Bullying

                Bullying is a major problem everywhere.  It not only occurs in the early years of a person’s life, but it seems like bullies never seem to go away even later on in life.  Being in school, I witness bullying every day.  I would be considered a bystander and sometimes bystanders are just as bad as the bully because they are letting the bully continue without doing anything.  I don’t always just watch it happen, but sometimes I don’t have enough strength to stand up for the person getting bullied. 
                It has always been taught in school that bullying is bad and that whoever is a bully will get in trouble with administration.  In some cases people do get in trouble, but not often enough bullies get stopped.  It is sickening sometimes to hear the comments of bullies and how they can make someone feel like they are dirt and don’t mean anything.  I feel like administration hasn’t done enough to deal with bullies.  So many kids go home crying and yes I have been one of those kids and nothing ever got done.  They would say take it up with their parents and sometimes parents don’t care about what their kids do.  Things like bullying need to be taken seriously and handled at a higher level.  We are all people and have meaning in the world.  Why should someone have to make another person feel like shit just so they can feel good about themselves?  That question will probably never be answered with the right response, but we should all think about what we say and do before we do it.  Just saying one word can be the difference between making a person’s day good or bad. 
                If you have not been bullied then you have probably been the bully.  I would consider talking behind someone’s back to be bullying so technically I have been a bully and I feel so much regret for ever making someone feel terrible.  Bullies need to commit to their wrong actions and fix what they have done.  Admitting that they and I did wrong makes the situation better and hopefully makes the person who was bullied feel better.  Being mean is unacceptable and yet it continues to this day. 
                There have thought to have been many causes of bullying and in this article it explains a few.  It think it all goes back to how each person was raised and what their family life is like.  Now if you are a bully you can’t blame your family for your wrong doing because you still have a choice to be naughty or nice.  I just feel like a person will be better at making good choices if they are raised in a caring family.
                Next time you see someone getting bullied please have the courage to stand up to that bully or to even tell an adult about it because something needs to be done with that bully.  Bullying leads to many poor decisions and no person should feel like they are worth nothing.  Everyone is loved and should feel that way.