subject: Protecting Yourself From Bullies In School [print this page] Bullying is an abusive act that is done repeatedly. Bullies are commonly found in school. It is alarming how students bully. The students who are bullying other students are often jealous, insecure and attention seeker. Bullies are imposing their superiority among other students. They may even think that it is not their fault why they bully other people. And let the victim feel that it is their mistake for being bullied. But whatever the bully has in his or her mind, it is certainly his problem and not the victim.
It is a common scenario in school wherein a bully takes away the money and the food of other students. Students who are often victimized are those who are not hesitant to give what bullies want from them. If there is no victim, certainly there will be no bullies. Now is the time for those victims to speak up and protect themselves from bullies who make their life in school miserable.
--Try the best way you can to stay away from bullies.
Bullies are imposing to other students their toughness. If a student is always visible to the bully, it will have a big tendency for him to become a victim. As much as possible, you should stay away from the bullies. Instead of hanging around with the bullies, you should find friends who are not going to be a bad influence and who are not harmful.
--Ignore the bullies in school.
If staying away from the bullies does not work then the next thing to do would be ignoring them. Act as if they are like statues. There are cases wherein the more you stay away from the bullies the more they will consider you as the next victim. If they still keep on bullying you, just ignore them and time will come that they will stop you.
--. Tell the teachers about the bullies in school.
The school has the duties and obligations to protect the students. And the teachers are the bone responsible for the behaviors of the students in school. If you are being bullied, you should tell your teacher on what is happening to you. He/she can do disciplinary actions to stop such abusive act.
--Tell your parents or an adult on what is happening to you.
If in case telling your teacher does not work, better off to tell your parents. Te parents are those who have the optimum concern about you. Your parent can tell the parents of the child that bullies to stop and guide them. Whatever happens to you, tell your parents, they care about you.
--Be confident. Stand up for yourself.
The common students who are often bullied are not confident enough to stand up and defend themselves. A student must learn how to protect oneself for him to be free from bullying acts. Defending yourself is not always fighting back since it will just make things worse. Make an implication to the bullies that you are not worth the bullying. Try to make them feel that you are not the type to be messed up with. Do not be afraid of them. Stand up straight and look them in the eye. Standing up for yourself will make them leave you alone.
-- Help out others who are being bullied.
You are not only the victim of bullying in school. Certainly there are other students who experience your struggles. If you survived being bullied, it is your time to help other students who are bullied. Do it by telling the teacher or by personally appealing to those bullies to stop the stupid acts. People who are bullied need friends and becoming a friend is a great help.
These are just few of the ways to throw away bullies. Remember, there will be no bullies if no one would want to be bullied. Do something for it.
