My Best Friend People cannot choose their identities from the day they were born; however, they can choose to bully others. For instance, my best friend is the one who got bullied when he was in middle school because my classmates thought he was poor and ugly. For me, he is one of the best people that I have ever met. He taught me everything about life, skills, and shared with me many secrets as a best friend did. The day he decided to leave this world forever made me surprised and realize that bullying is truly the scariest thing for some reasons: it comes to a person intentionally, it makes life unfair, and it brings people down even they are the optimistic ones. I still remember that sad day when I go to my middle school. Through the …show more content…
After that, my schoolmaster discuss about school’s problems and rankings of each grade. I am so excited because my class ranks second this week. However, the sadness on my best friend’s face still remains. I do try to tell him a joke and encourage him, but he looks so awful and does not say anything back. During break time, I seriously ask if what happened to him, and to hear the story that he was harassed two days ago makes my heart break. He was robbed and bullied by the gangsters, and he has not eaten anything for two days. All of the money his mother gave him for buying food was taken away, so he was scared to tell her about that. Due to his family finance, his mother has become a workaholic, and she hardly can manage her time taking care of him. He was also attacked and humiliated by other classmates on his way home. The scars on his face and arms keep recalling me how hard he has to suffer after all these times. I wish I could have helped him out like giving him money, or stopped other people from bullying him. Unfortunately, my parents would not allow me to keep money or get into others’ business. Therefore, I offer him to come to my house for a meal after school, and he shyly accepts that. Indeed, I am so lucky that bullying did not happen to me, but it did to my best friend
“Children who engage in bullying from a young age may be involved in what is known as precursory bullying. Precursory bullying has implications for future bullying, and is understood as ultimately destructive and damaging” (Levine and Tamburrino, 2014). There is no doubt about this, we’ve all heard about adults that have been bullied as children and do not come out successful members of society. Clearly, this is a lifelong
Whoever may been a victim of bullying or are the bullies was once a kid and they believed in something with all their heart, maybe it was that they didn’t like how smart you are, your clothes, or how you talk. It’s how they feel towards you to make them not like you. And they use to have friends, friends they can hang out with, talk to and just be these themselves with, but when they started being bullied for being different they’re friends not hanging out with, talking to them and don’t want to be friends with them because they’re afraid to get bullied just like just like that person. And it’s hard for people like that to survival if they’re just getting picked on by students or adults. You think “it’s just a phase, they’ll come out of it” or “they just need to talk to people to get them to notice them”, but it’s not that it’s they don’t feel like they fit in with everyone because everyone is very different form them and when they try to talk to people they
Bullying has both short term and long effects on the victim. A victim of someone who has been bullied for so long can lead to them bullying other individuals, making this a never-ending cycle. "Bu...
Bullying is when a person or group frequently harms someone who is weaker or more vulnerable then themselves. They do this by means of physical, verbal, or mental abuse. Bullies can be male, female, young or old. The nature of a bully depends on many factors such as sex, age, and past experiences. Depending on the nature of the bully, their actions can have many negative effects on others. Bullies display many characteristics such as aggression, rivalry, and competitive behavior. Bullying occurs in many different places, a good example is in the novel The Lord of the Flies. Jack, the antagonist in this novel, displays many characteristics of a bully. Many children have been victimized by the terrible acts of bullies.
People believe that when the bullying stops so do the consequences. On the contrary, the consequences will last a lifetime. The origin of the word bully comes from the word “boele”, a term of endearment. It 's interesting to see how over the centuries the word acquired a totally different meaning. Bullying is a fact of modern society, it happens everyday in offices and at schools, but do we really know what bullying is? Is it a kid getting his lunch money stolen, or a boss verbally abusing a staff member? Yes it means both of the above and so much more. Bullying is the act of using one 's influence or strength to harm or intimidate another human being in order to make the perpetrator feel more powerful. Bullying takes many forms: physical,
A bully is someone who picks on other people, because they think it is the way to solve their problems. There are many types of bullying, there is physical, verbal, and mental. Children that are ages five through eleven began using verbal abuse and some even use physical abuse (Garrett 33). People estimated that one hundred and sixty thousand students miss school every day, and twenty-eight million missed school days per year, due to fear of being bullied (Garrett 36). Six million boys and four million girls are involved in fights from being bullied or bullying others (Garrett 33). Also, there is an estimate that over five hundred and twenty-five thousand people are bullies in America (Garrett 35). “Freshman, particularly are the victims of bullies in high school, especially if they are small and smart” (Garrett 31-32). Many people are bullied because of the way they look, or the way they act.“ Children from violent homes are three or four times more likely to become a bully” (Garrett 30). Some bullies may make fun of people because they were made fun of, beaten, or unwanted as they grew up. Most children become bullies to gain power (Verial). Bullies do what they do so they “feel competent, successful, to control someone else, to get some relief from their own feelings of powerlessness” (Garrett 72).When children grow up they may become bullies, because of the abusive environment they were raised in by their parents.
Though anyone can become vulnerable to bullying, there are some commonalties between the victims. Bullies are inclined to choose a certain type of person to abuse. Typically, people who are not as strong as them. “Victims of bullying are often younger, smaller, or weaker- physically or emotionally – than their tormentors” (“Bullying” 1). Targets of bullies almost always stand out for this sole reason. They tend to wear glasses, have flaws on their face, or have a body that isn’t considered perfect by society. Sometimes, they are bullied due to their achievements. Obviously, victims of bullying are not fond of the harassment they receive. They are subjected to unwanted name calling and teasing. “I don’t want this. I don’t want people picking on me and I don’t want to be fat…I just want to be me” (Hall 222). When children are constantly abused they lose their identity. Victims are repeatedly referred to as a name that they get into the habit of it…eventually forgetting who they really are. Clearly, for once, they wish to find that person they once were – instead of being somebody a bully has made t...
Bullying is something that is present in all stages of life. Whether it is pulling someone’s hair, beating someone up, cyberbullying, slander, workplace harassment, or domestic abuse, it is bullying. Bullying occurs in schools, workplaces, in homes, on playgrounds, in the military, and in nursing homes. The documentary Bully sheds light on the bullying that occurs in schools across America. Bully takes us inside the lives of two families who lost their child due to suicide from bullying and profiles three kids who are still toughing it out. There are many factors that feed into the production of creating bullies, but the underlying cause beneath all these factors is the yearning for uniformity.
She doesn’t know this, but she changed my life. She was there for me when it seemed like no one else was. When most of my friends were dissolving around me and I just didn’t feel like I could do anything right, she was there, and she made everything seem okay. It didn’t matter that I was inevitably going to graduate with a GPA a tenth of a point lower than I wanted, or that my director told me that he was disappointed in me because I just didn’t seem focused lately, or that my other friends just weren’t talking to me anymore. It didn’t matter because she was there and she made me feel safe. She’s my best friend, and I love her and admire her for so many different reasons.
When someone first thinks of bullying, their perception of the bully may be someone who chooses to be mean or cruel to another due to their own low self-esteem. This concept however is one that may not be true at all. In fact, according to Jaana Juvonen, a professor of developmental psychology at UCLA, who has published multiple books and articles on this subject, a bully usually has a very high self-esteem and is usually from the group that one would consider being the “popular crowd”. [Lin]
The sun gleamed vibrantly on August 5, 2008, but I did not sense the warmth as my thoughts were elsewhere. I was only six years old at the time and preparing to begin first grade in less than one month. As I crossed the threshold into the home of my best friend, I had a sensation everything would change. At such a young age, I was having to tell my best friend goodbye. Blake Basgall had leukemia and would not be around when I returned from vacation, according to my mom. That day, I had spent hours coloring a picture in his favorite color, blue, so I could give it to him prior to heading to my grandma’s for the week. Blake was my first real friend. He had a thoughtful and daring heart through all of his surgeries and medication treatments. Blake Lee Basgall would become an inspiration
Bullying, it is a major issue around many people, the world, and often reported in the news. Many who experienced bullying with or without knowing that they have been bullied or even bullied other people. There are many reasons for people to become bullies, and it is happening all around us. Bullying comes in many different forms: physical bullying, verbal bullying, relational bullying, psychological bullying, and social bullying. In the past, bullying can only happen in person, but with improving technologies, there is a new kind of bullying called cyber-bullying.
We do not make friends because they are useful but the bond of friendship, once it grows stronger and stronger has a number of positive aspects. There are certain secrets that can only be shared with our friends only. When we are facing a difficult situation in our lives, only true friends come forward to help us overcome all the difficulties.
Bullying of students in school is an abuse that affects and produces a number of negative experiences on the victim. It is proven that those students who bully do so merely because they see themselves superior than those being bullied. They use this as a tactic to make juniors fear them and show them that they are not equal in any way. Some will even bully as a revenge of the bullying they suffered in the past. I have been bullied before and I know some of the effects it could have on a person. Bullying is a serious cause of many issues and has effects that may be long lasting.
Friendships are one of the most important things you can get out of life. It’s something that everyone has to have because without it we would all go insane. Just think if no one talked to each other and we never made friends, this world would be a ticking time bomb. Studies say human need friendships and love to survive. So friendship is a big part of your life.