We should recognize the little things as well as the big

A regular day in health involves the majority of the time staring into the clock, trying to mentally will it to go faster. With my stomach asking for food, the distraction of work made it appealing. Grabbing my pencil and taking a deep breath, I was about to continue onto the next question when something distracted me (go figure).
“Why you got to be such a nerd?”
I looked up to see Darrell Watkins in Johnny Smith’s face.
A few kids joined a group behind Darrell laughing and throwing in there own insults. I was hypnotized at the fact no one was doing anything about it. The teacher was sitting, helping other students, half blind at what was going on. Criticism from his clothes to his face were said, in the way a little kid would come running home to his mom, tears streaming down his face.
To really see why this analogy is important, you must know that Johnny doesn’t have the mentality of his age. He isn’t mentally challenged, but he is slow when it comes down to it.
Johnny was a nice kid. He talked to a few close friends during class, and was really polite. He said hi to me as I would walk by him in the hall and open doors for others on the way to class. He might not be the coolest kid in class, but why was that a reason to pick on him?
With that reasoning, I put my own comment into the stew.
“Guys, why don’t you just back off? What the hell as the kid done to you?”
Here’s a little about myself, I’m always nice to everyone. Everyone knows I’m not mean unless I have a reason to be. So hearing a comment from me in such a stern voice towards them made them take a step back. They all laughed it off, perhaps thinking that I was just messing around.
I think the look on my face made them think that again.
Now I’m saying that everyone listens to me, and I'm some sort of influence the controls the school. But it goes to show that even someone so simple as me, can make a difference. It may not be world peace, or even peace among the school. But it’s a difference that can affect everything, especially Johnny. What if that was the last straw for him? What if he saw no other way out of the bullying, but then to hurt him or others?

"People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbors."

We should really honor those who do the little things as much as those who do the big.