Boys would roughhouse and girls would use sharp words to inflict pain on their victims. Students switched schools to avoid their bullies after being harassed with name calling and rumors or being thrown across the locker room. The episodes at my schools resembled the violence seen in Bully, as well as the verbal abuse that can be just as harmful. Just like the documentary, parents begged for more support from the school administrators, though change continued to be closer to a pipe dream than reality. The reason behind bullying is unique to the situation, but it often relates to the desire to have control and show dominance. Often times, the bully themselves have been victimized by parents or perhaps older siblings, creating a continual line of tormenters. In the film, after being stabbed, choked, punched, and degraded on the school bus, 14 year old Alex Libby states that he had been hurt so badly that he wants to become the bully himself. Without a stand against this cruelty, there becomes an endless line of
Boys would roughhouse and girls would use sharp words to inflict pain on their victims. Students switched schools to avoid their bullies after being harassed with name calling and rumors or being thrown across the locker room. The episodes at my schools resembled the violence seen in Bully, as well as the verbal abuse that can be just as harmful. Just like the documentary, parents begged for more support from the school administrators, though change continued to be closer to a pipe dream than reality. The reason behind bullying is unique to the situation, but it often relates to the desire to have control and show dominance. Often times, the bully themselves have been victimized by parents or perhaps older siblings, creating a continual line of tormenters. In the film, after being stabbed, choked, punched, and degraded on the school bus, 14 year old Alex Libby states that he had been hurt so badly that he wants to become the bully himself. Without a stand against this cruelty, there becomes an endless line of