It really looks as if bullying in school has gotten from bad to worse. I read the morning papers today and had to raise an eyebrow at the news of girls bullying others and spreading their acts in the Internet of their recorded act. Kids from Form 1 are practicing this act of picking on the weak usually a single number while the bully has a group of cronies to watch and even join in the fun. It used to be an act which boys would indulge in but unfortunately girls have found interest in it.

Unlike the boys, the motive of these girls who usually become a bully would always pick a fight with another girl mainly due to jealously, competition over a boy’s attention and perhaps just for fun to see others cower in fear at the sight of the bully.

Amateur girl bullies would usually just corner the poor victim in a secluded area, usually the girls toilet, and publicly humiliate the girl by or engage in girl fights which usually involves in hair pulling, slapping, kicking and beatings. I would never add punching in the activity since most girls can’t even clench their fists in the correct form of punching.

I just don’t understand why girls would want to bully other girls, aren’t they also from the same sex as them? Isn’t the act of picking a fight with others an unladylike act and against the very belief of their faith?

I was lucky to be in schools that never practice bullying even though there are a few handful of bad stock. Heck, I was brought up in a notorious neighbourhood school that even the police had a great knowledge of but I never once had to face a bully. Perhaps it had been the fact that all the students in the same same year as me were closely related to one another and we thought each other more as brothers and sisters instead of enemies.

Sure there were some green eyed monsters that momentarily spread rumours and stab our backs whenever we are unware but to openly engage in a fight? Neah.. that’s just not us. We prefer to have more friends and solving our differrences in  more peaceful way.

Unfortunately this isn’t the case of the bullies that are running rampant in the society right now. Perhaps schools should make more curricular activities that forces all the students to work together as a team once a week and split those students that usually stick together in classes and partner them up with other students. That is the only way I can think of that will force the students to get to know one another and lessen the number of bullies.

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