#bullyingiswrong

Writing prompt if you're not sure of what to write about for Rise Above! Submissions are due April 30th. Knowing what’s right doesn’t mean much unless you do what’s right. Did you know that more than one out of every five (20.8%) students report being bullied? 60.3 million U.S. workers are affected by workplace bullying. 19% of Americans suffered abusive conduct at work, another 19% have witnessed it, and 63% are aware that workplace bullying happens. RRSMS is embarking on a new anthology series dealing with bullying, called Rise Above. Stories can be both fiction or non-fiction and can be excerpts from novels. Poetry is also acceptable. Together we can rise above the bullies and stomp out bullying! All proceeds benefit STOMP Out Bullying #stompoutbullying #bullyingawareness #cyberbullying #endbullying #bullying #writing #writersofinstagram #poetry #poetsofinstagram #anthologies #excerpts #riseabove #dowhatisright #makeadifference #stopbullying #bullyingawareness #bullyinghurts #antibullying #bullyingsucks #bullyingiswrong #bullyingprevention #bullyingstopsnow #bullyingneedstostop #nobullying #bullyingstopshere #bullyingsupport #bullyingisnotok #bekind #againstbullying https://www.instagram.com/p/BwA06unnHvP/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1hb68zfdr92gu

There are bullies in every stratum of society. They start in schools then end up in the work place to continue tormenting those who fear “fighting back”. Those who fight back or speak about their experience are often made into villains!! The mass shootings in the USA where people of colour are targeted highlights how easy it is access to guns & ammonution. Most of the perpetrators are white and the media is quick to highlight how they were “bullied”. Had they been black the narrative would be different. Here in BARBADOS we don’t have the issue of guns in school but access to knives, scissors or any sharp objects is easy. We don’t have hate crimes based on race but we do have discrimination based on social class. Bullying in various forms has definitely become the norm. I’ve read comments “everyone is bullied”, ”they will get over it”, “it will build character” etc. This should not be accepted. A lot of people who condone bullying also condone abuse! The hurt parents must feel seeing their child tormented can’t be easy. The psychological scars remain for victims of bullying. We’ve seen lost of life here on this rock due to bullying. Let’s hope that no other parent has to bury their child because he/she was beaten to a pulp or stabbed to death. #thechasefiles #bullyingiswrong #putanendtobullying #dealwiththeissues #theyginbeatthewrongpersonchild #controlwunnachildren #keepwunnahandstowunnaself https://www.instagram.com/p/CeGjrXGrplphPEbr-AWsdMTIOlXLZs64wToJ540/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Back to school drama? Consider THIS! Vid here: http://ow.ly/RuD130exztV #bullying #cyberbullying #backtoschool #selfrespect #selfesteem #selfworth #victimtovictor #selfcare #zbesties #bullyingsucks #bullyinghastostop #bullyinghurts #bullyingiswrong #cyberbullyingawarness #cyberbullyingiswrong #cyberstalking #cyberbullyingisacrime #cyberbullyingisnotcool #alllivesmatter

The only handicap I would have would be my memory condition but other than that I would fall into the “not conforming to social norms” with my fandom families, cosplay, drawings and so forth. Where as some of my friend and even the clients of the agency my mom works for would fall into at least one or two of the above categories. I feel this is an important thing to do and talk about with someone who is more close in age to a group of highschoolers and from the perspective of the bullied. I feel that although it is helpful for an adult to talk about these topics with kids I also feel like it is important for kids to hear what it’s like to get bullied from other kids for things you can’t control or things you don’t want to do. Bullying is wrong no matter the reason and being able to maybe talk about it with other people who were the victims of bullying I think it would be really helpful for some people. To let those being bullied that after the occasionally harsh world of high school it does get better. I know while being bullied in high school I defiantly tolerated and handled it a bit better than some, but I know it was struggle. To let people know they aren’t alone is sometimes the best feeling in the world.

Rant over, just needed to put that out there. I’ve seen this too many times that I needed to get this out. Hopefully no one is angry or upset with what I wrote.