wanted to be able to study
again, he wanted to graduate at least 2 years for my mom so that he could somehow prove
something to my mom's parent. So because my father looked like a working student before, he
was the one who support his financial in education and plus he was still a bread winner. Fast
forward again, And years past, my grandparents on my mother's side have accepted him
because my dad proved everything to them, i'm so proud of my dad. And until now, it seems,
my father is still imprinted with the experiences he had before. Now, here is my father's life
now he has a good life and a stable job and most of all he has a happy complete family. “Ika nga
nila” all the negative things you went through before, There is always a positive reward, and
this is it. As my father told me about his experiences, I seemed to cry, Although my father's life
in the past is not the best. I am very grateful to have a father like that, thanks to him for being
able to be there at my worst. No matter how tough life he gets, my father have always the
courage to endure it. It’s not always about his skin color, hair and also the height etc .. It’s
about yourself and being able to be who you truly are. I will never give up and I shall always
strive to try my best and no matter how long it takes I will always keep trying until I succeed for
that is my way of life. I will shed on my father's past not because I am embarrassed of him, but
because I am so proud and lucky to have such a father like that. And I'll never be embarrassed.  
In my family, I'm a stubborn child, but it's like whenever I remember the story, I always go back
or recall what my father went through, and it's like I'm feeling guilt when I do anything bad. My
father's past life gave me a lesson and made an impact on my mind and heart. All I want to say
is that I admire my father so much.