REFLECTION ON BULLYING
What exactly is bullying? According to the dictionary, bullying, or bully, means:
“To hurt or frighten someone who is smaller or less powerful than you, often forcing them to do something they do not want to do”
Bullying is a problem that both primary and secondary schools face now. Sometimes maybe even in nursery schools or in kindergarten.
Why do people bully each other? They may think that it’s cool to bully, which is totally not true. By bullying the others, other people may think that the bully is cool and he/she is very great or whatsoever. Having that kind of mentality, people may join in the “gang” and start bullying others like what their “gang members” are doing. With friends like that, the person may have a change of attitude, from good to bad, and sometimes that may even affect their studies. Landing into the bad company, the person may do many bad things and when he/she grows up, they may do something illegal and would be in big trouble by then. Maybe they may even go to jail.
Many people may have been bullied by the others before. Those who are brave enough; they would speak out and tell their parents, teachers or someone he/she trust. That is what we are supposed to do, speak out. But many people are too shy. So, they did not tell anyone about it and the problem will never be solved. They will get bullied again and again. People who are being bullied can go to the counselors for help too. The counselors can help the person to solve his/her problem and can tell them ways on how to solve them as counselors are trained on how to help people to solve problems, like bullying etc. The most important thing is, they can find someone who is willing to listen to them and help them.
I feel that bullying is a really childish and immature act. Bullies really have got nothing better to do. Acts of bully includes, hitting you friend, punching your friends and even small acts like calling your friends names are also counted as an act of bully. Not only people who are older than you bully. People of the same age as you may even bully you. Acts of bully may not happen in school only, although they happen mostly in schools, but it also happens outside school. When people are being bullied, there are two ways that they will solve the problem. First way is that they will fight back. It’s is wrong to fight back as you may land yourself into trouble too. The second way is that they will just walk away and ask someone for help. That’s what we should do. No matter what did they person did to you, slapped you, punched you etc, you should never ever fight back or start a fight. By doing that, you will not land yourself into any trouble and can even stop that person from bullying you. Some people may take revenge when you go and tell a teacher, but you still shouldn’t solve the problem yourself. Continue telling the teacher or some other person who has a higher authority than that person who bullied you. They would stop one day as it is impossible for them to bully you forever until they die.
Being a bully would just land you into trouble. Even when the person you bully didn’t tell anyone, other people who are braver and are willing to speak out can also tell the teacher. So, there are no benefits in being a bully. You may have many friends that will join your “gang” and start bullying the others like you do. But, in the end, all of you will not gain any benefits. Before doing something, you have to think of the consequences that you’ll face. So, before you think of being a bully, think of what are the consequences.

posted by glenda.(((: