Shiii...I know I'm late but there's no way I'm missing this one.
The last time I was a mediator was probably last year. I have always been good at settling minor disputes. In primary school there was this really talkative girl that was always making sure she got on the nerves of people stronger than her. She was always doing this and getting away with this untill, she finally hit on the wrong nerve.
Faruq isn't a bully but he had a lot of anger stored up inside of him waiting to overflow and then this girl decided to be at the receiving end. In school we always had this spot we're so fond. In my class everyone has their spot, some prefer to sit at the back and some at the front. They're times we interchange and everyone is alright but it's always with consent. Faruq sat on his spot and when he want to get snacks during break came back and found this girl on his spot. He politely asked her to stand up but Instead got the tongue lashing of his life.
Next thing I heard was a big slap on the face what would have followed would have been deadly, so I intervened. I'm not the strong type, on the contrary, I was just a skinny child but I was smart and the teachers actually trusted me and the students knew me to be really truthful. While everyone was struggling trying to separate the fight. I just left the class and came back running and shouting too, "uncle Yinka is coming!" and everyone scrambled.
The girl didn't even know when she made it to her usual spot leaving Faruq with his own spot. After everyone had waited for like 15 minutes without seeing the most gruesome teacher on our school approach, we all began to laugh and the whole ordeal was forgotten. But that was in primary school. I stopped getting closer to fights or even stepping in when I saw my friend get hit with a big bell. Apparently he was trying to separate some fighters and one threw a bell intended for the other but it ended up hitting the mediator who ended up being hospitalized.
Being in the middle of a conflict is dangerous even if it's just an argument, it could easily escalate at any given time. The one situation I'll never forget was when I two sisters had a heated argument. I stepped in trying to calm each one down and it seemed my presence actually made each one angrier because they started to exchange blows. Me, as the guy, made the mistake of thinking I could separate them and in the process of stepping in between them, I got pushed with a lot of force that I almost hit my head on a very sharp edge, it was so close that I almost couldn't believe how I escaped.
From that point on, I resigned as a mediator. If there should be conflict I think I should be very well be part of it!
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