I was reading a short article in the Mirror.co.uk concerning the continuous nuisance of bullying. I was reminded of a girl I know who was frequently bullied in her secondary school.
I really dislike the word ‘bullying,’ phonetically and semantically it creates connotations of immorality, unfairness, cruel, wickedness and perhaps evil.
Victims for bullies are often stereotypes, yet my friend has a different and more distasteful reason to be picked on. Facial Deformity and being one of the “special kids” was her vindication to years of torment.
It’s completely unfair.
The upset I got from hearing her crying is nothing compared to the troubled life she lived at school.
Sometimes I imagine the bullies ill-treating her and wonder why they do it. These people are cowards and it is times like this when I want to believe in karma.
She didn’t deserve that. No one deserves that.
Every week we talked on Facebook, and I kept encouraging her to tell her teachers what was going on; eventually she did and the teachers said to tell them if the problem was persistent.
In her last years of school the bullying still occurred, but was less severe. Her relentless reports of hating school began to dwindle yet I feel guilty that I did not do enough to stop it from happening.
Now I am pleased to say, I saw her recently and she is enjoying college and is becoming more ambitious in her future career.
I genuinely look forward to hearing her updates on life and hope they will be optimistic.
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