Stairs of Death

Those of you who go to a school with seven floors know that to get to any of those floors, you have to take the dreaded stairs. Not only are the stairs incredibly inconvenient and hurtful, they also provide a way for students to hurt each other and not get caught.
You see, students fall down the stairs all the time, we're a clumsy bunch. However, sometimes, students push others down the stairs and act like it had nothing to do with them. It kinda sucks.
This morning, I was making my morning journey to the sixth floor, as always. Not many people were in the stairwell as it was a little early. It was pretty much a typical morning, slow and tiring. I wasn't expecting anything out of the ordinary.
However, When I got to the fourth floor, I saw two seniors and a freshman (go figure) arguing over something. the freshman was standing two stairs from the seniors, looking scared. I decided to stay back and watch as I really had nothing else to do. Eventually, the argument got a little heated and then one of the two seniors pushed the freshman backwards down the stairs. He rolled sideways and landed by my feet (I was standing at the bottom of the stairs). Once the freshman came to a stop, the seniors continued walking up the stairs without a second look, laughing all the way. Initially, I was shocked and horrified. How could someone do that? No matter how angry and worked up you get, you should never take those feelings out on another person by hurting them, it's disrespectful and wrong. I bent down and asked if the freshman was okay. He sat up and looked dazed and a little scared. He sat there for a few minutes and eventually got up and walked down the stairs, not without thanking me for my concern.
          For the rest of the day, I was annoyed at the ignorance of not only seniors but of all kids. Did they not know that he could have gotten badly hurt? I mean, what was the point of pushing him down the stairs? Was there any personal gain to it? I just think that it's really wrong and extrmely rude.
However, the fact that he thanked me for being concerned did not escape me. I was surprised that even after he had gotten pushed down the stairs, he was able to find it in him to thank me. I mean, all I did was ask if he was ok. I guess that eventhough high school students can be horrible, inconsiderate douche bags, some of us are still able to decifer the difference between right and wrong. It's kind of refreshing to know that some kids are still considerate.
         Anyway, the stairs are a necessary evil, there's no way to avoid them. Unless you take the elevator and risk getting in trouble. It's your choice.

                                      (I do not condone breaking school rules to use the elevator...ok yes i do, but only if your running late to class...or if you just don't wanna take the stairs (: )

High school is crazy. The kids aren't nice at all and it seems as if they have no limits to what they'll do. Some high schools are better than others but no matter what, crazy stuff happens. A friend of mine told me a story about a friend she has at another high school. Apparently, some seniors decided to have some fun with a couple freshman. (why almost every story involves freshman and seniors, i have no idea). So the seniors tied the freshman to a tree and forced them to sing "I'm a Little Tea Cup" in order to get untied. It seems like this should be in a movie and not on an actual school campus but the reality is, these types of things happen all the time. I guess freshman are just easy targets but it happens to almost everyone. Whenever i would see these things in movies, i would always think "What?! NO! this isn't right high school is going to be fun and exciting!" one year later..... When i finally got to high school, i was shocked and confused. I thought that everyone would be nice and helpful but no. No, not at all. People are cruel and vicious in high school.
          Well, i guess it's not ALL bad. High school can be a lot of fun sometimes. There are so many funny moments and fun experiences, nothing like middle school. In middle school, everyone would usually stick to their own group of friends and mind their own business. but in high school, everyone's involved in everything and there's almost like this need to be the most popular or to be the coolest. Maybe that's why there's so many bullying issues.
         To be completely honest, i haven't been bullied all to much so i'm kinda nervous for the rest of high school. Maybe if i'm lucky, mean people will leave me alone and i'll be able to make it out of high school alive :)....................maybe.