1. Bullying: Bullying is an unwanted &
unethical aggression exhibited by children that involves a real or perceived
power imbalance. It is a dominating behaviour depicting power difference
between students of all ages. This behaviour is violent, uncalled for and there
is nothing good about it. It is a way of showing superiority and labelling
weaker ones as inferior. It takes place because of lack of moral education. Students
are not aware of the repercussions of the act of bullying. Nobody likes to be
bullied. It is quite harmful and can create an ever lasting impact on the mind
of students. Angered students bully meek, fellow students as they think that it
might be of greater importance to them and they can show case their superiority
by doing so. They consider it to be a real authority while others conceptualize
it as a perceived one i.e. thinking of oneself above all others. This act of behaviour is habitual and repeated
over time as bullying provides for instant gratification and a pseudo sense of
pride. Both the kids, who are bullied and who bully others, may have serious lasting
problems in life. Bullying has many forms i.e. name calling, threatening, usage
of mean words, pushing, teasing, cyber bullying, gossiping etc. Bullying can be
categorised in 3 types which are verbal, social and physical. Verbal bullying
includes saying or writing mean things, teasing, taunting, inappropriate
comments and threatening to cause harm. Relational bullying or referred to as
social bullying includes hurting someone’s reputation or relationships,
spreading rumours, excluding on purpose and embarrassing in public areas.
Hurting a person’s body or possessions, hitting, kicking, pinching, tripping,
breaking things and rude hand gestures come in the last category of physical
bullying.
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