Bolingbrook freshman and Ki master is 2008's student to look up to

Ki master Donnie is The Babbler's 2008 Student To Look Up To.

From the Editor: Five years ago, a disturbed student called The Babbler to say he was going to go on a shooting spree. He wanted to get his name on the front page of The Babbler.

I told him that I wouldn't do it, and I swore at that moment that The Babbler would never glorify a school shooter. I forwarded his information to the police.  It turned about that the caller was a 40-year-old man in Duluth, MN.

Still, I decided that every school year, we were going to be the only local paper to glorify students who conquered their problems without resorting to gunfire.

So I present to you, 2008's Student to Look Up To!

Donnie (Not his real name) moved to Bolingbrook from Schaumburg two years ago. Like most new students, he had a hard time adjusting to a new city. He wondered if he would be able to make new friends. He wondered if he could adjust to his new school.

Unfortunately, when he attended Brooks Middle School, a gang of bullies picked on him.

"My mother always told me to never get into fights, and my step-father at the time wasn't a nice guy. So I really didn't know what to do when they started threatening me." Said Donnie.

The bullies spread rumors that Donnie was gay, that his father was in jail, that he was really retarded, and that he wasn't the "right" kind of Christian.

"They were always around me, so it was hard to meet new friends." Said Donnie. "I felt that if I went to the teachers, it would make me look like a wimp. I didn't want that. I was already unpopular. Or at least I thought I was."

Things at home didn't get better. "My step-father would always freak out whenever I did something wrong. He would count down the years until I was 18, like it was a countdown to disaster. I just felt like I went to school with bullies, and then I came home to a bully."

While searching on the Internet, he discovered a site about a martial art. But it was not just any martial art.

"I found this site on Aikido! It was awesome. It taught you how to fight without striking first. I knew my mother would approve!"

His mother approved, and his stepfather reluctantly approved too. At first, Donnie was disappointed at his progress.

"It was so confusing, and I had bullies to deal with now!"

But something happened during those lessons.

"Sensei taught us about Ki, and how we were really manipulating our opponents Ki. Instead of giving them energy, we were taking their energy away from them. So when I got angry at my opponents, I was really giving them energy to use against me. That really changed how I saw the world."

He came to this realization just in time. Because a few days later, one of the bullies challenged him to a fight.

"At first I was scared, because I didn't know enough Aikido to fight him off. But then I realized something. He was asking me to fight him after school. He needed my permission to fight me. So I said no. That stunned him. No one had ever said no to him. So he didn't know what to do."

After that incident, Donnie was moved to anther class group. In this group, he found new friends, and the bullies never bothered him again.

"When the girls asked how I was able to fend off the bullies, I told them about Ki. That really interested the girls. So I worked on my ability read other people's Ki, and help them with their problems."

This year, Donnie will be a freshman at Bolingbrook High School. His mother divorced his stepfather, and now he looks forward to growing up.

"Learning Ki has made me popular and turned my life around. I am so glad that I never did anything stupid, like steal a guy and shoot the bullies. That would have polluted my Ki, and destroyed my life. Now chicks want me to read their Ki, and they're willing to date me too!"

Donnie has advice to other teens in his situation.

"Don't listen to the science teachers and bloggers at Teen Skepchick who say there is no such thing as Ki! Following them will only get you beaten up. Embrace Ki, and you'll be able to stand up to the bullies! And get a boyfriend, or girlfriend too."

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