To Laugh at Someone

Laughing is an expression to show that something is funny or humorous to you. So what does it mean to laugh at someone? It could mean he did something funny which made you laugh. However, most of the time, the person that is laughed at does not find it funny at all. Laughing at someone can hurt his feelings or make him feel embarassed. Many people laugh at people who make mistakes or are different from them. People who laugh at others are horrible as they do not consider the feelings of others at all. They should be ashamed of themselves. How would they feel if they were being laughed at?
Nobody likes it, only when you are purposely making a joke out of yourselves to make others laugh like a clown. Other than that, you should not exhibit this type of behaviour.

I remember like a few days ago during the morning assembly, as usual, the band was playing the national anthem and most people were singing. However, something unexpectedly happened. A boy dropped his trumpet! How embarrassed he would have been to drop the trumpet in front of everyone in the school. He was even in the front row. I did not laugh as I know he was embarrassed enough. However, Laughter could be heard and giggles were at the tip of almost every mouth. It was quite loud as teachers turn to look at our cohort. There was a commotion for a while but soon dying down. I wonder why people laughed. The Band has faithfully played for us for as long as we remembered and because of one mistake, we know you laugh at him. I believe he could hear our giggles from the field and he would be embarrassed already. Why must our cohort laugh at others mistake? Why do people add to his embarassment? Everyone makes mistakes and because of mistakes we learn not to do them again. People cannot understand this and cannot hold back their laughter. Even if you cannot control your feelings, smile at the very most till your emotions die down. We need to consider others feelings whatever we do, only then can we become gentlemen which our school aim to nurture.

People laugh at others because others are different from the majority. It is disgusting. Everyone has the right to be different and we have no right to criticise or laugh at others because of that. Obese discrimination is very common in school and I have seen this for myself. People will deliberately comment on how plump they are or imply that they are plump. Such as these questions" Why can't you run faster" or” Hello, fat boy" These questions or statements actually hurt others who hear them. We have no right to discriminate others because you are plumper than others. It is how they are built and unable to control how they grow, like some people grow very tall while other s can only grow to a certain height. Don't you think they know what they are like; must you even spell it out? Many students in school face obese discrimination as foolish immature children (I do not use teenagers to describe them) do not understand the impact of their words and feeling. They cannot understand others at all or consider the implications of their actions. They laugh; they tease these poor people who have it already hard enough. I find no humour in someone who has done nothing funny but laughed at because he is different. So why must people bully and laugh at them. It could cause emotional impact to them. These people who laugh at others are cruel and do not have a sympathetic heart. Plump people are just normal human beings, all the same, and should be treated equally. These people could have bigger hearts and kinder than we will ever be.

Also, during assembly, there is a guy who likes to express his views (My friend has talked about this issue a while ago so I shall make this brief) However, he cannot speak proper English. His sentence is broken up into my different parts and sometimes we have no idea what the guy is saying. He is brought up in another country so his English has an accent and is not very fluent. Yet, every time he speaks, almost everyone burst into guffaws. I too was one of them but not anymore. I just smile, feeling sympathetic to the guy's position. Almost everyone laugh as he cannot speak fluent English, but does that give us the right to laugh. Even if everyone does it, does it make your actions justified? NO! Giving respect to a speaker is basic courtesy and most people do not have this. I too like my friend admire his courage to go up on stage to express his view. He is not shy and willing to express his views on subjects. This is something I dare not do. Yet, people cannot see he is courageous, only seeing he is making a fool of himself. I pity the guy and the people who laugh. I pity the guy as he cannot express his view completely with everyone's attention as they are laughing and also pity him as he is being laugh at because he is different from us. However, I pity those who laugh at him as they are one of the most inconsiderate batches of students who cannot accept others who are different and laugh because they think it is humorous. Feelings will be hurt and people will be embarassed. Is putting people in an awkward situation fun to you?

I believe everyone should be treated with respect and treated equally. No matter how different we are from each other, we should have equal treatment. Also, mistakes are part of life and should not laugh at others mistakes as we too make them. We must not laugh at others if you do not want others to laugh at you.