Diary Entry: Coping with Weight PDF
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This is a diary entry about a personal experience dealing with weight. The author reflects on their struggles and how playing a "Peanut Game" in Ms. Gruwell's class helped them to confront the issue of others judging them by their outward appearance. The author mentions feeling hurt by other people's words and actions when they were in middle school.
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Diary 17 Coping with weight Dear Diary, Today in Ms. Gruwell’s class. we played the “Peanut Game”. The game involved describing a peanut’s characteristics* on one side of a piece of paper. I wrote that it was “small, round, and dirty.” On the other side, I noted that despite its appearance, it taste...
Diary 17 Coping with weight Dear Diary, Today in Ms. Gruwell’s class. we played the “Peanut Game”. The game involved describing a peanut’s characteristics* on one side of a piece of paper. I wrote that it was “small, round, and dirty.” On the other side, I noted that despite its appearance, it tasted fantastic! other side of the paper I stated that even though it looked terrible, it tasted fantastic! We categorized all the peanuts based on* their different exteriors. It dawned on* me that the Peanut Game mirrored* my own struggles* with weight. Back in junior high, one day as I got off the school bus from my usual back-seat spot, I endured* taunts* like “Hey, Fatso!” and “You big Buffalo!” from a group of obnoxious* girls. Their hurtful words haunt me still. “Oh no, not again.” I thought, Bracing myself* to face them as I stood to leave the bus. Throughout the ride, I had tried to ignore their jeers*. Now that we were at my stop, I had no choice but to* confront* them. As I walked down the crowded aisle, the girls closed in on me with hostility*. Why did they target me? What had I done to deserve* this? Suddenly, they began kicking and hitting me relentlessly*. The pain was excruciating*, but I felt powerless to defend myself. I didn’t fight back. Their assault continued until I finally managed to escape, stepping off the bus shaken and bruised. I thought the worst was over, but as I walked away, they spat on me from the bus window. The feeling of their spit on my face was disgusting, and the sound of their laughter echoed* in my ears as they drove off. Reflecting in Ms. Gruwell’s class today, I realized that just like peanuts, people are judged by their outward appearance. Ms. G’s analogy, “Don’t judge a peanut by its shell, judge it by what’s inside.” struck a chord* with me. As long as I know my own worth as a human being. I won’t let others’ hurtful words define me. In the end, we are all the same! *anoalogy: 비유 (그루웰 선생님은 유명한 속담인 “Don’t judge a nook by its cover”를 활용하여 “Don’t judge a peanut by its shell”이라는 말을 하였습니다.) How did the “Peanut Game” help you to reflect on your personal experiences with weight?
