Assigment #3.. The Psychology of Bullying

To be honest I really don't think I have ever been bullied. I mean us girls are brutal and I have been called a slut and whore and stuff but nothing ever more serious than that. I guess I have been the same way too because I do find my self doing the same exact thing with people I do not like. I guess that can be called a bully. But it has never been to the extent of how Jamie was bullied in the movie.

This movie really hit me hard because I have never seen somebody get bullied like that before and it really made me sad. It also made me think. What if I was there watching somebody being bullied and tormented even at a fight and I didn't care or realize it? I could have been right there and I didn't even do nothing about it. So now I have been thinking about my whole life and wondering if I was ever there watching it all happening and unfolding right in front of me and I didn't do anything. That person could have been like the kid from the movie and that makes me just as bad as the bullies who did this.

I have been called names before but not everyone is going to like you and you can't make them but you can not let it get to you. You can't let it get you down or hurt you, because it is there problem not yours. That just shows that they won if you show any kind of emotion towards it. There is always going to be one person that will ruin something no matter what it is. Life isn't perfect. You make it what it is. Sometimes it's your fault, but in bullying it's NOT!! If your the victim. There are somethings that hit certain people in different ways and bullying hit me hard because I feel bad for anything and everything that happens to someone because of bullying. I feel for them. I wish I could help everyone who has ever been in that situation but I can't. All I can do is not be the bully, don't let myself become the victim, and help even when it's not my problem.

I can't even imagine when teachers or adults don't help the kids when they see them in trouble or when they see that they need help. What kind of responsible people are they. It really drives me nuts because they are supposed to be the ones that are there for us when we need them and for some reason they seem to be in all of our business when they shouldn't be but when they actually should be, they aren't. Watching that movie and seeing those teachers, parents, principles, not doing anything. It really made me mad because he could have been hurt more than he was and they are really lucky he wasn't.

You have to be aware of your surroundings. You could be standing right there and so much could be happening right in front of you. However, if you do nothing about it, if you don't stand up and be responsible, then who will? It can be very scary to be the one to say no and to show other people the wrong and the right. You have to do it though. You just have to because if you don't then no one will. If something happens to that person, and you realize that you could have done something about it and you chose not to, you wanted to stay out of it for your own safety. Think about theirs. I wouldn't be bale to live with myself for that. And you shouldn't either.