One area that has made leaps and bounds in the fight against anti-bullying the Spread the Word to End the Word Campaign. This aims at ending the derogatory usage of the R-word in an attempt to help intellectually handicapped students feel more integrated with their peers. The passion that comes with the Spread the Word to End the Word campaign is one that should be followed suit with regards to every student that is facing bullying. I’m talking about the theater kids, or the English and math "nerds." There need to be people standing up for them too. We wouldn't have music or movies without the theater kids and we wouldn't have poetry, novels, or answers to things about money, or science, etc. without the people who enjoy a subject taught in school and we make fun of for being "nerds." Some justify being bullied by saying "it's ok, they're going to work for me one day," when really we should try harder all together to promote anti-bullying.
Even I, in the past, have been outwardly rude to people who absolutely
don't deserve it which is why now I am trying to fix things. We learn
about anti bullying at an extremely young age to not bully the fat kid
or the poor kid when really it has an impact on the people all around
us. The rich white girl gets bullied for wearing the week old out of
style shoes. The new kid in town gets bullied because he hasn't made any
friends at school yet. The black kid gets bullied solely for the color
of his skin. The blonde gets bullied and called dumb for having her own
thought. The disabled kid gets bullied for a condition they have no
control over. The Christian kid gets bullied for believing in something.
The middle schooler gets bullied because his pants are too short. The
skinny girl gets bullied even though social media and our culture tells
us to be her size. It's inevitable, regardless of the type of person you
are, and we need to take a stand. It's as simple as the age old quote
"if you don't have anything nice to say don't say it at all."
There are endless examples of children who have committed suicide or sought revenge in a school shooting. Or even less extreme examples like formed an eating disorder or cut themselves, just because too many people have said the last straw that broke the camels back.
Like I said, Spread the Word to End the Word is a perfect place to start the anti
bullying trend. We've made a remarkable impact on how we view these kids
and how we treat them and that's the only part that should be
considered special. But gender, race, disability, religion, opinion,
etc. we need to focus on promoting unity and stop bullying. The
underlying issue at hand here is that we lack sympathy and often
disregard the fact that every person is going through their own battles
internally, and don’t need the external pressure from others to feel
anymore inferior than they already do.
There are endless examples of children who have committed suicide or sought revenge in a school shooting. Or even less extreme examples like formed an eating disorder or cut themselves, just because too many people have said the last straw that broke the camels back.