Bullying (Current Events): Ethan Sterling
Today we heard a speaker on behalf of Rachel’s
Challenge. At the end of his
presentation he challenged us to try to be better people, and nicer to each
other, and we all should. High school
can be some of the worst times in someone’s life because of bullying. Most people think that it ends after high
school, and once they are older it will not happen. For most people that is true, but for some it
is not. Adults are bullied at work, and
one Georgia county commissioner, Bill Edwards, is taking steps to prevent this.
Edwards proposed that anybody who is caught bullying another
co-worker would receive at minimum five days suspension without pay. The commissioner’s policy defines bullying as
“repeated, health-harming mistreatment”.
This can include “threatening or humiliating conduct, verbal abuse, or
even work sabotage”. Edwards is hoping
to make the work environment for some a little more peaceful and enjoyable. When going to work, nobody should feel
uncomfortable or threatened. Hopefully,
Edwards’s plan will work, and reduce bullying in the work place.
This relates to us because we are in the group of people
that bully and get bullied the most. Now
I am not pointing anybody out, but there is bullying at every school, and it
can do some serious damage to people.
Some kids, again not at our school, have committed suicide because they
were bullied so much. Others have tried
to get some kind of revenge on their own bullies.
Bullying needs to stop.
It is not ok, and should not be encouraged by anybody. Bullying is already outlawed, at least in
Georgia, in public schools. Kids can get
in serious trouble for bullying, and they should. Nobody should be bullied, and nobody should
bully somebody else.
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