Fighting #3

[erane35]

Evan Ruane
9/14/08
Period 10
English 2

There will be bullying in every school. There will be fights in every school. It's how the school deals with it that is the most important thing. If a kid strikes another kid, it does matter if he was provoked to strike the other kid. Words can be more harmful to one than physical contact. They can easily cause a fight. Yes the physical abuse pays a big toll on your body, however those will heal in time. Its the verbal abuse that leaves them emotionally torn and with a worse self esteem. If a certain kid goes to school everyday knowing he is going to be bullied, the school needs to step in and do something. Fighting is not the answer, although a large number of teens tend to think that. It only makes things much worse for both. It has been said that the aftermath of a storm is worse than the storm its self. The fight is the "storm" in this case. After it, you have to deal with getting in trouble and being punished, which nobody likes to do. There are so many downfalls to fighting, that if you think about it, there is no point to fighting at all.
People should be able to intervene when another pear is being bullied and being hurt emotionally. If people don't jump in and help others, that's how kids like Peter become how they are. There should never be a person that thinks so humble about them selves, that suicide comes to there mind. By supporting a friend or pear thats being bullied it lets them know that there is someone that cares about them. It will help them get through the hard time. And it will nolonger act upon them in the future.

[johnnywright]

I agree with your point. Bullying shouldn't be tolerated by teachers or students in school.

[patmig48]

Evan, I completely agree with you when you say "physical abuse pays a big toll on your body, however those will heal in time. Its the verbal abuse that leaves them emotionally torn". Although students do do physical harm to one another, it is totally different from mental and emotional damage. Like Peter, children who suffer from this abuse may obtain a mental disorder and can't recover. In a fight any child may recover from bruising and if bad enough broken limbs. I also agree that even though a fight doesn't have permanent effects, its still the wrong solution and should never be a resort.

[gabrielleboyer]

I completely agree with you when you said that verbal abuse can lead to physical abuse. It is a lot harder for schools to notice when someone is being teased or picked on verbally, so when people get into fights, the school doesn't always notice that they were being provoked for so long, which should be a factor in deciding punishment for the people in the fight, whether it be one of them who gets in trouble or both.