Stand Up
(Written week of April 23rd)
Author’s Note: I am writing this piece
to show how badly bullying can really affect someone. I hope that you enjoy
this piece and that you may also take something from it.
Bullying, definition; use superior
strength or influence to intimidate (someone), typically to force him or her to
do what one wants. But is there really a definition for bullying? Everyday all
across the world, someone is bullied. Every day someone in this world takes
their own life, due to being bullied. Therefore, no there is no exact
definition to bullying because in some cases you never get to hear the full
story. Bullying is hurtful, depressing and completely and utterly wrong, and
still we do not know the full story, but there are many ways to prevent the
victim or bully from taking severe actions towards bullying.
A person can be bullied in a series
of ways, but whether it is physical, mental, indirect, social alienation,
intimidation or cyber bullying, that does not change the fact that bullying is
wrong. Physical bullying occurs when there is any physical contact (punching,
hitting, kicking etc.) between the bully and the victim. Whereas cyber bullying
occurs when a text, email and/ or private message etc is sent, from the bully
to the victim, containing information that threatens the victim, makes fun of
the victim and/or frightens the victim. Both of these are very common examples
of bullying and while they may be different, they both have a great affect on
not only the victim’s but the bully’s life as well.
Though there are many different types
of bullying, there are also many ways to prevent the victims and/or bullies
from taking very severe actions towards others and/or themselves. One of the
many ways to prevent bullying and/or to help the victim and/or bully cope with
the situation, is to allow them to talk to someone about it. If you have ever
been bullied, you would know that sometimes all you want it to have someone to
talk to, someone to stand by you and help you through this hard time in their
lives. Therefore if we reach out to these people and give them a hand to hold,
we might just be able to not only help this person but we might also be able to
move one step closer to prevent bullying.
There are many different ways that
we can prevent the victim from harming themselves or others but helping the
bully is a completely different battlefield. Most times a person will bully
someone for their outer appearance and most times without the other person
getting to know them first. Most times this person will also bully another
because they are insecure about themselves. Some ways that we can help this
person be more self confident and prevent them from bullying others is to allow
them to talk about their insecurities and make them stronger as a person.
Bullying is hurtful, harmful and
downright wrong and though there may be many different types of bullying, we
all still have the power to prevent bullying. So let’s take a stand and stop
bullying once and for all and give these people a voice. Let’s stand up to
bullying once and for all.
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