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Bullying

Posted by: Chandler DeWitt on June 19, 2007 at 2:15PM EST

Today kids are bullied everyday. It seems to me that as time goes on the bullying seems to get worse. I have had friends now who are made fun of for some of the crazy things they do. At my school there used to be a boy who harassed people at school. Kids today are criticized for being different. If they don't meet the "popular" kids standards, they are shunned and made fun of. Bullying is a big probem in our society today. We don't realize that kids are such an influence on each other. Bullying can sometimes lead to someone hurting themselves, or worse, suicide. When someone gets beat up everyday because he is a little bit different, he might go into a depression, or have thoughts of suicide. Kids won't talk to their parents and might lose friendships. Their grades may begin to drop. They become completely secluded. The people who bully others are insecure with themselves, maybe they have issues at home, or they are angry. The bullies take their anger out on weaker kids and do not realize that they are scaring these kids for the rest of their lives. It is hard for a child to recover and forget what someone has done to them in the past. The by-standers are responsible as well. When you see someone being bullied, you should stand up for them, or go tell someone. Bullying is hurting kids all over the world. People need to be educated and know that they are hurting these kids verbally and physically.

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Posted by: Haylee Mitchell on June 28, 2007 9:12AM EST

Yea so many kids don't realize the affects bullying has on others. Not only can it hurt them at that specific time, but bullying can affect a child for the rest of their life. It is sooo important to always be careful with what you say and think about how bullying could truly hurt others.

Posted by: Eric on June 26, 2007 10:30AM EST

I think that one of the problems with bullying that is sometimes overlooked is that most kids these days don't stand up for other people when those other people are being bullied. In my experiences from psat years, sometimes, kids don't know how to stand up to bullies; however, other times they just don't want to. Even if a kid's best friend is being made fun of, sometimes that kid may be too embarrassed to stand up for his or her friend. However, something that helps kids stand up to bullies for other people is the memory of when they were made fun of and\or bullied. Then, those kids know how it feels and will immediately help out a friend in need.

Posted by: Jax on June 20, 2007 3:19PM EST

There was a poster in my teacher's classrom that read: "Sticks and stones will break my bones and words WILL hurt me." This quote sticks out in my mind every time I hear about bullying. Kids think that bullying occurs when one kid punches another, but they don't realize how much they hurt others by saying mean words to them. Teens also need to realize that when they exclude people, they are hurting others' feelings. Many people think of themselves before others, and this in itself causes most of the problems.

Posted by: Violet on June 20, 2007 11:45AM EST

I agree Beth. Lots of people forget that if there is one kid who even gets "joked around with" over and over again. They start to feel like no one can take them seriosusly or get past whatever they are "joking around with" him about and he looses friends and begins to feel isolated. I know there is one boy at my school that people DO like and they invite him to parties and stuff, but he is the butt of every joke because he is "weak" and won't stand up for himself. He cannot defend himself so he is the joke of the grade. You can tell it hurts him. I just wish he would stop hanging out with those guys. They use him for humor!

Posted by: Alan on June 20, 2007 6:52AM EST

We have to make sure we not only recognize when someone is being bullied, but then make sure they get the help they need to cope, understand, and recover from this trauma. There are definitely long term effects to being bullied that we are still trying to understand. Good post.

Posted by: BethJ007 on June 19, 2007 3:29PM EST

I think a lot of people don't realize that bullying can even be teasing one of your friends, or being teased by a friend. Even if it is just jokingly, sometimes the things my friends say cut deeper then what people I don't really know say. So just be careful with what you say to your friends and how you say it.