{"id":672,"date":"2026-04-27T20:16:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T20:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/673\/?p=672"},"modified":"2026-04-27T20:16:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T20:16:33","slug":"stop-the-rot-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/673\/stop-the-rot-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop the Rot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maryam Chaudhry, <\/span>V-<\/span>E<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Bullying is like something rotten\u2014it spreads and spoils everything around it. One day, I realized this myself.<\/span>
\n<\/span>I was sitting quietly at my table, eating my sweet jam-filled sandwich. I took a bite, but somehow it felt rotten, even though nothing was actually wrong with it. All of a sudden, I heard noises.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cJust look at your bag!\u201d said Ali Khan.<\/span>
\n<\/span>\u201cAhmed! Look at your backpack!\u201d said Faisal.<\/span>
\n<\/span>\u201cWhy is \u2018Dora the Explorer\u2019 drawn on it?\u201d said Muhammad.<\/span>
\n<\/span>\u201cWhy is there a cartoon on it?\u201d said Abdul Rahman.<\/span><\/p>\n

All the children laughed and pointed at Ahmed, the bullied student.<\/span>
\n<\/span>The air felt suffocating, and I couldn\u2019t breathe properly because of how horrible I felt for him. I decided to stay quiet, but my sandwich started feeling more bitter. The more I ignored justice, the more rotten things got.<\/span><\/p>\n

One day, my heart shattered into a million pieces. Ahmed\u2019s heart was also starting to rot, since he had bullied another child along with all the other children, yet I still chose not to stand up because of how selfish I was. My sandwich felt even more rotten.<\/span><\/p>\n

Three weeks later, I stopped bringing my favourite sandwich to lunch. It felt impossible, but I knew I needed change. While eating my pasta, the child Ahmed had bullied came up to me. \u201cOh hey, is that your hair? How disgusting!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWho brings pasta to lunch?\u201d said a student.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Everyone laughed and pointed at me. I saw a tomato in my hand, slowly rotting. I shook my head and stood up. \u201cStop. Break the chain. Be the chain breaker. Change is needed, but now it\u2019s necessary.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Everyone gasped at my audacity but didn\u2019t have the right words to argue. It took a while for others to accept their mistake, but the chain broke, and the rotting hearts were finally set free.<\/span><\/p>\n

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