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Serious Question: What to Do About Bullying?

posted 15 years ago by Withrow68
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I was one of the lucky ones in school in that I was never bullied. I don't know; I was not in any of the cliques, but seemed to have a few friends in all of them. For the most part, I just went to school, did my work, and went home. I was invisible without being weird about it. I think a big part of being bullied is they have to know that you care what they think about you and if you don't, they leave you alone. I may have also been in the last generation before things got bad as well.

Obviously, the answer is not for bullying victims to band together and torture bullies to death or mame and disfigure them. But what is? They don't seem willing to stop volunatarily. I watched the remake of Carrie in which the gym teacher told Carrie that after she graduated, she never had to see these people again. To just take it with a "thank you sir. May I have another attitude" can't be the answer. We can't just tell these kids that some day this will end and it's just part of life, so just suck it up until graduation. So, where is the happy medium?

[–] willmeyers93 10 years ago

I went to a private high school that had a small student body. You would think that for a "Christian school", nothing bad could happen. Think again. I was routinely picked on by a much bigger kid/jerk who also had a habit of running his mouth. One day during recess I was in earshot when he tossed out a particularly derogatory joke, meant for one of the females there. Being inexperienced with the high school world (I'd been homeschooled before) I was shocked to hear this in the environment I was in...so, essentially, I ratted the guy out, thinking I was doing the right thing. Ultimately it got me a huge amount of flack from most everyone else because word traveled fast there. It took a while to smooth out the wrinkles I had caused in my personal relationships, but I think it was the right move, to take a stand against a bully and protect a woman's honor. I think the administrative punishment my bully received (and a gradual loss of respect by others) was a more satisfying alternative to physical torment. Why stoop to the bullies level? Never be afraid to take a stand.