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One of the worst things to
experience throughout your life time is the experience of being bullied. I know
from my own personal experience that being bullied makes life 10x harder. You
get this feeling like you’re all alone and the world is just out to constantly
get you. Today, bullying has gotten so serious, and continues to be an even
bigger problem anyway you go.
I’m
going to start off by bringing you back to the time when I experienced bullying
up close. It was the beginning of the winter months because I remember there
was lots of snow on the ground. 3rd grade was going so easy for me.
I was getting good grades, had a great group of friends, and I thought
everybody loved me just because I was so sweet and caring to anyone. But, the
key word in that sentence was thought.
There was actually a group of boys, I would say about 8 or so, would constantly
be picking on me, teasing me, and sometimes even physically hurting me all
during the 20 minute recess time. Every chance that they got, they would
continue to harass me. For a whole month, I felt like I was just some puppet
and they were the controllers that wouldn’t let me have a break. With the
school board finally getting involved, I could go back to living my happy,
normal life.
Bullying
today is found to be a lot different than what I experienced back in elementary
school. Especially in the halls of high school, there’s more violence that is
involved. I think teachers should keep a more open eye on the students and
what’s happening throughout the halls. I’m not saying all teachers, but a
handful of them, probably don’t even notice some of the violence going on throughout
our halls or even what’s posted on social media. If teachers want to see more
students succeed, they should open their eyes more and see what really happens
in halls and the outside world.
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Parents can also be really clueless
when it comes to knowing if their child is being bullied or not. Usually it’s
not even the parents’ fault; usually the kids are scared to get an adult
involved. I know for a fact that I was terrified to tell my parents because I
thought I would get bullied even more because I was a tattle tale. But actually, if you don’t get an adult involved, then
the bullying will never go away.
Another situation of how bullying
has effected loved ones I know would be how the past few years, my younger
sister and some of her friends have been getting bullied by this guy that was
in a few of her classes. She thought it would eventually go away, but instead
it started to get worse and worse until the point where she didn’t even want to
come to school anymore. She told a few people, but she didn’t want to tell my
parents because she didn’t want the bully to come after her more. Eventually,
it got to the point where she had to tell my parents which then got the school
principal involved. Slowly the bullying started to come to a stop all thanks
for informing an adult.
My sister’s experience is a great
example of why we need/should tell someone who has more authority over students
like my parents or the principal did when it came to my sister and her friends.
If someone you know is getting bullied, get an adult involved right away so
they can put the bullying to a stop. If you’re a bystander, don’t be afraid to
get up and stand up for the person being bullied. One of the best things to
help someone who is getting harassed or bullied is to just be there friend and
be there for them. Bullies’ jobs are to make the victims feel all alone and
like there’s no way they can be helped. But actually, there are so many
different ways to help prevent and stop bullying from continuing throughout
schools.
Sadly
bullying can lead to some pretty intense things. On social media you see so
many posts about bullying and how extreme it can be. Some students even have
taken their own life because of bullying. You never realized how serious this
truly could get until your own school has lost a student to suicide because of
bullying. Earlier this spring, my own high school lost a freshman girl because
she wanted to be gone from all that pain that the bully caused her. She had so
much to look forward to in her life like having her father walk her down the
aisle, or even graduation, but sadly she won’t be able to experience any of
those things because the bullying got too far. We sure do miss her like crazy,
but at least she’s bully free now and can actually be happy for once.
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What does it take for us to stop
and realize that bullying has become such a huge issue lately? Do we really
need another suicide in our society to get the point across that we need to
grow up and not bully others anymore? Bullying is so childish, but sadly some
don’t know how to grow up. But, you can take a stand and not bully anyone
yourself or help others out who are the victims. Bullies want to succeed in
making you feel worthless; just know that you are better than the bully, and
with your mindset like that, you can overcome anything. Just like what Ellen
DeGeneres’ says at the end of every show, “Be kind to one another!”
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