Have you ever been bullied? Have you ever bullied someone? Have you ever witnessed someone being bullied, and did nothing? These are questions that many kids can answer yes to. Bullying in schools is getting worse and it is happening at earlier ages. It is estimated that 160,000 children miss school everyday due to fear of attack or intimidation by other students. Kids have started to accept that bullying is just a part of growing up. Sometimes bullying gets very little attention from adults, but in recent years adults have been committed to stop bullying in their schools and communities.
There are different types of bullying, different extents of it, but every type hurts. Many are bullied by words. Made fun of because of their looks, speech, culture, or anything that is not "socially acceptable". Many kids bully others because they are insecure about their own characteristics and want to put the attention on someone else's insecurities so they can feel better about themselves. Kids think you need to be mean to others to fit in with the cool crowd. Bullying will get you no where later in life.
In recent years bullying has gotten more and more attention because it is worsening. Verbal abuse turns into physical abuse. Many children are hospitalized due to physical abuse by their own classmates. Bullying affects everyone differently. Some just brush it off and not worry about it, while others become depressed and even commit suicide. Between 15 to 25 children every year commit suicide because they are being bullied. If you are bullying people, think about how they must feel. Think about how it would feel to be in their shoes. If you see someone being bullied try to stop it, make a difference.
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I definitely agree that bullying has gotten totally out of hand. Students shouldn't have to be afraid to come to school because someone is constantly picking on them. I think that the violence that happens when teachers aren't looking is rediculous. We shouldn't hate people because of their race, speech, culture, etc.; I definitely agree that bullies do this out of insecurities. Children certainly shouldn't be killed simply because they are different.
ReplyDeleteEverything you're saying is true. I've definitely seen bullying happen, and there were times I didn't do anything about it. But there have been times where I felt the need to say something or stick up for them. Everyone has experience being bullied, and I think that everyone has bullied someone at some point in their life. Bullying doesn't benefit anyone. By making fun of someone you're not gaining anything. School would be such a better place to be without all the bullying and judging that happens.
ReplyDeleteI agree that bullying has increased in schools today. It is sad that when people see other kids being bullied and do not do anything to stop it. Although I admit I have been in situations of bullying at times and have not done anything, I still feel bad and wish I would have. Watching someone getting bullied and not doing anything about it can be just as bad as being the bully. I think that if more people would stick up for the victims that are bullied then there would be less of it going on.
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