Stop Bullying!
Hello, this is IGL. Our project is a very
important message to EVERYONE. This project is bullying, something nobody wants
to become a victim of. Bullying includes put-downs, teasing, vandalism, gossip,
rumors, cyberbullying, racism, sexual harassment, Physical abuse, threats, and exclusion.
This is a negative thing that everyone can stop.
Once upon a time, there was a middle school
in the California Bay Area. That middle school was an ordinary middle school. They
had the loners, the bullies (populars), the nerds, the Goths, the genetically disordered,
and the jocks. We’re pretty sure there weren’t any plastics since it’s a middle
school because that would just be weird.
In that middle school, there was a
girl we will just call “A”. A was bullied by many people but she had some
friends. They were good friends, but she also had some bad friends. The bad
friends (aka the bullies) were backstabbing bullies and she never had a clue
about it. They did many horrible things to her. They used a form of bullying
called cyberbulling, where they use technology to hurt someone’s
feelings. They sent texts to everyone and convinced them that A was a bad
person. They also posed as A and sent people rude texts. One person, named “B”
was a bad friend. B was a bully, and had a lot of bully friends. One of B’s
bully friends schemed a plan for B to make a recording of saying many horrible things
about A. B’s friend sent that video to everyone by e-mail, and sadly, to A too.
A was hurt, and she never got over it.
Another time was when IGL witnessed
this act. A was walking over to the trash can, and some girls were also having
lunch there. The moment A walked over, the leader of the group of girls threw
some food at A. The food was solid and hard, and A got hurt, both emotionally
and physically. This is called Physical Abuse. The people also called A
ugly, stupid, annoying, and disgusting. They excluded her away from their group
whenever A walked over, trying to make some friends. This is Put-Downs,
teasing, and exclusion. They spread rumors and gossiped of how she did
badly on a test, and things like who she went to the dance with then how her
date ditched her there. This is called rumors and gossip. They threatened
A of telling people she liked bad things about her if she didn’t do something
they wanted A to do for them. This is called threat and vandalism. That
is how A lived.
There is another time in a different school
of the same area. There was a boy and a girl. The girl shall be called “C” and
the boy shall be called “D”. C was always a happy go lucky girl, until D one
day decided to upset her with his bullying. C wanted to play a game with D and
his friends at recess. But D decided to play a cruel game. He said that girls
couldn’t play sports because they were too weak and sports were only for boys
and men. This hurt C very much. Whenever it was PE, C was excluded whenever she
was in D’s team to play a sport. This carried on for years. This is called Sexual
Harassment. Sexual Harassment could
also be related to sexual innuendos.
It was a year later in fifth grade
when D was in C’s class—again. In class, one day, an argument rose from a
table. A girl was arguing with D about something, and then suddenly D shouted
out about him being Australian, and said how Asians were stupid and always
looked like “this” *puts his two fingers to the edges of his eyes, raised them
up to form chinky eyes*. This shocked the teacher and half the class since half
the students were Asian. This is called Racism.
All these were schools that members of
IGL went to. Sadly, this is the problem with the world. And one result of
bullying could end up terribly wrong. It is called self harming.
Self harming is when a person hurts
themselves to relieve pain. Self harming is bad! B-A-D bad! And usually, this
happens when someone is bullied too much. Self harming could be in different
forms like an eating disorder. If you know someone who is self harming
themselves, tell someone immediately!
Once upon a time, in the California
Bay Area, there was a high school. Once again, they have the bullies and the
bullied. A teenage girl was bullied, so bullied that she decided to self harm herself.
She was bullied so much, that she tried so many different ways to kill herself.
One day, she was rushed to the hospital, and died in early morning. That is why
bullying is BAD.
Even though it seems that this could
be difficult to accomplish, YOU could stop bullying. There are many ways to
stop bullying. You could:
- Stand up for someone. Standing up is
when you confront a bully and tell them to stop bullying the victim.
- Tell an adult. You could tell a
trusted grown-up when bullying is present
- Don’t bully anyone yourself. Bullying
could cause a lot of pain.
- Spread the idea to stop bullying
yourself.
As you can see, if
you do these steps, you could stop bullying!
-Idea+Gift=love
IGL
