My Thoughts on Bullying

Bullying is such an ugly thing, and in reality, it happens in every school. In some schools it happens more than in others, but it should not happen at all. I witnessed bullying on my first year of high school, but it was nothing new to me since I had already witnessed it in middle school. I had never been bullied or never was I the bully, but I never took action either when I witnessed bullying. I believe that that the reason as to why I never did anything to help the person being bullied is because each time they stood up to the bully. For example, a friend of mine in 9th grade was sort of a bully. One day in physical ed. class she began to call another girl names and embarrass her in front of her friends. The things she was saying to her were very rude but the other girl did not take it, she stood up to her and a huge argument broke out. The teachers were able to stop them, but that proves that bullying can lead to greater things, not only hurt feelings. Bullying can lead to so many negative things such as fights, hurt feelings, thoughts of suicide, etc. Bullying should not have to be an issue, especially not in high schools were kids are supposed to be mature.