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Sticks and stones may break my bones but
names will never hurt me is an old saying that does
not hold true meaning. At our school and probably others,
the kids in Math Counts and Chess Club get called geeks, the
smart ones who don't put down their teachers are teachers'
pets, and the overweight kids are called fat. The kids who
love computers are nerds, the ones who love drawing and Yugeo
are weird, and the popular kids are the ones who give every
group their names. Mainly, they are the bullies.
The popular students say "How can we
be bullies if we don't physically hit anyone?" I'd know
why they are bullies for I'm a victim, physically and verbally.
You can even be bullied in band. That is the worst class for
me because a kid who plays drums likes me, but he always hits
me with his sticks. I ask him to stop but he says he's joking
around, but the bruises on my body from it tell me it isn't
joking around.
I've been treated pretty well considering
the other poor souls. For example, this new kid calls another
kid curse words, geek, and even steals and hides his things.
I think that is an awful thing, and most of it happens in
the cafeteria.
The cafeteria is a room where rumors or
phrases about unpopular kids start. The room is full of conversations
about kids behind their backs. There are rumors about people's
best friends, lies from one to another, and now since we are
in middle school, break ups from boyfriends and girlfriends.
Whenever someone breaks up with someone, they say things behind
the other person's back or verbally bully them.
People are so bullied by appearance, even
when there is a beautiful person inside. For popular kids,
it's the opposite meaning -- pretty on the outside and ugly
on the inside. The popular kids think they have an advantage
to bully us around just because of their looks. I think that
they act that way to stay on top, so they can't be bullied
or pushed around. That's how I feel about the bullying problems
we have in school.
Bullies are age old, but maybe somehow
scientists or someone can help with this problem. A quote
on a church billboard says, "Kind words is the kind of
way to go." Maybe if people spread this around school
instead of rumors and bad names, then maybe it would help
with our bully problem. So I think kind words is the way to
go!!
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