Bullies Are Criminals
Have you ever bullying or bullied by your classmates before? What do you feel at that time? Based on Black and Jackson (2007, in Margaretha 2010) Bullying is aggressive behavior proactive type in which there are aspects of the intent to dominate, hurt, or get rid of, an imbalance in physical strength, age, cognitive abilities, skills, or social status, and performed repeatedly by one or several children to the other children. Meanwhile Elliot (2005) state that bullying as
actions taken by someone to make others afraid. Bullying also can causes the victim at - least unhappy. In addition, bullying also involves the power and
authority that is not balanced, so that the victim did not defend themselves
effectively against the victim received a negative action (Krahe, 2005). Bully
consist of B,U,L,L,Y. B for Big, U for Ugly, L for Loner L for Loser and Y for
Yearning Attention. So, bullying is the use of aggresion with the intention to
hurting another person both physically and mentally and done repeatedly. Bullying is a constant
problem in schools today. It starts with annoying comments, but escalates to
more severe matters. We’ve seen it happen, and a lot of us know how it feels.
None of us like it. People might say they are just stupid kids, but bullies
truly are criminals, because it can make the victim stealing self-esteem and can
make the victims ending their lives. First of all, bullying is a crime, because
of the serious effects it can have on an individual. And, once robbed of their
self-esteem they can suffer from mental and physical problems, drop out of
school and even commit suicide. Many
adults still get teary recalling their humiliating days on their hands.
Bullying dont operate by alone. They pick up sycophantic students along the way
and that multiplies the victim’s pain. They build on those insecurities and
insult the different qualities of kids. No one likes the way insults feel, and
this is why bullies are criminals and deserve more severe consequences.
Secondly, bullying can end in a tragic death. Though
it does not happen often, it has
happened.
The usual event is suicide of the victim, or a violent act by the bully that
may end in murder. For example, “15 year old Phoebe Prince hung herself after
being harassed by
classmates
who threw cans at her before speeding off.” Phoebe had been bullied for almost
three months before this occurred. There is also teenager Larry King who was shot
his head in front of a teacher and when classroom full of students. These horrible
events can start for many reasons including jealousy, gender bias, or racism;
it just isn’t right. Bullies are criminals because they terrorize and harass
their victims, ripping apart their selfesteem and attacking their insecurities
until the unthinkable happens, violence
or even a tragic death.
People often think that bullies don’t see the negative
effects of their actions, or that they don’t understand what they are doing to
others, whether they know it is wrong. Bullying someone is abuse. Some people might
say, “Bullying is really common.” Hay open your eyes, bully is criminal act
because it can make the other feel afraid of you. In addition, parents,
schools, and kids need to work together. The problems won’t go away on their
own. We need to look at the facts of each case and take the appropriate action.
And I persuade you say no to bully! Bullying is a
criminal act. Bullies harass, terrorize, and use verbal and physical abuse on
their victims. We need to stand up to bullies and not let them strip us of our
self-esteem. Bullies must face the consequences of their actions with either
therapy or some version of criminal punishment.
