To the Editor:

Judging. We do it all the time, it may be meant to be a joke and we don't mean it. But even though it’s not supposed to be, judging is rude. I still do not understand why people do it. But I have a small idea on why they might.

People who judge others aren't liked as much as someone who doesn't judge. When someone judges others, her social skills are diminished and she can't make as many friends. There is a person on my bus who called my friend ugly and weird based on a picture and I’m not a huge fan of people who judge. When you don't judge, it's easier to make friends and you have better social skills in life.

Discrimination is just another form of judging people. When people discriminate, they believe in something that may not be true. I recently read an article about a boy whose parents thought he was possessed by the devil and threatened to disown him when he told them he was gay.

People who judge usually have a higher social status. I personally think that people who have a higher social status judge because they believe that they can do whatever they want and get away with it. But, on the other hand, people like celebrities get a lot of hate from the media.

But doesn't someone who was judged before have the right to judge others? No. Absolutely not; if anything, someone who was judged should know how it feels and not want other people to feel that. I know this because I have been judged before; I have been called stupid, and, after that, whenever I saw someone judging another person, I would call him out on it. Because frankly, it's rude and mean.

The people who get judged are all around you — that boy you saw getting bullied, that girl whose shirt got judged. Being a bystander won't help. Take a stand.

Juliana L. Warren

Farnsworth Middle School