Do you know what awkward age is? To put it in simple words, it is such a period in teenagers life, when their bodies become adult. This process is often accompanied with acne appearance, especially in the case with boys. Therefore, being 15-18 many boys suffer from this unpleasant... mmm... interference into their life. In most cases it passes, sometimes it stays for much longer period or even for the whole life.
When my younger brother Kevin was 13, he was a very self-confident and impudent boy. He was always rather strong and looked older than he was. That's why he had friends several years older than he, and their awkward age had already begun. Some of them got problems with skin. Poor guys! Kevin always mocked at them and tried to humiliate them; believe me, sometimes his mocking was quite cruel. I didn't love him and didn't understand why he behaved like that. My mom and I just hoped he would overgrow this.
One boy from their company suffered from his mocking most of all, as teenage acne seriously affected his face. Kevin jeered at him each time they met. "You should see this monster! He's so ugly! And this idiot believes it will pass!" my brother told me very often. Shame on you, Kevin! The guy has a hard time now and you just redouble his sufferings! What if you get the same problem and somebody mocks at you the way you do it now? our mom always reproached him. But Kevin replied, I'll never have such problems, because I take care of my skin! He should wash his face more often! It's not my fault he doesn't know what soap is! It's not me who should be ashamed!
Since that time my brother has changed a lot. He has become more serious, reasonable, more adult, so to say. Moreover, he is very shy and modest now. He is 17 and his cheeks are covered with pimples and spots. He worries a lot about it and hopes it will pass soon. I knew he would have skin problems: our father had acne during the puberty; I had it not long ago; so, he had all the chances to inherit zits.
Well, the story repeats. There is always somebody, who doesn't have such problems as you do and who has enough impudence to laugh and mock at you. The same is happening to my poor brother now. In spite of his impressive constitution he has become an object of mocking. Only now he understands the guy, whom he laughed at 4 years ago.
I'm so ashamed of my behavior. Now I know what he felt when I mocked at him. Our mom was right trying to put me in shame. I promise I will never laugh at other people's problems even when my acne passes, Kevin swears almost with tears in his eyes, and I understand he is sincere now. I am even glad he is faced with all the problems of the awkward age. It has made my brother a kind person.
This story may become a lesson for people, laughing at others' health disorders and being confident they will never have the same problems. Shame on you if you do that!
Jack, 31
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