23 Dec 2015, 10:04 pm
24 Dec 2015, 1:55 am
Spiderpig wrote:
Varelse wrote:
I brought a kitchen knife to my Junior high school once. Luckily, they didn't do body searches or have a zero tolerance policy back then. Even more fortunate, the people who had been pushing me around (literally) stayed away from me on that day.
That's part of what I admire in other people. I might have been able to get away with carrying a kitchen knife to school ... as long as I kept it hidden. The moment I tried to threaten someone with it, I'd be screwed, and knowing this made me too afraid to even entertain the idea. I'd be much too afraid of the consequences of hurting anyone with it to be able to use it effectively, so I'm sure it wouldn't stop my bullies from laughing at me or from pointing out what a coward I am for wanting to fight them with a knife when they're unarmed. I'm also sure they'd have taken it from me sooner rather than later, and soon teachers would know I brought a knife to school, and so would my parents. In fact, just knowing my parents would not like it was enough to deter me in the first place.
Varelse wrote:
If I had a chance to do those years over again, I'd have taken up martial arts, not so much for the physical training as for the confidence and discipline that this training builds. Both traits are useful in dealing with sexism or in fact with any form of bullying or discrimination. Strength training eventually filled that role for me, when I was 19 and in Jr college I took a weight training class and was immediately hooked on moving heavy weight.
I did judo at school, and it was absolutely insufficient if it was meant to be useful for defending myself. The only lesson I effectively learned is that raw strength and innate ability to fight will always prevail. Any other, more serious activity was out of the question, since I'd have had to ask my parents to pay for it.
You crack me up.
I managed to sneak knives to school as I had a folding pocket knife that I inherited from my dad(not a swiss army knife mind you). I could also have hidden a kitchen knife in my backpack cuz I'm smart like that.
24 Dec 2015, 2:59 am
