Mr.Bunner
Period 2
16 September 2013
Bullying
Bullying is becoming a very large problem in today’s society. Ironically, at a time when equality is becoming greater, in topics like same sex marriage and etc. when in reality, all people should be treated exactly the same no matter what their differences be! Sadly, most of the time the cause for the harassment of bullying is due to differences in opinions and just very simple differences , ones that should be of no concerns to others, let alone be the cause of someone being bullied! Another area of bullying that is not always thought of or addressed when the topic is brought up is the bystanders, those who witness the acts of harassment. The final outcome of continuous bullying is sometimes as awful as suicide, something no teenager should even consider. At a time when equality is becoming so greater than before, so is bullying, what a sad irony that is. Every child, every teenager, and every single person has their own interests; whether that is sports, acting, art, whatever interests them; every individual has differences in what they enjoy! No matter what a person likes to do, they should not be disrespected because of it or even judged for it. Often times, kids or teenagers will be bullied for their interests when they vary from another’s. Certain activities and etc. will be seen as “cool” and if that’s not also what you enjoy, some may have to face some type of bullying. Many bullied kids will no longer show interest in what they originally liked due to the bullying events, not allowing them to express themselves in however they enjoy to, often creating sadness. No matter what your interests are, no one should feel the need to disrespect them! A key problem to an end not being put to bullying is the lack of help/reports of it, the bystanders, the good and bad. When acts of bullying are occurring, many people will witness it, but not many will do anything about. The witnesses of bullying