To start with, bystanders are more inferior because they just watch it happen not caring. According to Geoff, a former bystander says “one of my friends said a bad comment about another person’s weight and I was laughing”. Bystanders need to stick up and stop not caring. They are just as bitter as or even worse than the bully by not caring. Michael, a 14 year old bystander, saw what harm he was causing and stopped. Bystanders often stand by and watch the bully pick and impair the victim.
In addition to bystanders not caring they also make the victim feel solitary. Scholastic News article “Tales of Bullying” says” Another form of bullying called exclusion can cause exclusion can be very irksome. When bystanders don’t do anything it makes the victim feel alone. Joel Haber, an expert on bullying says” who wants to go to school and feel like they have no friends. Exclusion is the worst kind of bullying because it makes them feel like nothing. According to Halea, a …show more content…
When the bystander laughs and don’t do anything the bully just keeps on bullying the victim. The bystanders don’t do anything, as a result it gives the bully power and they don’t stop trashing. If the bystander would stick up for the victim the bully would stop. According to Halea, a student at BMS, thinks that bullies cause more distress. I think the bystanders are more undesirable because they give the bully power. Caroline Covos, a 13 year old from Mexico was bullied because she couldn’t understand English, she felt