2. When this project was assigned, I immediately
thought of Honor. He will always stick in my mind as
the most blatant example of hate speech that I have
experienced in my life.
I’ve grown up in Pagosa Springs, Colorado almost all
of my life so I’ve never know what its like to be a new
student somewhere—especially in Junior High or
High School
Honor and his family moved to Pagosa when I was in
Junior High school, where, as we all know, kids are at
their best and sweetest. (Bull shit)
Honor was very different from the rest of the
students. He stood out like a sore thumb and
originally he liked it. He liked being noticed and talked
about.
3. He was very eccentric and loved being the center
of attention, so naturally he was drawn to the
theatre department.
4. He had the energy of a young Jim Carrey and made sure
everyone knew how crazy and different he was.
Naturally, the kids rejected him and started calling him every
name under the sun.
The name calling and bullying got worse in high school, where
kids of all ages were relentless in tearing him down.
They called him faggot, fucker, loser, weirdo and told him to kill
himself almost every day. They would pick on him both in and
out of class.
The teachers would try to stop it when they could, but they
couldn’t be everywhere.
Honor tried to remain positive despite the daily attacks from his
peers.
By the time graduation rolled around you could tell the spark
5. It is a miracle to me that Honor made it out of
High School alive.
He was in the counselors office all the time and I
would see him crying in between classes some
days.
Kids can be absolutely horrible and ruthless, but
the fact that Honor graduated with a smile shows
that they don’t have to break you.
Honor is a huge inspiration to me because he
NEVER stopped being who he was no matter the
circumstances.
Honor now attends the University of Colorado
where he is a Theatre Major.
He is exponentially happier and no doubt free
6. And there is no
doubt that he will do
great thing with
his life
