I decided to write on Ildar's topic #3 about my attitude to strange people.
Actually, you can tell anything about your attitude to strange people, like "they are not very different from us", or "we should help them and be tolerate to their unorthdoxies", but it is just words. You should meet him or her to understand your real attitude. And suprisingly today I saw such a boy in metro. Firstly, it was very strange that this guy was standing and looking at me for quite long tome, 3-4 second, and it was really difficult to feel his sight upon me. Then you started to walk near me, and when he saw a woman who crossed the line near the train, he shouted at her and said not to do it more. Then he started worrying because the train hadn't come for 5-6 minutes, so he started whistling to call him. And he whistled really loudly speaking strange words about numbers and train. Then train arrived and we came in it. I was going from one side to another and when the train stopped on one station, he came to the doors and stand right near them. It seemed that he was going to come out (and people who stood out of the train thoughts so). But when doors opened, he didn't move, stayed there for 2-3 seconds and only then came back to the middle of the train. Then he talked a little bit more and on the next station ran out of the train, pushing people. So, what did I do all this time? Nothing. Yes, he was annoying, he I wanted to say, "shut up, please", but I thought that this boy could be very similar to Christopher. That he couldn't do anything to his affection, that he didn't want to talk all the time, but he just couldn't stop talking. Of course, he might have been one of those teens who want to deviate to show themselves to society, but he really looked like he had some mental problems. So, I stood near him and didn't do anything.
We can't blame such people for their behavior. It is not their fault that they are so different from us. We need just to let them live in their own world, not to disturb them with our "help" if they didn't reallt want it.
Thank you for attention.
Actually, you can tell anything about your attitude to strange people, like "they are not very different from us", or "we should help them and be tolerate to their unorthdoxies", but it is just words. You should meet him or her to understand your real attitude. And suprisingly today I saw such a boy in metro. Firstly, it was very strange that this guy was standing and looking at me for quite long tome, 3-4 second, and it was really difficult to feel his sight upon me. Then you started to walk near me, and when he saw a woman who crossed the line near the train, he shouted at her and said not to do it more. Then he started worrying because the train hadn't come for 5-6 minutes, so he started whistling to call him. And he whistled really loudly speaking strange words about numbers and train. Then train arrived and we came in it. I was going from one side to another and when the train stopped on one station, he came to the doors and stand right near them. It seemed that he was going to come out (and people who stood out of the train thoughts so). But when doors opened, he didn't move, stayed there for 2-3 seconds and only then came back to the middle of the train. Then he talked a little bit more and on the next station ran out of the train, pushing people. So, what did I do all this time? Nothing. Yes, he was annoying, he I wanted to say, "shut up, please", but I thought that this boy could be very similar to Christopher. That he couldn't do anything to his affection, that he didn't want to talk all the time, but he just couldn't stop talking. Of course, he might have been one of those teens who want to deviate to show themselves to society, but he really looked like he had some mental problems. So, I stood near him and didn't do anything.
We can't blame such people for their behavior. It is not their fault that they are so different from us. We need just to let them live in their own world, not to disturb them with our "help" if they didn't reallt want it.
Thank you for attention.
I think there is a huge difference between "being strange" and "having psychological problems" - people with mental disabilities have diseases, and people with diseases ought to be helped!
ОтветитьУдалитьYeah, I think Andy is right. So, Michael, how do you think, which of the cathegories below this guy relates to? How do you think, would your behavior be different if you haven't read the story about Cristopher?
ОтветитьУдалитьTo tell the truth, I think I would behave just like you. But only for people with some deceases, not with people who simply behaves strangely.