Bullying--why do it?

Bullying has been going on in schools and even in families for many many years. Bullying affects students lives in a major way.  Children get beat. mentally harassed, physically harassed, and verbally abused.  Others break other kids down and its hard for them emotionally to get back up.  

A student by the name of Asher Brown from Cypress Fairbanks Middle school in Texas was effected so much due to being victimized by others that it led to a horrific tragedy. According to the New York Times newspaper:

"Asher, an eighth grader at a Cypress-Fairbanks middle school, shot himself last fall after what his parents said was two years of harassment for his small size, religion and perceived sexuality. "

Asher's death gave people the courage to make groups and laws about bullying and how to prevent it.  Theses groups are the Anti -Defamation League and the American Civil Liberties Union.

“It’s like passing a law that says you shall be nice, and then trying to define nice and requiring school districts to report when they deem someone not to have been nice,” said Mr. Smith, who sits on the House Public Education Committee."

 Also, according to TIME, many students are harassed everyday and some also commit suicide because of it.

In the past few weeks, at least three teenage boys — one in Houston, one in Greensburg, Ind., and one in a small central California city called Tehachapi — have committed suicide after being bullied.

I think it is RIDICULOUS that children abuse and harass others especially those who are weak and can't handle it.  Just because someone is a different religion, ethnic group, or sexual preference than you doesn't make them non human!  STOP THE ABUSE! Many families are loosing their children daily because kids want to abuse others greatly. According to the TIMES:

"And, on Sept. 22, a freshman at Rutgers University, Tyler Clementi, threw himself from the George Washington Bridge in New York City. His roommate had secretly recorded a video of Clementi kissing a guy; the video went up on YouTube. On Facebook, Clementi offered a final status update: "jumping off gw bridge sorry."

 <------ Why should we let kids get beat and loose their confidence everyday?!  Why don't we try harder to prevent it instead of just putting a "a no bully free zone" on the wall of a classroom like that is going to help?   

The famous question is that many people ask is; "If you see someone getting bullied would you help the victim out?"  To be honest i really do not know what i would do myself.  I say this because it is really non of my business and i do not like to get involved in things and situations.  HOWEVER, If i see a kid getting beat or abused in front of me and  I know the victim cannot speak up for themselves because they are weak and afraid, I would definitely speak up for him/her... I don't want the child being harassed to kill themselves or to grow up to be a mass murder from all the messed up things that have been done to him in his/her lifetime.

What kind of society do we live in that even kids are afraid to walk to and from school by themselves?! 

According to the New York Times: 

 “People don’t mess with groups of people,” he said. “But they see someone walking by themselves, and there’s no fear there.”

 I agree with this quote by the New York Times 100%. People do pick on a kid when no body is there to protect or defend the victim so they can abuse him to the full extent.  I think no matter how many groups , signs or lessons that schools and such have on bullying, harassment is still going to happen and there's no way of stopping it.

Bullying is not just physical.  Children get teased because of their height, appearance ,and much more!....I think people should come together at schools and bring this teasing and bullying to and end. Even though ,in my opinion, bullying will never go away because many people judge and criticize people's every move, there is still hope!....nobody wants another child dead...or mentally messed up in the future.