Getting Bullied At School By Laura Modifca Analysis

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Bullying is a very popular disease among school students today. The issue of bullying may seem like something that shouldn't be taken seriously. However, this issue needs to be taken seriously. We can't let bullying continue. Bullying is often something we are all prone to neglect or ignore. According to Josh's story, "Getting Bullied at School," by Laura Modifca, bystanders usually stand around because they are scared of the bully. A bystander is worse than a bully because they can cause more pain for the target, suffer major guilt, lose trust from fabulous family and outstanding friends, and they will have major consequences. That’s how a bystander is worse than bully.

To begin with, bystanders cause more pain for the bully because the bystander acts like it is okay for the bully to continue, bystander won't let anyone know about the problem, a bystander stands around laughing and staring and, it's one more person bullying the victim. According to Bully or Bystander Source 1, bully's usually bully because of their home life, or because they feel like they aren't good enough so they think to bully and take it out on the target. You don't always know what issues are going on outside of school so that’s why we should never be a bully or
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According to Bully or Bystanders Source 3, if the target is not laughing or having fun it is considered bullying. Anyone can be bullied for being different. People can be bullied because of their gender, religious, or race. Just because we may not like the same things or people or believe in what others believe in doesn't mean we need to treat anyone different. Treat people how you want to be treated. That's how bully's can have major

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