Don’t you always hate it when you or the kids you see around you getting made fun of. I surely am sick of it! I have always been bullied. It is not a fun time. Trust me it is so not not fun having your heart hurt. There is lots of ways to help solve this problem once and for all. One reason is that if you see a kid getting bullied walk up to them and support them. A bully only wants to hurt one kid not a bunch of kids. Also if you are being if they see you are crying the will feel better and keep doing it more to you and lots of children. Schools around the world try to stop bulling but I personally think it just encourages them to do it more. When a place I saw had bulling a little they put up signs saying please don’t. Then in a couple weeks lots more happened. If you are being bullied tell a teacher or adult what is happening. Bulling is not fun so, if you don’t want kids to be mean to you, you should not be mean to other kids.
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Such good advice, please keep on trying to do your best to help not only yourself but your friends. You are so right, bullies look for one person, not many.
Good luck.
This isn’t an excusing type of pity, but just a flipped perspective to help you rise above the bully emotionally. Pity the bully because he or she is terribly insecure and personally empty but they don’t know it — they can only feel powerful by making others feel inferior, which means they are weak!
YOU, on the other hand, are strong because you can respect other people and don’t need to put them down or show off with false superiority.
…The trick is that you just have to know this fact inside yourself. You will rarely — if ever — succeed in making bullies understand this, so just ignore them and pity them from a distance.
You are such an inspiration! I wish more kids thought like you do. When I was young I would get bullied because I was always the tallest in my class. I never had the courage to stand up for myself, but looking back I really wish I had. You’re an extremely smart girl and I hope you keep helping other kids who are victims of bullying!
-An 11th grader from Alameda, California
– Freshmen from EHS
- a student in Encinal High School, CA.
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9th Grader from Alameda, CA
11th grader from Alameda, Ca
An 11th Grader from Alameda, CA
I think your advice can help a lot of other kids. The bully have fun only when the victim suffers. If you don’t show him your suffering, he will probably stop it.-
There are several circumstances where the bullies aren’t really trying to bully you. They just probably think what you do or like is just a bit unusual, and they’ll make rude comments because they don’t understand.
Stay strong, Lily and good luck.
A 9th grade Alameda student.
Sanda _12th grade student in Alameda, CA
James B- an 11th grader from Alameda, California
Naomi
You started an excellent discussion.
Naomi asked if bullies do what they do because they are sad or mad. They are both. It’s usually more about them than the person they are bothering. Bullies don’t care who they bully. They just have this need to do it. The bully is usually a sad/mad person who just wants to lash out and feel better. They don’t feel good about themselves so they don’t want others to feel good.
It’s sad. But that doesn’t excuse it. Everyone is responsible for stopping it. They best advice is what you said – if you see someone being picked on – step up. And do it every time you see it. A bully doesn’t want to confront a group.
It can be that people bully because they are sad or mad. The can really have any feeling and still bully. You brining up a good point.
~Lily
Thanks for the advice. I really appreciated it.
~Lily