How to stop Bullying at School
Bullying is the act of intentionally causing harm to others. Many students get to face this issue at school everyday.Here are a few tips that will help you control bullying at your school.
1. The best way to stop bullying is “Ignore“. If somebody is trying to mess with you just simply ignore whatever he’s trying to say. Don’t even look at the bully. It will stop him from continuing to bully you.
2. Instead of telling the bully to stop bugging you, simply walk away from him. If you try to engage them in a verbal or physical confrontation they will feel even more powerful. Infact this is exactly what they are always looking for.
3. Inform your teacher or a trusted adult at school. Most of the schools won’t tolerate this kind of behavior. The more students stand up for themselves and tell what is happening, the better the school can deal with the bully and the problem.
4. If there is a group of students that help stop bulling in school, join them. If not then try to approach your school staff and insist them on making one.
5. If you are sick and tired of a bully teasing you then you need to make it clear to the bully that you do not appreciate the way he is treating you. Tell the bully to stop and that it is not okay to treat another person in the manner he is treating you or your friend. Many times, just being assertive to a bully can deter the bully from continuing what he is doing. If this gets bad always use the point # 3 to take care of the situation.
I hope this helps.
July 19th, 2008 at 8:53 am
I’m sick and tired of this bully teasing me up all the time..ill try to follow your tips and lets just hope ill get rid of tim
July 26th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
These tips are all wrong. There is only one way to stop and bully and that’s to fight.
When someone publicly teases or abuses you, in his own mind, he is attempting to pull himself up socially by putting you down. He probably feels bad about himself for some reason (i.e. low socio-economic status, poor academic performance, etc) and makes himself feel better by taking it out on others who seem like easy targets. Bullying stems from a bully’s own insecurity, and he will continue to do so until he either a) begins to feel at peace with the word and no longer needs to abuse others to feel good about himself (see: never) or b) you make him pay some sort of price to pick on you. If the price to bully you is too high, he will move on to someone else. You need to show you are tough and don’t take shit lying down. Ignoring him will just make him step up the level of abuse. Teachers rarely are able to do anything about it over the long term. And for God’s sake don’t join a club of bully victims, that’s like putting a target on your back.
You need to physically fight most times. You may not win a fight, but a black eye, bleeding nose or fat lip heals in a week or so - if you do nothing you could be made fun of all year or longer. Its a no brainer what’s worse. Being the target of abuse will hurt your status with other students and make you feel bad about yourself.
My advise is, the next time a bully gives you any shit, immediately act a lot tougher than you actually are and directly get into his face. Throw a few insults at him that will really hurt, something true about him he doesn’t want to hear and let him know your more than willing kick his ass for him. Let pushes turn to shoves and once you get that sense a fight is inevitable, throw the first punch. The bully is probably bigger and tougher than you - that’s why he’s the bully and you’re the victim - so try and do this somewhere where teachers or adults will break this up before it goes to far. You might end up being on the worse end of the fight and you’ll have to face the consequences afterward, but take it from me, things will improve from there.
July 30th, 2008 at 5:21 am
James…
seems like you really had a bad experience? Lots of students out there doesnt have the courage to fight a bully and specially the weak ones..i wouldnt suggest them to fight back and get their ass kicked, even their parents won’t approve of this….plus they wouldn’t bully somebody their own size….