Formal writing essay on bullying

Bullying is everywhere. It’s a horrible thing that destroys people’s happiness and life. Bullying is the big guy picking on the little guys at lunch, the popular students spreading rumours about the smart ones, or even the mentally challenged kid being made fun of everywhere he goes. Bullying is the intelligent college student who committed suicide after being humiliated via the internet by his best friend. I’m sure just about everyone has either been a bystander, or has been bullied themselves.

People bully others because they believe that doing so will make themselves feel better, even though the outcome is usually the complete opposite. Maybe for a moment they feel amazing, but looking back on it, bullies probably feel really bad about what they did. These bullies, although they appear to not have any sad feeling themselves, probably have a lot of unwanted things going on in their lives (such as divorced parents, the loss of a family member) so they put people down by either physically harming them, verbally abusing them, or by use of a rather recent source: the internet. When you hear of bullying, the first thing you imagine is probably someone getting beat up. This method of bullying is called physical bullying, which is basically any unwanted form of contact from one person to another. There is also comments and bad names, which is known as verbal abuse or bullying. The final form of bullying is a relatively new discovery. Cyber-bullying has proved to be possibly the worst form of bullying over all others. It is when the internet, cell phones or other devices are used to send/post hurtful and/or embarrassing words, comments, pictures or videos.

Bullying plays a very dangerous role in society. In the case of thousands of children every day, the stress of bullying is too much to even handle going to school. For others, the same stress (although probably at a much larger scale) causes them to do the unthinkable, end their lives.... suicide. Seventy five percent of all people have been bullied at some time or another. That means that three out of every four people have been trashed by a very mean person who has probably done the same to several other people. When you bully someone, you risk their happiness, and in some cases their life.

Now I will tell you about how you and any other person could help to stop an instance of bullying anywhere. It may sound very simple, but as you may already know it takes a very brave person to perform this act. Many people never tell anyone about another person’s bullying or even their own just because they are worried about the fact that they would most likely become the 'bullies’ next target, or worse, being given a label such as “snitch”. By stepping past your own fears and realising how big of a difference you could make in someone's life, you will not only free the world of another bully, but you will also find a sense of amazement in yourself.

Now you know what bullying is. In summary, almost all bullies have at least one thing, (if not several) that is giving them a reason to want to make themselves fell better by shoving someone around, calling them names or spreading rumours. In the end, bullying is very dangerous to people of all ages, and isn’t acceptable ever. This is why you should never allow yourself to be bullied, or just stand by and watch a peer be bullied for any reason.