Negative Feelings Affected My Life

I believe that the experiences one associates with negative feelings impacts their life the most. I may be starting off with a minute bias because I’ve lived through it myself. I was born 17 years ago in Tokyo, Japan; a city where most people there are regarded as developed or civilised. However, in the first years of my childhood, I never experienced much of the beauty Tokyo had. At that time, my dad worked minimum wage at a steel factory with adequate Japanese, while my mom presided over all the housework with little to no understanding of basic Japanese. Living in a small conservative town called Oizumigakuen, for the first five years of my life, I was interpreted as an outsider due to my Chinese heritage. Although we lived a simple and amiable lifestyle, things began to change drastically for me when I started kindergarten at the age of three. I cried every single day going to school. To everyone, it

My parents and teachers were oblivious to the fact that I was going through one of the most harmful acts of society. Until one day, no longer able to tolerate their irritating comments and behaviour, I challenged their authority. I rushed to the main bully, grabbed his arm and bit as hard as I could into his flesh. After unleashing my brutish act, out of horror, they immediately sprinted for the teacher’s office. The bullying would continue to occur throughout my life in Japan before moving to China. While I was still inexperienced and innocent at that time, and probably didn’t understand the effects nor the definition of bullying; looking back, I feel like it was unfortunate for me to have experienced this social phenomenon at such a young age, yet, still feel somewhat fortunate to have had the experience of fighting against what is morally wrong and standing up for yourself. In a more recent context, I unfortunately encountered a similar social situation: racial and ethnic