High school memories. I promised myself not to go there. But somehow, I find myself meeting people from my past that help me drag that chain of thought. Last night I met my old high school principle. Lets call him AbuRadi. You know these people that helped you grow up and develop some kind of stable personality. Well, AbuRadi is NOT one of them. I had to shake hands and pretend that I liked and respected the guy. But in reality we all know that its not acceptable for a gentleman to pull his glove and slap another older man with it. I'm not a duke from the 18th century. Plus, I didn't have a brick to slip in my glove.
I have a lot of issues with my schooling days. suffice to say, they are not my best memories. And I try my best to forget them. You see, I grew up in a time when its acceptable to beat up a student and humiliate him then ask him to apologize afterwards. There was this incident, when after the usual humiliation, and apology on my side; AboRadi told me that I have to say it and mean it.
The same man, would let his son, Radi, get out of school any time he wants. Homework is not an issue to Radi. And, good grades are taken for granted. Yes, I was a victim of a corrupted school management. And that goes for the rest of the school staff.
I try my best to avoid people when I'm in my home town to avoid painful memories. Yet, there are some occasions that i meet these people. But as always I learned my lesson this time. Next time I go shopping in my home town, I will carry a brick.
By the way, I was one of their top students. You Should listen to what the rest of the guys have to say.
OY, I feel better.
4 comments:
so , what about forgiveness Omar .. how can you keep this felling inside you as you were the only victim, get overt man .. is an issue for a whole generation ..
Ahmad,
Dude
do i have to forgive? or should I?
But I assume you never knew what it was like and I forgive for not knowing.
I forgive you for your harsh words "get over it".
you know none on them asked us for forgiveness. They believe they MADE us "men" by humiliation.
Slapping a a teen in front of his colleague for no good reason is an insult to him and to me his colleague.
And its a crime to hold on to your pride and bad feeling.
I'm just thankful I'm not them.
Forgiveness, haah
You can extrapolate and generalizeyour story on any hierarchical setting in our lovely society. This is part of our social code that supports and encourages AbuRadi-like characters. For the greater good … I guess !!!!
You're awesome man!
Aziza Anbar..
Eeew, did i say that loud!?
Ms Anbar has lots in coomon with Abu Radi
She must love or hate me
m not sure which, cuz much of wt she did is a total absurdity..
All i know 4 sure is that she is a kind of person that made it v. easy 4 ppl to hate her bk then, now, and will always do
4 the record, i must say that i admire alot her proffesional skills in caughting mosquitos in her office
Ya, feel much better now :)
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