TiffanyT


 * __Bullying In School__**

While reading this article on “Bullying in school” I couldn’t believe that the principals at the school told her and her parents that they don’t have bullying in their school, when that’s the reason she was there because of a girl and her friends bullying her all year. I at least thought that they would bring the girls in and have a talk with them to see what was going on, but nothing at all happened.

This girl kept on bullying her for the next 3 years with silent phone calls home at night, and in the day to her mother during the same class she was in at the time. The teachers would give this girl dirty looks when she walked down the hall like this was her fault. Later on the girl that was bullying her finally ended up being expelled from school, but not for bullying this girl, but for stealing a teacher’s purse. I can’t understand how the teachers at this school aren’t taking the bullying seriously.

After this girl was expelled not too long after a group of other girls cornered her and a teacher caught them and had a talk with them, but told the girl that was being cornered that she would be punished if she kept up her “behavior” and the other girls that were hurting her were sent back to the playground like they didn’t do anything wrong.

After these girls finished bothering her, it then moved on to a guy bullying her. He would send her abusive internal emails, but then ignored her for the rest of the year. She finally ended up leaving the school because she had enough of all these people bullying her and no one doing anything about it. The sad thing about all this is that after she left she never did receive an apology from that school.


 * __Religious Bullying__**

That’s so sad that these girls get made fun of because they are Muslims. They can’t help the fact that’s their religion. I couldn’t imagine going to school and a group of people spitting on me just because of my religion. They had this girl in tears and she can’t even feel safe and comfortable going to her own school just because of these girls.

People in our school I’m sure get bullied at times for their religion, but nothing that serious. I think that’s the lamest thing to make fun of someone about because everyone has different religions and they can’t expect everyone to be like them. If everyone had the same religion we’d all be the same then this world wouldn’t be as interesting as it is.


 * __Homophobic Bullying__**

I couldn’t imagine people hating me and making fun of me because of who I liked. I don’t really have anything against gays, lesbians, bisexuals or whatever. The only way I think it would bother me is if they hit on me, or possibly making out around me, but other then that I don’t care. I feel it’s up to them who they choose to be with. No one can help the way they feel about a certain person.

I think gay guys are awesome! And there so much fun to be around. I have always wanted a gay best friend. I know a lot of people where I live that are gay, and most people treat them the same and just ignore the fact that there gay, but then again there’s those few that decided they want to make fun of them. My friend’s brother is gay and he’s wicked.

I can’t believe that in this article the teachers don’t care about whether or not there being made fun of for being gay. People screamed queer at this guy and the teachers were around, but nothing was said or done. They would even trip the guy when he walked by them and it became so bad that he didn’t want to walk by there anymore, or go to his locker or even the bathroom. It’s awful. People should just leave others alone, and if that’s what they choose then fine.


 * __Cyber Bullying__**

In this article “Cyber Bullying” I think it goes on a lot here as well. Maybe not as bad, but people seem to not be afraid to say anything on the internet. I see and hear about it all the time. People adding each other and mouthing and saying there going to fight, but it usually won’t happen and they probably won’t even talk at school, but will go on the computer when they get home and mouth at each other.

I think it’s a good thing that the mother took this into the school, because this could have became more serious then it is. I would say that these girls do deserve the charges, and other kids that like bullying online may think twice next time after seeing this happen and how serious it can become.


 * __Bullying from the perpetrators point of view__**

A lot of people can probably relate to this article. Including me. At times in my life mainly grade 8 and younger I have “bullied” people. Nothing serious, but just if I got in a fight with friends or else people that I just didn’t like. It was never anything bad, but y aim sure I did hurt people and didn’t realize it. People say bullies do it to make themselves feel better, but the times I did, I felt kind of bad after I realized what I was doing.

I can remember a time in grade 6 when a group of my “friends” and I got in a fight and we were in the gym at noon and they were all saying mean things except for a few that weren’t fighting. I started crying and then my friend Marlee went to get a teacher because she felt bad. She and I are still best friends till this day, but were not friends with any of the other ones from grade 6. But after we had a talk with the teachers that day we were all fine and they realized what they were doing was mean.

I can see how that lady in the article still felt bad till this day after looking back when she was younger and immature and did some pretty mean things, I’m sure a lot of people do as well. People don’t realize I think, how bad they can hurt a person.

Friday, April 20th After reading the article on the “student suspended for taking squirt gun to school”, I found that they were unfair to him. They didn’t have to suspend him for a whole year because of bringing a squirt gun to school, when he wasn’t even intending on hurting anyone. His father had said that he only had it in his book bag, because he had a project that he had to bring something to share with the class that meant something to him, and the poor kid got it for Christmas, and that’s something he choose, and he got in trouble for bringing it. He only had it in his book bag because it wouldn’t fit in his box, he was using for his project. I agree with the suspension for three days, like his father said, because it is a rule that your not allowed having weapons of any kind at school, but after his three days he should have been able to be back in school, because I’m sure the kid realizes what he did was wrong, just after getting suspended for three days and talked to.