So in this blog entry I would like to share about a story that came to mind after reading a few other blog entries that had been posted by a few other students...About 15 years ago, I was about 9 years old at the time. Me and my brother were really good friends and had always done pretty much everything together. At that time we shared a room and always enjoyed doing a variety of things from indoor basket ball, wrestling matches, and even intense video game wars. Although we were and still are really good friends, our friendly activities would always some how turn into him beating me up, and me amidst the real physical pain he had caused, I would end up laughing uncontrollably. On one particular occasion we had been in some sort of scuffle maybe over the remote control to the t.v., in any case among the confrontation the t.v. was changed from channel 13(fox) News, to Channel 12(Howard Stern) Which in my house, and by my parents standards at that time was about the worst thing that I could have been watching. And of coarse as it always does in a situation like that with punches and names flying as we fought wrestling on the floor, mom walks in. She took one look at what was being played in our bedroom. I really thought Howard could have stopped cold by the look she gave that t.v. set!
What conspired after that, I don't think I will ever forget.We were Being punished for something that we really didn't do or watch. We were being wrongly accused, and there was nothing that we could do to over-turn the judgment. We were proven guilty. We tried everything to persuade mom that the channel was just changed on accident. Even OJ's lawyers couldn't persuade this jury. We ended up being grounded, our t.v. privileges were taken away, and we were told how disappointed she was in us. The feeling of being falsly accused really left an impression in my mind that I don't think I will ever forget it.
In the years after that incident there have been many times that I have brought that experience up to my mom, just having a little fun. I am sure that my mom doesn't even really remember what happened, but we can always have a good laugh about things like that around the dinner table. Recalling child hood, and being able to reminisce about times past, even the things that weren't fun then. Are a fun dinner discussion now.
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I think being falsely accused is one of the worst things that can happen to a kid, especially if you're not believed even after you try to explain yourself. It leaves you with such a feeling of helplessness and unfairness and often resentment. Obviously it was a pretty big deal to you that you remember it so vividly even now. What's sad is that the one who accused you doesn't even really remember the incident or really have any idea how it impacted your life.
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