WHAT'S GOING ON? Video On YouTube

Dear internet puppies,

WOW! You've got to watch this video, because it literally brought me to tears. Why? Because this was once me! So I can totally relate to the anguish I see in this poor kid's face! His tears are REAL and his crying out for help is REAL, all the way down to the mispelled words on his cue cards. It's tragic that he felt the need to reach out over the internet in his plea for help and compassion

When I was a kid in the last century, I was a bit of a cliche; a smart kid who was very introspective, softspoken, a non-violent sort of child. Early in my life I was also bullied by ASSHOLES who liked to prey on my mild mannered disposition, simply because I didn't believe in violence, or aspire to be a THUG, or maybe just because I was cute and smart! They called me names, (homo, faggot, queer, even when I didn't know what those words meant) just like this kid.... Ahhh, but I had the wherewithal to endure, just like this kid seems to want to do too. But really.....bullies and bullying represent one of the ugliest aspects of humanity!

Is bullying normal?....well it has been ever since I was a kid and probably it has been throughout history. I guess it's human nature.... again the bad side of human nature, the strong preying on the weak! Is it right....HELL NO! Do kids have to take it as children?.....HELL NO, they shouldn't have to! Do many? Unfortunately YES and their lives are made miserable and sometimes unendurable, some times to the point of being suicidal, hence this kid's video, which prompted this image guru's social commentary.

BUT I DIDN'T TAKE IT FOR TOO MANY YEARS! I learnt relatively early enough in my life that my intellect, my sense of humor and my popularity with the opposite sex invariably always got me out of alot of potentially unpleasant and dangerous situations with BULLIES!
Plus I learned to excel in sports like track, gymnastics, hockey & soccer, so my physique became formidable. Plus I took some marshall arts because I decided that I wouldn't take anymore SHIT FROM ANYBODY and this was all done on my own initiative....cuz' I was just plain tired of being messed with!

But some kids simply aren't built that way, they're fragile and gentle spirits, like sparrows & doves and in the words of Lady GaGa they're "just born that way". But for some strange reason of fate they always seem to be targets for the jocks or "popular kids" who detest anyone else other than their pinhead carbon-copy selves! To me, these "popular" and "social" bullies are in fact anti-social and have probably learned the nasty habit of bullying from their parents! As parents can also sometimes DO NOTHING to shield their children from their tormenters, simply because the children were too membarrassed to tell their parents! As was my case, because I kinda' had to learn to fend for myself by participating in various sports and extra-curricular activities because I was simply too embarrassed to tell anyone. However, when I saw this video on FACEBBOOK from a friend's posting from YouTube, I was overcome with emotions from some very early traumatic experiences from BULLIES!

So my dear internet puppies remember.... we can't all be Goliath-esque..... but we certainly can learn to be David! Remember also that many of the once bullied "nerds", who took the strength that they had to acquire to overcome their school day "hell years" many times parlayed that strength into a future of success! I'm sure that Bill Gates and Steve Jobs were at one point, bullied!

So be kind to the weak and the meek, for they shall surely inherit the earth! PLEASE WATCH THIS VIDEO!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdkNn3Ei-Lg&feature=share

Montgomery Frazier "The Image Guru"

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Montgomery Frazier "The Image Guru"

MODMagazineOnline.com November-December 2011 Issue

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Image Guru Saves Under-Served Through Dance! Featured On Dot49.com

http://dot429.com/articles/2011/11/16/image-guru-saves-under-served-through-dance

I'm very proud of this feature article in 429Magazine on the dot429 website. It depicts my passion for dance and how that passion helped under-priveleged kids in the inner-cty bourroughs of New York.

My association with The Edward Morgan Ballet was brief, but it was a worthwhile experience for me!

Read on dear puppies!

Montgomery Frazier "The Image Guru"