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Bullying

Dec 27, 2023

Bullying happens to everyone at some point in our lives, but it shouldn’t happen to people it is a terrible thing for someone to have to go through. Bullying makes us feel we can’t be who we are around those we call our friends for the fear that they may judge us about things. Bullying has to stop. It affects everyone in different ways and each and everyone one of us has different ways of coping with it. Bullying is people who are jealous of you, or it’s because they feel threatened by us, and they just want to be like that, but we shouldn’t have to suffer because of those people who think its ok to harass us. We need to stand up for others and ourselves and if we are being bullied, we need to speak out to help to stop it from happening to others. Bullying is not ok.


Around 160,000 people who are being bullied have skipped school because they are afraid, but it shouldn’t have to be that way we shouldn’t have to fear going to school because we are being bullied. There are loads of reasons why people bully but it is not the right thing to do just because someone is different we should all be treated equally with the same amount of respect as we are all human and have feelings and emotions but sometimes people forget this if they see we are different they think we are easy to be able to pick on because we are different and that the person who is being bullied will be to afraid to stand up for themselves when it shouldn’t be this way we all have a right to speak up against bullies. Even if it isn’t you who is being bullied speak up for those who might be afraid to if you see it.

Bullying affects your mental health. Bullying can be physical and psychological affecting your mind and they way you think of yourself by what they are saying. Don’t feel you have to go through it alone loads of people have been bullied or are being bullied but are too afraid to speak up for themselves and the person being bullied should be able to talk to someone without them having the fear that their bully will find out. No one deserves to be bullied. Why should we have to go through life hiding away from our tormentors? We shouldn’t have to we should be able to not have to worry about getting picked on because we are different. It makes people feel terrible, frightened, useless, frightened to be around others for the fear that everyone is the same. Due to bullying some people have killed themselves because they couldn’t deal with it, and they didn’t know how to ask for the help that they needed.

STAND UP TO BULLIES!


We shouldn’t be made to feel the way we are made to feel by others its not right and its not fair. We don’t deserve this, having the fear of going to school because of them, don’t feel as though you have to go through it alone because you are not alone. Bullying can cause anxiety, this can lead to things like weight loss, illness, depression becoming a recluse... Let’s make school life better, safer a fun place to be... BULLY FREE!! People who are going through this shouldn’t be afraid to speak up. I understand how people might being feeling going through this as I was once bullied myself it was dreadful, scary, nerve wracking, and so many other things I ended up pushing everyone away and stayed by myself it was the worst thing that ever happened to me so don’t let those bullies get to you stand up for yourselves and prove them wrong.

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