Put a Stop to Bullying
Even if you, personally, haven’t been bullied, you probably know somebody who has - your best friend, your brother, your sister, or, perhaps, just somebody you’ve passed by in the hallways. In this society, media constantly portrays bullying. But, it is important to realize that bullying does exist outside the media as well.
Even if we are unaware, bullying is everywhere. What ever happened to friendship?
“Bullying is not cool; you hurt peoples feelings,” said Maidely Barrios, freshman.It seems that as soon as each of us steps in the school gates, others judge us, either by our ethnicity, what we wear, or the way we look.
“I’ve experienced bullying. Each time I walk into school gates, they [other students] would always call me
By Lupe Hernandez
2014
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names and would always want to fight me,” said Genesis Alvarado, senior.
“Bullying is dumb, there’s no point to it,” said Emilia Martinez, freshman.School should be a place for students to learn and make new friends, not a place for bullying. Why can’t it end already? We already have enough problems with our economy, why do we have to cause more?
Bullying comes in many forms. Verbal abuse is also a form of bullying. Words can hurt. Words, alone, can damage one’s self-esteem, which can lead a person to want to hurt themselves or someone else.
“Bullying is messed up and it shouldn't be going on,” said Diego Acuvado.