The Benefits Of Bullying

Zak W. Van once said, “Bullying builds character like nuclear waste creates superheroes. It 's a rare occurrence and often does much more damage than endowment.” When I was younger, I was always bullied because I walked different from everyone else. Being bullied always made me want to be someone better than those who’d bully me and make a difference. I knew that I wasn’t really what they were calling me. Words such as retarded or a dumb crippled were not words that defined me at all; I was actually very intelligent. At the time, I used to think that I would have a career working with young children who were disabled. As I grew older, that interest lessened and I didn’t know what I wanted to do. I also learned to ignore those who’d bully me …show more content…
For example, I used to have a friend who would constantly call me and ask for advice. Even though I would always answer her calls, she would usually call while I was asleep, and had to wake up the next morning for school. Knowing I would lose sleep, I still answered her calls wanting to help her. It gave me great satisfaction to know that I helped her out and that I was supportive of her when she needed me. There’s always a part of me that’s going to want to help someone, no matter how much it’ll affect me, good or bad. Even when I was bullied, I would still help those who needed it; even if I knew I wouldn’t get the same help in return. Studying criminology gives me the opportunity to be able to help others while getting a salary out of it. It doesn’t sound so bad to be compensated while doing something that I love to …show more content…
When my mother passed away, I wasn’t really focusing on my schoolwork and began slacking off causing my grade point average to go down drastically. I went from a 3.0 to a 2.1 in my last semester that year. The next year, I worked my butt off to increase my grade point average and by my senior year, was able to get it to a 2.9. Since I was a child, I knew that I was a smart kid if I put my mind to it. Being that I was disabled, many people doubted my knowledge of things. This was another thing that pushed me to focus on my education and knowledge. Now, I’m the type of person to learn about something new and try to go into complete depth of what that subject is. I love learning about something and using my brain to do it; especially if many doubted that I could do it in the first place.
Referring back to Zak W. Van’s quote, I do believe that bullying had built my character into who I am today. The hurtful words and looks gave me motivation to become something much more than what they were telling me. Becoming a criminologist gives me that opportunity and I know once I put my mind to something, I’ll do