-The girl you just called ugly?... She spends hours putting makeup on hoping that people will like her.
-The boy you just tripped?... He is abused enough at home.
-See that man with the ugly scars?... He fought for his country.
-That guy you just made fun of for crying?... His mother is dying.
That kid you just made fun of for being bald?...He has cancer."
Its not so funny anymore huh?
Have you ever been bullied? Has it happened to your peers or have you just seen or heard about it on TV? Many people have different opinions on what bullying is. Some say it is kicking or hitting someone, others say it’s when you say mean things or call someone names.
All of these things are correct, as they are different ways you can be bullied. However, they are not the official definition of bullying. Everyone has a different opinion, but the definition I follow is:
Anything that a person does on purpose to upset or hurt another person –(the victim).
The victim is the person that gets bullied.
To be honest, bullying is just like a disease because you don’t make it happen and it does not just go away overnight.
Bullying even makes you feel like you are sick or something is wrong with you!
This , however, isn’t true at all. It is not your fault if you get bullied.
Did you know that 900 thousand children get bullied everyday in Canada? Out of 5.2 million students!
That means that 1 out of 5 students get bullied everyday! And people say that Canadians are too nice to be bullies!
Many people are unaware of the bullying that happens around them. That just shows how bad it is..
A bully can be a person that is big or someone small, it just depends on what type of bullying we are talking about.
Sometimes teenagers and older students bring guns to school to kill bully but end up injuring many others too.
Some people that have been bullied all their life decided to leave their old life because they