Bullying has always been a problem worldwide, but it seems to me that this year as been the worst of the bullying culmination. Take for instance the Rutgers freshman who committed suicide after his roommate broadcasted his gay sexual encounter online. This story made headline news for weeks and depicted a very serious case of bullying. Bullying can cause death and I believe who ever causes the death is completely responsible for their actions among the person they hurt. How does bullying happen? Why do people bully? I sure don’t know but what I believe is that bullying results from how you were raised. I am not necessarily saying your parents or your siblings result in the way you act but I believe that some part of their actions and how they choose to raise you reflect on you as a person. Lets face it, how we were brought up shapes who we are . If your family is abusive either emotionally or physically, or if they are absent in your life but are physical there, that can have an enormous impact on yourself which causes you to act out. You may feel alone and not have much control on your relationships at home, but when you’re in a different environment you may feel as if you have the control and power. Truth is by being a different person in a negative way, you end up hurting others. Just because they don’t know what you go through, could go both ways for the other person. In all, I believe that bullying stems out from making your own environment in which you make the rules while others get hurt by it.
This was a tie for project 1 with the homeless. I feel as if I have more knowledge on my first choice that writing about this topic would be kind of hard. Although I do want to research more on bullying and how it’s increased 10 years from now, I feel as if so many aspects go into researching this topic that it would be immensely difficult. I feel psychology for one would go into play with this topic, and I for one am not a reliable source in that field. With that being said it’s an interesting topic but not one that I want to focus on at the moment.
My goals for this blog is to hear more stories about bullying. Whether its people who want to confront to me about their experiences or even the victim who want’s to confront to bullying. I feel as if my goals are manageable, appropriate and somewhat realistic. When I am voicing out my opinion in this issue I am being careful in not saying “This is why Bullying happens” because I don’t know the answers to any bullying question, I voice out by saying ” in my opinion” knowing that I may be right or wrong and I am eager to listening to other people’s insights on why they think people bully others.
I would like my audience to range from middle schoolers all the way to college students. I would like to target my audiences mostly to the east coast and I would want their values and beliefs to be different from one another. Meaning some can be open to other people and others to be more self-centered . I feel with the stories and people’s experiences ranging from young kids to young adults can spark a lot of awareness into this matter. I hope I can accomplish more awareness and credibility from others since I really want to hear in-depth stories of situations that might not even be appropriate. I really want gain people’s trust, that being said is my number one goal.
I might face ridicule, harassment, or I might face bravery. It’s a win – lose situation but that’s what challenges are for. For this one I am worried of what people might say in regards to what I write and I may be feel scared having someone open up because I don’t know what to expect from their experiences.
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