The Mertens Soap Box....

Lately, the highlight of each 9.30pm Callover has been the giving of a small talk by one of the boys in the House. We are slowly working our way through the House list and so far there have been some memorable speeches; Anthony Yiu gave an insight into what it was like to start a new life in a new country which everyone found interesting and all other boys in the Shell have done likewise, choosing a topic of their own to speak about.
One of the latest speeches was given by Sonny Bircham which is outlined below...

JUDGING A BOOK BY ITS COVER

I would like to speak to you all about judging a book by its cover because there are a lot of people I know who say oh look at that boys shoes he’s a loser and weird let’s not talk to him. But I talk to people who other people don’t like because of his dress sense or his hair or his weight but no one knows what goes on behind closed doors like for example his mum could be seriously ill or he could be getting bullied no one knows what happens. So what I’m trying to say is why do we all care what people look like how they speak or why they have no friends if you actually give them a chance be friendly to them and be nice you never know they might have the same hobbies as you they might even look like you deep down so if you see someone on its own go speak to him make him feel confident about himself all that kid needs is a little confidence to get him more friends for example when Jonah was new I don’t think he knew anyone or if he did not that well but summers showed Jonah to everyone on his first day and now Jonah basically is good mates with everyone he knows so all I’m trying to say is don’t judge a book by its cover because you never know what he or she is actually like in person !