Good day, amazing people of the Hive blockchain. Welcome back to my blog. It is another edition in the #hivelearners community. I am so delighted to participate in this week's prompt, online vs physical.
Last week during my program, I discussed this topic with teenagers, and I learned that bullying is rampant in schools now. These kids shared their experiences with me, and I found them deeply moving. I got to know that people who bully others are fully aware of their acts; they often bully people so that they will earn respect from their peers. Bullying is very detrimental whether online or physical; both are capable of putting someone in a bad state.
Bullying may look like nothing, but it is seriously becoming a problem in our society, more especially in school. If you have not been bullied before, you will not really understand how bad bullying is. I was once a victim of physical bullying; it was not funny at all. If you attend boarding school, you will understand what I am saying more especially when you are a junior student. I have this senior of mine that requested I should be her school daughter. The moment I declined her request, she made school a living hell for me. I will always fetch water for her and her friend, and any day I miss it, she will punish me. I was so bullied to the point that I always have scars on my body.
Each time I travel back home, my mother will ask me why I always have scars on my body. I will look for one excuse and give it to my mom. One fateful day as she was bullying me with her friends, I passed out, and I was rushed to the hospital. When I woke up, I narrated to my mom what I had been passing through all these years. My mother stepped in, and nobody bullied me again. Turn, I graduated from the school. There are kids like me that don't speak up and are being intimidated.
For me, they should not be treated equally, but they should be taken equally seriously. You see, physical bullying hmmm is so real. As a victim, it gets to a point I want to take my life so that the senior will be happy. A lot of people have committed suicide because of physical bullying, but when it comes to online bullying, you can choose to ignore it by blocking or cutting them off. In all, no bully should be taken lightly. People who bully should be punished. One thing is sure: behind every bully there is insecurity, and behind every victim there is pain.
Both physical and online bullying are bad and are capable of destroying someone's life, and it can affect one's mental health. Let's say no to bullying. I see no reason why we go around bullying people; the consequence of bullying is so bad that is why it should be taken equally seriously.
This is my entry on the ongoing content #hivelearners topic online vs physical.
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