I wish...
I wish a teacher had never yelled at me for something I didn't do. I wish I didn't find it okay to yell at someone even if they did something. I wish it wasn't several teachers that had yelled and outbursted at a whole group of us students. I wish yelling didn't exist in this world. I wish I hadn't yelled at my family. I wish my family didn't fight and yell. I wish my grandmother didn't use pins to prick my father's lips so that he would never lie to her. I wish she hadn't forced him to lie to other people protect her interests. I wish my father wasn't torn inside himself about using hitting to discipline us kids, where he didn't think he was a bad father for not having hit us. I wish my parents hadn't yelled at each other and fought. I wish there was more than enough money, so we wouldn't fight about money. I wish I wasn't afraid of having to make the choice of accepting pain, abuse and yelling so that I can make ...