From birth, growing up is difficult. Learning how to crawl, then, walk, some babies even break their ankles to learn the tasks. That is just apart of life, but there are many more hurtles that growing kids have to overcome and conquer. Bully 's are a fact of life. Each household and person is different, and family issues, a major cause of bullying, is far from uncommon. In our adult lives we have to interact with others to move forward in life, unless you choose to live in wilderness, you must earn how to deal with a bully or bullies.
Know Your Worth
First thing you should now is that you are in control. You are who you choose to be. Bullies com in all shapes and sizes--they can even be your "friends". Perpressure, and the fear of "not fitting in" and being made fun of can be overwhelming if you
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Just how there are people who will not like you, there are people who will. As a victom of bullying myself, I kept my anger and pain to myself. Then I realized I couldn 't manage on my own. When I talked to my schoo counceler, even though I wasn 't close to her, it released some of the hurt that was building up. I never believed the whole "let it out" thing until I really let it out.
Here 's What You Do...
Talk to a guidance counselor, an adult, and other friends about how you feel. Let out the frustration, keeping it in can actually hurt you.
-Tell an adult about your situation
This piece of advice may sound similar to the above because it is. The only difference is you are directly letting an adult know who is bullying you, and you need them to stop. The above information works this way as well, but it also focusses on letting somebody know how you feel. The fact that telling somebody is listed twice should make a strong point for you.
Here 's What You Do...
YOU ARE NOT ALONE. Tell an adult immediately so you wont suffer further harassment from this person.
-Do not stoop to their
Bullying has evolved into a monster with many heads. There are many different types of bullying “traditional bullying is any type of bullying that is carried out through non-electronic means” (Differences between Cyberbullying and Traditional Bullying). Examples of non-electronic bullying are verbal, physical, and social bullying. Traditional bullying is what most parents think of when bullying is proposed. The one question that is usually asked is why? There are many reason why bullying may occur. “Bullies may have underlying psychological factors that contribute to their aggressive behavior or impair their ability to interpret social interactions” (Bullying at School). Bullying can cause another person long or short term problems throughout their whole life. Bullies are also likely to have problems throughout life, such as drug abuse, alcohol abuse, and spouse abuse. Bullying is not only wrong, but inhumane.
When someone breaks you down over time, telling you you are worthless, pathetic, stupid, ugly, retarded, fat, loser, ect; one may start to think that all this is true. Demeanor changes, the child starts to feel low, and thinks they aren 't good enough. I should know, being bullied wasn 't fun. Being ridiculed for things on a daily basis. Being called names, being hit, degraded is never easy. I started feeling down, I had major depression and anxiety issues. I suffered from migraines for 10-12 hours a day and awful stomach pains every single day for almost two years. My grades started to suffer because I couldn 't concentrate, I was becoming less social and sitting at home more watching the television instead of going outside and having fun. Why? Because I was afraid someone was going to say something to bring me down; and instead of letting them have that chance even more then they already did I decided to slowly decline my way of life. Telling someone that you are bullied isn 't easy; at least for me it wasn 't. You feel so pathetic that you allow someone to treat you so poorly for no good reason. Being bullied ISN 'T an option. You don 't choose if you are bullied or not, and frankly I didn 't choose to be hated for no reason. These other kids in the world didn 't choose to be bullied either and their bully shouldn 't just be treated with a slap on the
If you try to handle a bullying situation that is above your limits, you can get yourself into situations where you have to respond in ways you didn’t expect to.
You have to realize that there is more to life than what may be “your worst day.” You will grow older, more mature, you will realize that these so called bullies… are just a bump in the road. As for you bullies you need to be brought to the end, we need to stop all bullies, shut them down completely. Teenagers, bosses, parents, babysitters, all people inflicting pain to the point where its unbearable, take a step back, take a deep breath, realize that there is more to life, more to life than this one moment. That work will get done, that room will be cleaned, that boy will learn who you are and fall for you, and those kids will stop crying, but only if you become the authority figure that they need. Not the kind that yells, but the kind that nourishes. “Treat people how you want to be treated,” it’s the golden rule for a
Samorah Thomas Mrs. Scott Jackson Block 2 January 9, 2014. “A young man committed suicide because of all the people that bullied him. his parents are devastated,” is what you hear on your news channel. Parents are losing teens every day because of bullying. Bullying is an unwanted aggressive behavior that is repeated over time (www.stopbullying.gov ).
...you, it is possible to overcome a bullying situation. Facing the aggressors themselves should not be considered. Knowing that there is family there for support is always a benefit. The most important thing to know is that it is not at all your fault if you become the victim of aggression. Know that you are not alone in your struggle and know that when it is over you will come out of the situation knowing yourself better and will be able to help other cope in the same situation.
This event is only one of the things that indicated my thinking of avoiding bullying throughout the years. Certainly, I am not trying to express that it is fine to fight people, but just that fighting is one of the ways show your strength and toughness. However, other ways could be making a good argument, having friends to back you up, having teachers on your side, or even showing your talents and prove that they are wrong. At the very end, showing what you are good at is what you can do to tell the bullies to leave you
Phoebe Prince is a name some of us might not know or remember, but in 2010 her name and picture were everywhere. Phoebe Prince was an Irish immigrant who moved to South Hadley, Massachusetts. In her new high school she was the subject of malicious bullying by her classmates, both at school and online. This bullying would eventually drive Phoebe to hang herself. Bullying in schools and online has become a serious problem in our country. . According to cyberbullyinghotline.com, 20 percent of those cyberbullied think about committing suicide, while 1 in 10 victims attempt it. With rates like this, the question left to be answered is, when is bullying “just kids being kids “,
Avoid the bullies as much as you can and they'll probably stop because they might think it's not affecting you.Gather friends that are going to support you they can help you by telling them what's happening to you and they'll make sure to stick by them in any threatening situation. If you know when the bully is most likely to approach you whether it's in the halls or on your walk home, make sure you're not alone, but walking with at least one or two friends.Tell an adult or authority many people are scared to tell adults, teachers, or an other authority about bullying because they think it makes them look like a wimp and that it can make the bully more angry.But you have to do what it takes to avoid getting
Why do people bully? Some people bully because they are afraid. When people are afraid of something or someone, they decide to bully. People choose to bully, because they think it make them cool. They think if they bully people, others would want to be like them. They believe it would help them fit in with the people around. They think it would help them be like someone who everyone else look up too. They want their friends to see how bad they are or how bad they try to be. Bullies are not as bad as most people think they are. Some people bully only on small people. You don’t see to many bullies bullying on each other. Even bullies are afraid of each other. The bully think since they are bigger than another person, they have more power. Some people even bully others because they may be getting bullied somewhere else. They may come to school and bully someone else to get their mind off of what some else are doing to them.
Bullying is a serious issue and has an adverse effect that could lead to depression, anxiety, and worse suicide. To become a bully takes a long process, with the help from parents, schools, communities, and social media, bullies and bullying can be prevented.
Bullying can be seen as either pure discrimination against teens, or as a plea against the rough life at home. Some people decide to not say anything because they just feel like it is a waste of time. “I was bullied because of my race, I am Asian, and they used to make me fun of me in class, and the teacher didn’t even say anything and laughed along with the class” (Tiffany). Whereas on the on the other side, you have teenagers who bully to get the stress out from being abused at home. No matter the reason, bullying is not okay, and that is what I am trying to get across.
As a society, we often underestimate the damages that bullying cause on children, not just America but all over, and the ones who suffer are the victims themselves. Victims are damaged with the stigma that they are weak, yet somehow have to fend for themselves against something that they have little to no control over. Whether it is for funding, a reputation or any other reason schools sweep their bullying problem under the rug or turn a blind eye, however they have more potential to end this growing issue. To the schools that think bullying is not their problem, they should know that according to heyugly.org, an anti-bullying campaign, “Approximately, 160,000 children a day stay home from school in fear of being bullied.”They also point out
Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience and help them understand why bullying is an issue.
Bullying has become a serious problem in public schools systems. Being a victim of bullying is a daily struggle for some students. The issue continues to grow, but the question is how to stop bullying from occurring. Many ways have been attempted to stop bullying, but some are more effective than others. Having the students get involved seems to have the most positive effect on the bullying issue in public school systems.