Polly, a ninth grader at Grayskys High School has a bully on her back. This bully, Jeff Jr. Sr. 3rd, always comes up to her during lunch and calls her mean names and pinches, pokes, kicks, etc. She doesn’t even bother to tell her step dad because she doesn’t like him at all. Her real dad died in a car accident and that is why she has a step dad. And sadly her mother had died from cancer a few weeks before school started and Polly doesn’t quite feel comfortable with her step dad. One day during math they got a free period so the teacher let them watch a movie and there was a monster in it (and it looked super gross). Just to get back at her bully for everything he has done she said “Hey, look it’s Jeff,” as she was pointing to the monster. Later at lunch she realized she had made the worst mistake of her life. Jeff came up to her and said “That stunt you pulled in math today, well let’s just say you’re going to regret it,” then he pinched her and walk away. For the rest of the day polly was wondering what Jeff had meant by regret it. While Polly was walking home with her friend Angela, she found out. Jeff called her name and Polly turned …show more content…
Would you rather kill me and have my pain be over with or have me live my whole life in regret and never be able to do anything with myself for what I did. I mean this whole thing is ruining my life so can you please just end it!!!” “Fine, but before I do it, I just want you to know that you are my best friend in the whole world and I’m gonna miss you so much and that I wish I didn’t do but it was for the best, in your case at least.” “Thank you, and you are one of the most important people in my whole life, and that’s why I asked you to do
“Oh my goodness, I promise, definitely! And I’m going to miss you so much too. Maybe you can come and stay with us? What do you think your father would
"I missed you even while you were here. I will miss you infinitely more now that you're gone.
Emily was always bullied as a child. People would pick on her for her weight and how she looked. Peers would stare and laugh at her as they saw her coming down the hallway. It was harsh. She had to deal with this everywhere she went. It was like she had no freedom. Her classmates would say and do rude and disrespectful things to her. She was bullied to the point where her parents moved her to a private all-girls school. There she met the best friends she ever had. But as the year progressed, she started to bully other kids and make them feel bad about themselves. She also did this because she didn’t want to be the victim again at her new school. Emily said,” I felt better about myself when I was bullying others. I felt included.” Then she met a girl who changed her perspective on how Emily was treating others. Jasmine was always a very kind person. She was one of those girls that if everyone was talking bad about someone she would try to change the subject. Emily loved having her as a friend, and she realized that she didn’t want Jasmine to think she was
Most human conflicts can be boiled down to one word: disrespect. Everything starts with a lack of mutual respect and of understanding, be it a playground put-downs, domestic disputes, or even, a war. Andrea Gibson’s A Letter to a Playground Bully From Andrea, Age 8½ is a request for respect and understanding so that a conflict between bully and bullied may end. The letter lays out Andrea’s understanding of her bully with well chosen diction, allowing the bully to relate to Andrea in their shared flaws and flawed families in the hopes that she stops harassing her.
“I know it is a hard decision. Is there any way I could make it easier? I have some more time to let you ask me questions.”
The 8 keys to end bullying focus on key 1, which is Know Bullying When You See Bullying. Some people may feel that it’s easy to identify and deal with bullying, however the task is a painstakingly issue with no certain remedy. In addition, when parents express that their child are being bothered, they will consider anything bullying, even though the incident happened once with no repetitive occurrences or harm. Furthermore, choosing the correct words and using the proper terminology is important to know who was involved and what role they played in the incident. For instance, the parent who spoke to Signe said the daughter was being bullied by those kids; nevertheless, the event occurred between two people. Using the words,
I advised her that she needs to confront bullies and not be perplexed. The following day in class the new young lady came up to me and embraced me truly tight and long and began to express her appreciation toward me for being an incredible individual and empowering her and that I transformed her life. The new young lady has been my closest companion from that day forward which from today is just about nine years. Understudies who witness harassing might likewise be influenced. They might feel regretful for not helping, or dreadful that they will be the following target. Then again they might be drawn into the tormenting themselves and feel terrible about it a short time later. The majority of this might bit by bit change the gathering or classroom mentalities and standards in a harsher, less sympathetic direction. Bullying is a difficult issue that will affect the school experience of all youngsters included. This is the reason it must be considered important and successful measures to forestall it must be placed set
"Children who bully are often rewarded for their behavior materially through money, other possessions taken from peers, or psychologically, through achieving high social status and prestige (Kowalski, Limber, and Agatston 2008). Research also suggests children who bully have dominant personalities and like to assert themselves with force; they have tempers, are easily frustrated and have positive attitudes toward violence compared to other children" (Carter 27). If a student recognizes that they possess some of the same traits as a bully, they should know that there are alternative, healthier ways to satisfy their needs for violence than getting into fights with others. If a physically weaker victim is consistently in fights with their bully, they should know that there are different options to confront their bully with. They can ask help from their friends, they can tell an adult about their predicament and see if they can halt the quarrel, or they can face their bully head on and keep fighting them until they beat the instigator. Unfortunately, bullies and victims are always on two opposite sides of the social ladder in school and hold different amounts of power, where one is always stronger than the other (Smith 281). If a bystander ever witnesses a fight between two of their classmates and it is clear that one is taking advantage of the other based
Sarah is a kind girl, she gets good grades and is what society would think as quite pretty. However, on a daily basis, she is harassed from the time that she wakes up, until the time that she goes to sleep in tears. She has attempted to talk to other adults such as the teachers at the school. Sadly, the bully only got off a warning and Sarah was still tormented day in and day out. This short example shows that schools need to shine more light on the subject of bullying. Schools have “attempted” to take on this idea of bullying by plastering posters one walls along with counselors that try their hardest to help. Nevertheless, this cannot be enough to stop bullying at schools, can it? With the
“I know. I get it. Really, I do. Still, I know I’ll be fine. I want you to get your life back. I want you to be happy. And….” I trailed off.
Nicole Edgington, a 17th year old girl tells her story about being cyberbullying and how she got even by speaking up agents her bullies. It all begging when someone accused her of telling on a group of seniors that came drunk to school. About 50 student target and blame her of the event and started to harass her in any way possible. Nicole, try to fight them back by defending herself by discussing with them. Unfortunately, that is what a bully wants to make her victim fill vulnerable. Seeing the way her life drastically changed, she knew that she could not silence them and turned to her mother for help. Her mother instantly supporter her by recurring to the police and school authority. The cyberbullying at the time was a difficult subject to deal with and they could not help her.
Bullying has always been recognized as a normal part of growing up; therefore, most people in the past have not given bullying much thought. Bullying is often thought as “kids being kids” or a “rite of passage,” but it is much more of a problem than just being a kid (Maughan 2). According to the U.S. Deparment of Education, over 13 million students are bullied each year, and over 160,000 students avoid going to school because they are bullied (Maughan 1). Students who feel so threatened by bullying that they do not want to go to school demonstrates just how much bullying can change a child’s life. Bullying is a serious problem, and a child’s life could be dramatically changed by being terrorized at school. (Maughan, 1-2)
“I know. I know”! he exclaimed. Life’s been difficult recently, but I’m going to do right by you.”
When children are pushed to commit foolish activities or suicide because of bullies, one can tell there is something wrong with the way situations are being handled in our society. The documentary, Bully, presents countless examples of the effects of bullying and how poorly circumstances are managed. Through instances resulting in juvenile detention or taking one’s own life, the documentary displays various ways kids deal with torment. As we follow the lives of five different youths suffering at the hands of their peers, we see just how much these kids go through with little to no support.
“No problem.” Father said. “Remember if you need any help with anything, I will be right here.”