Bullying can affect a child’s sense of self-worth, dignity and future relationships. In some severe cases, it contributed to tragedies, such as accident while trying to run away from bully, school shootings and attempted suicides.
In primary or high schools around the world there is always cases of students being bullied. The effect of bullying on the children is so negative, that it may damage their academic performance. It harms the students not only mentally but physically, socially and emotionally. Sometimes it may force students to even commit suicide.
Few months ago, there's a case of one teenage boy fell from fourth floor of a mall in town. Source from friends said that the boy was trying to get away from bullies who cornered him at the fourth floor car park. He end up running as fast as he can, forgot that he was at fourth floor and jumped over the parapet wall and fell to his death.
There are various types of bullying experienced in schools. Behaviour or act like threatening other, hitting, spitting, taunting, teasing and embarrassing others in public places are considered bullying.
During primary two, I myself was being bullied ever by this girl. She used to steal food from my school bag. I just keep quiet because I got soft-hearted and thought that maybe she's hungry. End up she stole almost every student's food in class. It just keep getting worst and worst everyday so the student in my class reported it to the teacher. The student was called to see the counseling teacher and next thing we heard, she was transferred to another class.
A sane and normal person don’t just wake up one day and think “I’m going to go and bully somebody”. Normally a bully is someone who has been bullied in the past. They'll pick on their prey because it makes them feel good and enlighten their ego.
In some cases, students with money power try to harm other students by taunting, teasing and embarrassing them in public place. This will cease their dignity, excitement and innocence for their entire school life.
Most student decide not to tell their parents about the abuse because parents sometime tends to be so protective to the extent that they will confront the bully. In some cases, parent are too busy to pay attention making them felt its useless to tell them. This not only leads up student to depression but also social anxiety, alcohol or even drug abuse, decrease in self-esteem and suicide thoughts.
School should monitor any bullying action in school or held an awareness program to student on the effect of bullying. Parent also should monitor and give attention to their children behaviour and look for sign of bully. Student on the other hand can take initiatives to form a group that support each other.
