The Bullying Effect

By: Mikalia Cannon

           

Bullying is a huge problem. There can be so many things that can happen to kids because of bulling. People have even taken their lives because of bulling situations that have gotten out of hand. I sat down with some of the sixth and seventh graders of Northwest Middle School and they told me how bullying has affected them.

Disclaimer: Names have been discarded to avoid conflicts.

Have you ever been bullied?

Subject 1- I have been bullied and I am not being physically bullied I am being cyber bullied.

Subject 2- I have been bullied and I feel like they don’t have a reason to bully me or any one else.

Do you know why you were bullied?

Subject 2- I was bullied because I was apart or included in arguments and conflicts because of other girls who put my name in things.

Would you like to face your bully again one on one? Why?

Subject 5- No I wouldn't want to face my bully again because it keeps happening and I want it to stop.

 Subject 1- Yes I would love to face my bully because I don't know who it is and it could be my close friend bulling me online and I wouldn't know.

Have you ever bullied someone? Why?

Subject 6- Yes I have bullied someone because I thought I had power over that person and they were making me mad.

Subject 4- Yes I have bullied someone because I wanted her to feel my pain and see how it feels.

How does it feel to get bullied?

Subject 7- Bulling feels like you are getting beat up by four different girls at the same time.

Subject 8- Bulling makes me feel sad and useless because I can't do anything or stand up for my self.

What's wrong about bulling?

Subject 6- Bulling makes people feel like they're not worth anything or they are useless.

Subject 4- People bully because they feel power or something that makes others scared inside.

Seeing people get bullied how does that make you feel?

Subject 7- It makes me think like should I go help that person out or just stand here and don't do anything.

Subject 3- It makes me feel sad because I see it and I don't help those kids out.

Have you ever thought of suicide? Why?

Subject 1- Once I thought about suicide because I was walking home and some girls came up next to me and said drop dead and don’t wake up.

Subject 3- Yes because I was frustrated and I didn’t know how to react or to keep my emotions in..

Did you talk to an adult about this? If yes what they say?

Subject 4- Yes I talked to an adult and she told me to ignore the non-sense because they were just trying to get to me.

Subject 5- Yes I talked to an adult and she told me that bullies just bully so they can make their victims feel how they felt.

How did you get through this situation?

Subject 6- I got through this situation by ignoring everyone who had something bad to say about me and just kept my head.

Subject 7- I talked to adults and they told me that it will be okay all your life you will get bully and all you have to do is just ignore it.

Bulling has affected so many people and now I want to take a stand and help. It’s wrong because it hurts people and makes them have low self-esteem. 81% of teens admit that bullying is easier to get away with online according to nobullying.com.  Take a stand.  Be a buddy today and not a bully tomorrow.