On the other spectrum, in sunday school (class for 14-15year olds) the boys all got their first (except for these four boys that were taking down the sacrament) all the boys sat in their chairs and one even said, “It’s B.O.C. day!” I was like, “Whaaaat?” and he said, “Bring Your Own Chair.” I was shocked. These boys who had so kindly followed two others examples to let the girls have their seats were being just plain rude. Not one of these young men offered a seat to ANY of the 7 or so girls that were in the room. I put my scriptures down, and said, “Well I guess if you aren’t strong enough to bring in your own chairs I’ll go get some.” I then walked out the door and the other girls followed suit. We all brought in our own chairs and sat down. The boys looked really confused as to why all of us were angry. When the other four boys came in and saw that there weren’t enough chairs for them they got their own and sat down. Our teacher then came in and looked around the room once. the girls had sat on one side of the room while the boys were on the other, except for the boys who came late. Later I reaccounted what happened to my dad, and he was extremely disappointed. He was especially surprised because one of the boys had offered his seat up the week before.
Please don’t be like those boys, I felt completely awkward and unloved just standing there wondering if any of these boys would offer a seat. I never realized how much it meant to me to be offered a seat until these boys didn’t. I even found myself thinking, “I got up early, dressed nice, and made sure I looked okay, for this?” :\ not cool…. One of the boys even looked like he was going to offer, but took one look at the rest of his friends goofing off and neglecting the girls and shut his mouth tight.
Remember, be the WARRIOR we know you can be!