Hello, reader today I will be talking about how a bystander should act when they see someone getting picked on. The bystander shouldn’t just stand there and watch it all happen, they should either go tell a teacher or encourage the weakened victim. My reasons for believing this are the victim almost always stays silent so, it would be nice if you could give them a little encouragement so that maybe that will change. If that doesn’t work then tell a teacher or responsible adult and the problem will soon get resolved.
The victim will probably stay silent about getting bullied by a fellow peer, so it would be nice if you would talk to them about it. They stay silent either because they are intimidated or shy, but you can change that by being there every step of the way for them (especially if it’s a friend). for example, one of my friends were getting bullied by a girl named Amber and Ashley (my friend) kept silent. I let this go on for a while then I finally spoke up and gave Ashley a little pep-talk about speaking up and telling a responsible adult in these situations. That little talk I gave her changed everything, she told principle Banks and got the problem resolved because after that Amber didn’t bully other kids anymore. This shows that even a little encouragement can actually help stop bullying and if people do get bullied they speak up about it instead of staying silent about the situation.
You should tell a teacher or responsible adult if someone in your community is getting picked on because if you don’t then that person will continue to get bullied until the victim cracks and wants to fight, ends his or her life,or the bully takes it too far and gets the victim badly hurt. An example of this is when my cousin Tommy was getting bullied by one of his teammates on the swimming team and he stayed silent because he was so embarrassed about it. One day he came home talking about how much he hated his life, but when I heard this I knew exactly why because I saw him getting bullied by Zake but stayed silent because he asked me to. By this time I couldn’t take it anymore so I told my uncle. He spoke with Zake’s parents and resolved the problem so now Tommy can enjoy swim class again just like he did just a few months before. This shows that by telling an adult that someone you know is getting bullied they’ll take care of the problem and the peace will return to the community.
I understand that some people say that you shouldn’t do anything when you see someone getting bullied because it’s their business or you’ll just get yourself into trouble, but that is not always true. If so then tell a responsible adult and they can take care of it.
This essay shows how a bystander should act when witnessing someone getting bullied. My reasons were the victim almost always stays silent and telling an adult can change everything.