Chibi_Muffin
Smart Cookie
I've been bullied for ages... mainly verbal bullying, being called names and such. I've also been physically bullied, cyber bullied and found notes pertaining to me... I hate it. It's guaranteed that someone will at least call me a stupid name every day. Sometimes it's people I don't know. I'm just so sick of it.
I feel powerless to stop it as well. If I tell a teacher (which is hard, since I need to know the culprit's name first), it doesn't necessarily stop them. Ignoring them means they call me rude (hypocrites), and reacting makes everything worse, since they either use what I said back at me or threaten to tell the teacher. T_T
I hate it when people, the bully themselves or otherwise, say 'oh, they're just joking'. Joking is NOT an excuse to put someone through hell! When you joke, you still can hurt other's feelings and you still need to accept responsibility. Same with going along with some stupid thing because someone else is doing it. People need to think for themselves. Bullying is a VERY serious issue.
However, the upside is that people who are bullied tend to end up to be very strong-minded, awesome people. =D And bullies usually end up with dull or bad lives. Can you say karma?
I feel powerless to stop it as well. If I tell a teacher (which is hard, since I need to know the culprit's name first), it doesn't necessarily stop them. Ignoring them means they call me rude (hypocrites), and reacting makes everything worse, since they either use what I said back at me or threaten to tell the teacher. T_T
I hate it when people, the bully themselves or otherwise, say 'oh, they're just joking'. Joking is NOT an excuse to put someone through hell! When you joke, you still can hurt other's feelings and you still need to accept responsibility. Same with going along with some stupid thing because someone else is doing it. People need to think for themselves. Bullying is a VERY serious issue.
However, the upside is that people who are bullied tend to end up to be very strong-minded, awesome people. =D And bullies usually end up with dull or bad lives. Can you say karma?