If You Are Bullying, STOP

Posted: 4/2/2013

It was the first day of school.

I didn't know anyone in the class, and i was shy, so I tried to warm up to the "semi-populars". We became good friends, and we still are now.

One day we had a field trip. On the bus, the semi-populars sat together, so I had no one to sit with, so I sat next to this girl. We talked and found out we had the same interests. I introduced her to the semi-populars, and we all became this "group". One of the semi-populars introduced us to a social media site. We made our own accounts and posted stuff.

A couple weeks later, my friend told me that she got a message from a girl called "Savy Fish". She called her stupid, and said she posed weird. She got really upset. It got to the point where she cut.

The semi-populars all of a sudden started acting . . . popular. They would wear neons, mustache rings, and zebra print. They cussed and gossiped behind people's back.

One day, they started spitting on my friend. They called her names. They sometimes slapped her.

And dare I say it, I did some of it too.

I had no idea what I was doing. I wanted to fit in and become "popular". I guess I was clueless and never thought about my friend's feelings.

Everything escalated to when she had to go see a private counsellor. The counsellor told her she had to take a risk test.

I felt so ashamed and angry at myself. I let popularity get in the way of my friendship, and I don't think I will ever forgive myself for it.

Thankfully, my friend was kind enough to forgive me and the semi-populars for what we have done, and we're still close.

And we think popularity is stupid.

If you think you're bullying someone, stop. It isn't right, and won't make anything better.

By: Nini