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National Center for Bullying Prevention

Katie's Story

Violence in Schools

I'm going to concentrate this on bull[y]ing. Bull[y]ing is the worst thing that someone can do. I have been getting bullied by older people starting from third grade, I am now in eighth. When I was in fourth grade no one liked me because my brother had committed suicide, they thought it was weird in a way. They didn't talk to me because they thought that I would be just like my brother. It hurt so bad just sitting in school not talking to anyone. People here in my new school make fun of me too. That reason is because I am a little over weight and I am not the prettiest looking girl.

Some kids are scared of going back to school because they get picked on. People say that the amount of kids getting bullied are going down, FALSE. That is not true it has gone majorly up, maybe if the teachers would open their eyes and look and see what is happening in the halls and classrooms. I see kids every day getting picked on and pushed around.

Sometimes I wish I could help all of those kids who are going through the same pain and suffering that I have gone through for six years. I try as hard as I can to help people out. For instance my nephew he is only seven and he gets picked on by second graders see how far back that goes. Second graders picking on each other I think that is pathetic. We really need to do something about this, too many people are getting hurt everyday and are to scared to tell someone about it.

My brother had committed suicide because he didn't like his life. People made fun of him because he wasn't as fast of a learner as all of the other kids in his class. I thought my brother was the smartest kid I knew people just didn't want to give him a chance to get to know him. Because of all these bullies that is what it can lead up to sometimes. When my brother got bullied he felt like there was nothing worth living for. That's how a lot of kids feel.

I read an article about a school in the Southwest. It was saying how strict there school was. When they see someone getting harassed or bullied they must report it immediately. The schools here, they don't really pay any attention to what happens in the hallways or in the bathrooms. Some bull[y]ing begins because of how their parents treat them or how their home environment is. People bully others because they don't have enough self-respect for themselves, it makes them feel big and macho to pick on people. I think the schools really need to do something about this. Some schools have and I have to say it really didn't make a difference but there must be some way. Like talking to kids more about bulling and how kids can get depressed. Start doing groups so people can get to know each other. Do more activities that involve more than two people. Bullies pick on people because they just don't want to get to know the person. And since they don't know the person they think its okay to pick on them. I think that is just wrong and we need to do something drastic! This needs to stop the world is cruel yes but kids shouldn't have to put up with it at our age.

By:
Katie