Thursday, 3 March 2016

Alright. Deep breaths. I have mixed feeling about bullying. Bullying is terrible, and I don't think that anyone should be bullied under any circumstances. It is just horrible to get that feeling that you're useless and that everyone hates you. Bare with me on this next part though, for the most part it is taken far too seriously for MOST of those who experience it. You are all strong individuals capable of standing up for yourselves. You are amazing , if someone hates you... thats their loss because you are important.  For MOST people being bullied, from personal experiences, just ignore them and seek a teachers help. When I was younger, a very amazing and loving teacher told me this, and I will never forget it, "If someone is bullying you, give them a hug, because they feel bad enough about themselves". Please please please don't let someones words of hatred get to you.

Just remember that guidance is awesome, its in the name. You can be suspended or expelled for bullying someone, so don't be afraid to let your guidance counsellors know of incidents.

I think we as students and our teachers are doing the best we can to stop bullying. In elementary we would have police officers come in and talk to us about bullying and how.. you know... it isn't cool.

All in all maybe something like a TED talk about bullying every so often would increase awareness and decrease the number of victims.

For those being bullied, and this is as no offence to victims, but if it gets severe, maybe implement occasional mental checks on them, just to make sure they're fine, and not depressed enough to go on a killing spree. Things like that do happen.
The Internet is an unpredictable place, one second everyone is mourning the loss of individuals in a terrorist activity, and the other second someone is being bashed on for making a small error as a host, poor Harvey. Why is someone being destroyed by the media? I don't know, maybe there is just nothing else for them to be doing. As soon as one thing begins to trend, people without a single thought just go along with it. Making fun of people is so fun right? Half of the individuals who made memes about Harvey didn't even watch Miss Universe! They didn't see Harvey's apologetic tweets either, which if you did, you'd feed a little bad for making fun of him for a small mistake. The main point I am trying to make is that ignorance floods the internet. During the massive lottery, there were half a million people who actually believed that the lottery would give everyone four million dollars.
To answer the main question, after my small rant, we have to be very careful on the internet. No matter how popular or unpopular you claim to be, things spread fast from one person to another. Before posting something or commenting something stupid, think about what you are doing. The friends you hang out with could accidentally put you on blast, you know, by sharing... All in all please be careful out there, and think before you do something, there are a bunch of ignorant people sitting at home impatiently waiting for the next person to make fun of.