Well according to Katherine Lee, “Bullying is intentional aggressive behavior. It can take the form of physical or verbal harassment and involves an imbalance of power.” Instances of bullying are when you tease or embarrass another or when you feel like hurting somebody. It may be for a reason or it could be just for the fun of it. Bullies are people who enjoy the misery of others.
I have had classmates before that bully other students because they are not noticed in their own home. Bullying would be their way to express their feelings of wanting attention from their own family; their actions are a way of compensating for the attention they do not receive at home. They don’t care if people will hate them; all they want is their attention.
As Ron Banks stated in his article,"Bullying in School" - Bullies need someone to discipline and supersede them, because they seem to find joy with other’s misery. According to studies, bullies often come from homes where physical punishment is implemented.
In the past, I thought that bullying is helpful especially in teaching another discipline. Personally, I was bullied and I became a bully; I’ve hurt my best friends physically and emotionally because I thought it was a way to help them get high grades. I thought it would be helpful because that was how I was trained. But I realized it wasn’t good for them, because it created a negative effect on them. They become traumatized because of what I did; they started thinking that if they would do any small mistake, I would bit them. Eventually I realized the exact point was to be afraid.
Discipline with physical abuse should be something that one would think twice about doing. It may create a negative or positive outcome. In my case, I was motivated through physical and emotional pain, but they eventually comforted me. I’ve learned that although fear is one factor to use in discipline, love is also as important.
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