Suffering Child

There has been situations in my life where I had to choose whether to walk away or stay. Both of them had to do with someone being bullied. When I was in sixth grade one of my friends got pushed down by some eighth graders. I had to choose whether to step in or not. If I stepped in I knew I would get railed by these older kids. In the end I chose to walk away and let it blow over. I still feel guilty for leaving my friend but I did not feel like getting hurt that day. The other situation was when I was in eighth grade I saw some elementary kids getting pushed around by some kids in my grade. At my old school I was the tallest kid by far so I chose to step in and I was very successful. It felt a lot better to stand up for something rather than walk away.