BULLY.rape.BULLY.murder.BULLY.thief.TAKE ACTION

The title runs pretty smoothly.

    "Good management and bullying have as much in common as great sex and rape."
Sadly, as vulger as this sounds, it is beyond the truth. Bullying needs to stop.

The fact that I am still alive today, while the rest of those kids who have committed suicide, is a miracle. Like physical strength, there is only so much emotional abuse someone can deal with before the weight comes crashing down (or at least what they thought was all their options) before taking their own lives seems easier. But this should never be an option for anyone. It is quite upsetting to think about, but sometimes the only reason I was never pushed over the edge was because I've experienced the pain of the suicides of fellow classmates, teachers, family members and friends. And recently after seeing all the pain, it made me realize how much I was bullied as a child and as a teen, and honestly to this day, bullyied in the workplace.

          I was first bullied in the third grade when my body was in the process of changing and so I got a little chunky, but really, who doesn't? It never bothered me until a kid in my class, who I still see from time to time, would bully me over almost anything, but especially because I was a little chunky. I went to that grade school for 7 years, and for 4 of those years, I went through hell. Either I was made fun of for being chunky, not having cool enough gym shoes, my school shorts being too long or too short, the cars my parents drove, or the gaps in my teeth....it all conflicted some sort of pain on me that stayed with me to this day. I know this sounds weird, but when I got to the 5th or 6th grade, I had pretty much given up all hope on having guy friends, because honestly, they were mean bullies. I was recently talking with one of my friends and was discussing why I usually get along better with girls, and the fact that I was bullied by the boys was brought up. I didn't dare sign up for the boys basketball team in 5th grade because the bully always managed to find something to make fun of me over. And growing up, girls were the ones who always reassured me that I was nothing the bully described me as. Girls were always dramatic, but they were nicer.

BULLIES SHOULD NOT BE TOLERATED!
To this day, I still work with bullies. How these people were hired and still continue to have a job and get paid, completely blows my mind. A bully should be treated the same as a murderer, the only difference between the two is that the one who is bullied isn't dead, yet. I thank God that laws are being changed and bullying is being taken more seriously, but it all came at a price of its last victims.

          Being an original is one of the greatest gifts of life, and I wish more people would take advantage of it. The very same thing that is our life and everything about us is so easily ridiculed and so easily taken away from us. Unfortunately, many employers and employees do not take action to stop bullying when they see it. There are three groups created by bullying; it involves the victim, the bystander, and the bully himself. At different moments in my life, I have played the victim and then sometimes the bystander. It sucks.

Bullying is not just a tragedy, it's a crisis.