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Criticism could be a phrase or a comment that makes someone feel bad. Sometimes, that person feels so afraid, that they would hide theirself from the world.
It hurts that person inside. Some people might think "Stick and stones but words can never hurt you." They're wrong. The worst kind of pain is emotional pain. Words have a life of their own.
Remember how I said that they could hurt you emotionally? Well, take this into consideration: (Please don't pity me! crying ) This just happened to me today in school. I care about my writing, and I've been criticized and teased at for so long. Well, I was trying to help one of my classmates on how to make his story, and I said that it should have some funny parts, some voice, that stuff so it wouldn't be boring. Then, another one of my classmates said "Oh yeah? His stories aren't boring, yours are!" and everyone started laughing. I didn't take it in very well and my eyes started to tear up a little. I really cared about my writing because I loved it so much. This wasn't the only reason why I was starting to cry a little; it's just that I've been criticized for so long that I'm sick of it. Am I the only one who has feelings? It's like I'm the target for my whole school! People keep on criticizing me, and they always make me feel unwanted.... A little while after, I really was crying -_-'
So, don't criticize anyone. If they did something wrong, I bet they did it they're very best (unless they purposly made it wrong...). It's not fun to be criticized, and it's especially not fun if you're the one being critized. sad