Response To Devin's Thoughts on Bullying

This is a response to Devin's thoughts on bullying:

One of the never ending issues is bullying. There is cyber and school bullying. I think the latter is more severe because it’s face to face. The more serious one usually involves ganging up because then bullies would have a lot of support and feel confident.

        People have several options to deal with that. One can be to tell the teacher which might not be so popular. They might be called a snitch. Confronting the bully is stupid because the victim is normally outnumbered. Staying silent would be best and that would give the bully an opportunity to pick another target.

I completely agree with Devin's thoughts about how school, face to face, bullying is much harder to deal with than cyber bullying.  If someone has the guts to bully another, that means he must have support that will out number the bullied.  With this support, he will will seem to be invincible to the kid he is picking on.  They follow the kid around relentlessly bothering him in anyway they can, and don't usually stop. While on the other hand, cyber bullying is something much more easily dealt with.  If ignored, it would go away after a while; news gets old but bullying is never ending, unless one takes care of the matter.


Staying silent, or ignoring them, may work, but sometimes, that just challenged the bullies to see what gets to the kid. It may work, it may not, but it would be my first option if i were getting bullied.  If that doesn't stop them, I would take matters into my own hands. 

One thing i disagree with is that  it is not a stupid to confront the bullies.  Standing up for oneself, but with nonviolent intentions, of course, is never stupid.  Never be afraid to stand up for yourself, because you are the only one that will stay with u forever, no matter what.  

Stand Up

             Bullies are not like the bullies in the movies.  Now, they are the angels to the teachers and hurt the shy boy with subtle words that sting.  They will make him squirm as he sits trying to pay attention to class while the bully relentlessly glares at him with eyes that burn the skin.  They will “accidentally” trip him while waking down the hall, saying sorry without any meaning.  They seem untouchable to the shy boy, but they aren’t.  Bullies are the ones who are insecure.  They make others feel bad to make themselves feel better. They take away part of one’s pride to fill the void in theirs.  But their pride is no longer repairable.  They have made a fool of themselves by even insulting that first little boy they saw, making fun of his rolling backpack and following him during passing periods kicking it from all sides.  People stare, and they think they are thinking, “Wow, they are cool,” but they are actually thinking, “look at those jerks.” 

            When ganged up on, it seems impossible to feel good about oneself, but one must never believe what ever they are saying.  Once again, they think they are “cool” but, everyone knows, they are really just weak people who are confused and have nothing to do.  But does that make it right?  No.  Some one must take a stand. And once done, others will join in the effort to break down this bully and turn him in to a friend.

            Bullies are the ones in need of a friend, and though it seems impossible to befriend them, one must take it slow, and find a common interest, and figure out how to convert him from a tormentor into a friend.  The bullies feel in power, so they wouldn’t step down from their “throne” so it is the jobs of the victims’ to band together and solve the problem.