Bullying and Being Bullied

Bullying and Being Bullied

The subject of this blog is bullies and whether being the bully or being bullied. "Odd Girl Out"  by Rachel Simmons would be a good example of this. "Odd Girl out" is a story about a girl who wants to fit in but then she gets cyberbullied by these girls who pretended to be her friends but are really bullies. We will meet these type of people everyday. These people are called cliques. Cliques are also bullies; they want you to be like them to fit in. If you're not like them , then they will judge you and bully you so then they can feel like they are better than you.

Why are bullies created? All they do is hurt people's feelings and think it is funny. They might do it because they might be peer pressured by their friends so then the bullies will feel cool to the friends who peer pressure them. Let's face it, we all have been bullied or participated in bullying someone because of peer pressure or we're just plain mean. In this case, I will use myself as an example.
So I've never really been harassed, but I have felt like an outsider before. I experienced this in middle school where I was going to a new school with people I didn't know. I was very shy and new to things i didn't experience at my elementary school so it was hard trying to make friends. It was really hard trying to fit in because I was expected to be someone I'm not plus there were the mega monsters of doom -----CLIQUES!!!!! I was upset because I didn't really fit in. I was also judged because of how different I was from the rest of the girls.


But I have as well been in a situation when I was in an alliance. In 5th grade, I only hung out with boys so we decided to pick on this one boy who was annoying and dirty. I thought it was a joke so I followed them. We decided to play monkey in the middle, except he was in the middle and was aginst 5 or 6 people playing. It was funny until he started crying. I stopped and apologized because I knew that I wasn't a bully, I was a caring person. This is an example of how some bullies may feel. Even if they are pressured by their friends, they still feel bad for what they have done. Bullying is wrong. We should not bully someone because they are different and we should not bully someone for attention. We should accept people for they are and not listen to those who want us to make negative actions like bullying.

-Wicked News