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What would you do if you saw someone being bullied?

It is likely we’ve all seen someone being bullied, but never done anything to help. Sure we express our anger at bullying, we support the sites and the charities, yet still a leading website says 1 million children are being bullied each week, Why? Because people do not feel that they can stop them.

But the people you do expect to do something about it, more often than not they don’t. Most people who have been bullied admit that teachers, parents, and others haven’t helped. This leaves victims feeling alone, and like they would never be heard. The victims need to know that they aren’t alone, and that there is always someone who is willing to help them, even when it feels like there isn’t.

Bullying has many forms such as Verbal Bullying, Physical Bullying, Cyber Bullying, Non- Verbal Bullying, Emotional Bullying and Peer Pressure.

  • Verbal Bullying can be calling someone names, spreading gossip or rumours, and threatening or intimidating someone using harsh words.
  • Physical Bullying is essentially using aggression and force to hurt someone physically or damage their possessions.
  • Non-Verbal Bullying is isolating or ignoring someone and making them feel bad using gestures.
  • Emotional Bullying is singling someone out because of a weakness or insecurity they possess, they make people doubt themselves and emotional abuse a person.
  • Peer Pressure is one of the most common forms of Bullying; it’s making someone do what you want them to do using abuse.

Anyone can be bullied, for any reason. Which means nowadays, a leading website has said, 70% of children are bullied bullying is one of the world’s main concerns. With the advancing technology a new type of bullying has arisen, Cyber Bullying. Cyber Bullying uses social networking sites, chat rooms, text messaging and e-mails to intimidate, harass and abuse someone.

Luckily at our school, Paulet High School, they have an anti bullying policy that ensures people being bullied are helped and bullies are stopped. They do this by ensuring incidents to do with bullying are recorded and monitored, responding quickly and efficiently to alleged incidents, punishing the bully with sanctions and providing support for victims and even the perpetrator.

They provide support for Year 7’s using peer mentors. We spoke to Natalie; a peer mentor at our school.

What Do Peer Mentors Do?

Well each mentor is attached to a Year 7 form; we go in and ask how they are, and how they’re coping with a new school. We collect ideas from them to change the school; we collect money for charities from them and basically look after them as they go through school.

Was It Hard To Become A Peer Mentor?

Parts of it were challenging, the course really helped us raise our confidence and we are asked how to sort out problems and taught how to help Year 7’s.

Do You Like Being A Peer Mentor?

Yes, it’s good.

Have You Helped Someone Who Is Being Bullied?

Yes, it was quite hard to get the person to admit to it but when we found out the problem we were able to sort it out and help the person.

Unfortunately other schools don’t have this kind of support, but people who are being bullied can still be heard and helped, all they have to do is log on to an anti bullying site and help would only be one click away.