Judgmental- Malcolm Kelly

I’ve been in numerous situations where I have had opinions about someone that if I got to know that person, I would have never been so quick to judge. Back in high school I was very confident in my ability to make music and it really got to my head, so much that I had a sort of cockiness about myself that I at the time thought was cool or attractive. It wasn’t long before I would come back to the mindset we know of as reality.
I was in a digital imaging course that I had been taking for the 1^st time so I was excited being a very passionate artist. About a week or so into the class we got news of a new student. I had no idea what to expect from him or her to be honest, so I didn’t think much about it, that is at least until they showed up. Tracey was his name. All I can remember thinking was, “O.. Ok, back to what I was just doing on this computer”. He was an African American from the west side of Chicago. He wore baggy clothing and talked with a slang I was familiar with. He wasn’t very outspoken and I didn’t pay much attention to him assuming I wouldn’t want anything to do with a kid who had a Mohawk that stopped half way through his head. Soon I found myself sitting right next to him due to a sudden seat rearrangement by Mr. Collins. I kicked off the conversation not to make things so awkward. It wasn’t long before we started talking about music and I found out that he was just as into music production as I was. Me being so arrogant it wasn’t a shock to others that I assumed he wasn’t near as good as I was. Then He passed me a earphone linking to his surprisingly unique style of music. I was in awe and couldn’t do anything but agree that he was very talented after raising my eyebrow in disbelief. This just goes to show how judgmental one can be towards others just by assuming off of a first impression. Just I judged Tracey, I judged the young, lost boys in my book, They poured Fire On Us From the Sky. I was quick to assume they worst for these very young boys after finding out they set off on their agonizing journey through African in hopes of a refugee camp. Who would have thought that these boys were going to make it out alive. They had all of the odds against them in this depressing journey. It’s safe to say that I was definitely proven wrong just as I was about Tracey assuming falsely from his appearance. The lost boys were brave and very mentally tough to be so young. Seeing Lions, alligators and other animals attack humans is very mentally stressful but seemed to not affect their mental as they proceeded on their long journey.