Bullying, it has been a very big issue in America today. You may look at bullying and think that it's not such a big deal, kids will be kids, its part of growing up and you need to toughen up. Yea bullying starts off as a little game, but it ends up with someone ending their life because of it. It makes you feel scared, angry, stressed, unwanted, helpless, like if you did something to deserve the way you are being treated. It ends up with you losing all your self-esteem and making you feel so worthless that you want to end your life. Bullying has gotten so serious that many number of cases have been brought up, and our dear President Obama has spoken to the public to inform teachers and parents that this issue needs to stop and that it's just not right.
I don't think that bullying people is right. My question is why do you have to care so much about someone else's life to be dealing with every day? I can't believe how young boys and girls are treating each other at such an early age and how the parents of these bullies accept this kind of behavior. I have a very mild case of bullying that I fortunately learned to grow out of. When I was in Elementary School, there was a girl that I met in third grade and she became my best friend. It was an odd friendship because when it was just the two of us she would be so nice to me, yet when other people were around she would be so different and mean and say rude things about other people. Throughout the years I became distant from her because I realized that I didn't want that kind of person in my life, but in my fifth grade year she started to attack me. Not literally attack, but she would gossip about me with her other friends, and she would make fun of my acne that was pretty bad back then, but I eventually grew out of. I would just ignore her, we went on to sixth grade together. It was my first month of sixth grade that a good friend of mine told me that she heard her talk in class with her clique that they wanted to beat me up after school. I was pretty shocked, that's when that good friend of mine took me to the office and helped me tell the counselors what was going on. The office took care of it, it took lots of courage, but I did it, and I avoided a lot more problems. Throughout the rest of the year I just ignored her and went on with my life. The last time I remembered seeing her was about midway through seventh grade, and I haven't heard or seen her since. I am glad that she is out of my life, with this I learned a lesson about my better friend choices. Never make them your everything because they will back stab you at the second they can. . well some of them.
What hurts me the most in this situation, was that she was my best friend. I would never think that one day my best friend can end up hating me so bad for no reason at all. I think that people start bullying because of the fact of being popular and the cliques you have at school. Sometimes it can even be a simple dare, or your friends joking around thinking it's so funny making fun of someone without realizing you are hurting their feelings. In my school there is this boy that is from the country we've dealt with terrorists. People pick at him on a regular basis, even his friends. They are all just joking around and messing with each other, but sometimes they take it too far, and you can see in the eyes of the kid that his feelings are hurt. One day I asked the kid if does it bother him that they're always joking around about him, and he simply said that he's used to it and that there is nothing he can do. The guy sure knows how to defend himself and makes up his own jokes too, I guess that's just how he chooses his friends and he's okay with it.
Bullies don't see how bad they make another person feel, and how serious what they're doing really is. I really appreciate that schools are opening up and getting serious about this bullying situation because if bullying causes someone to end their own life, and you hear that same story again over and over again you know that this is serious and there must be a stop to it! Everyone can get help, from either the counselor, teacher, parent, or any other close adult that can help you because when you speak your voice you will be heard.
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