On the 1st of February my year had an assembly on a traumatic subject, knife crime. It is one of those subjects where you don’t really understand it unless someone talks to you about it from their point of view or you have experienced it first-hand.
Today we heard from a man who had a very close person taken from them due to knife crime, his name was Nathan. Before I came into the assembly, I thought it was going to be a dramatization about knife crime telling a story. I had no idea what an impact this assembly would have on me and indeed I believe the rest of my year group. Nathan’s story had a real impact as it was a heartfelt account of what he had experienced. The way he told the story moved everyone and made everyone think about how precious life is.
He also taught us some very important lessons and how knife crime doesn’t affect one person but everyone. He made me think about how I should take every opportunity and work hard. Now that is something you don’t get from a drama performance. I believe Nathan is an inspiration to us all that life is too precious to throw away by getting involved in knife crime and I think we all need to play a part in this. It was very brave of him to come on stage and talk about a tragedy and he hasn’t just inspired me but, I believe, so many others.