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Bully or Bystander

According to ‘’ Meet the New Sheriff, ‘’ by Suzanne, McCabe, an expert on bullying, estimated 1 to 5 students are either bullied or a bully. A bully is worse than a bystander. Bullies have more punishment, social life (family, friends), and peer pressure. A bully is worse than a bystander because you’re hitting a low or because of wanting to be accepted into a group or something else. So what you can do to help is make a school club or group, talk to your counselor about it or parents and try your best to stop it. As I monition before, bullies have more punishment than a bystander. Bullies may have to suffer the consequences of bullying for example, suspension. Bullies have to get away from school for a larger amount of time. However, bullies might taunt you if and when he or she gets back. According to Joel Haber, an expert on bulling, “Any ongoing behavior that’s meant to make someone
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Bullies can lose their social life for example, your parents will not trust you anymore, and also nobody would want to be your friend because they will maybe be afraid you would bully them or make them bully too. Think about it, you are a bully on one will trust you. Also, you’re parents probably wouldn’t let you watch your brother or sister when they go out, trust you with him or her, and they just wouldn’t trust you at all. You will feel very horrible. However, being a horrible bystander is bad, but on the other hand, being a nasty bully is worse. Although if you didn’t have a bully you wouldn’t have a terrible bystander. Personal experience of a bystander, 10-year old in Boystin middle-high school says, ‘’on of his friends was making fun of his weight and I was just

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