Let us understand the cause of
bullying, a heinous act. Why do students get compelled to indulge in such acts
and why is it that the victims of bullying are unheard and ignored. Why do the
guilty walk away freely and the foul cries still lurk in schools or colleges. Let’s
discuss some of the main causes of bullying.
First and foremost is the urge to
display power amongst peers and maintain that gap of seniority. Secondly, we
often see that because of a student having materialistic worldly possessions,
the other not having it, gives rise to jealousy factor. This jealousy might
develop into frustration, another cause for bullying. Sometimes students come
to school totally frustrated because of the negative environment at home. Maybe
they don’t want to go school and are being forced, or they were scolded/had a
quarrel with parents over some issues, or they had a fight with their close
friend or fear of facing the teacher or
the need to escape punishment for not doing their work, or the student is
negative about himself and others around. All these kinds of situations provoke
anger and stress which is all then directed towards shy/meek students to
release emotions. The fourth cause can be of seeking attention from other
students who are a witness to the act of bullying. Everybody loves their
popularity whether it may be for a good reason or a bad one. Students claim for
instant fame which can prolong for a long time. Personality plays an important
role. The moral values and respect for others emotions seems blurred as a
result of negative and unsupportive parenting. This in turn speaks high volume
for students having lack of empathy, another causal factor. They are not
concerned with the fact that they might disturb others feelings which might
leave a scar in the victims mind. Crowd cheering and appreciation from fellow
and alike friends gives rise to bullying, it promotes the insanity act. This
‘getting to be known’ or becoming eye candy in front of others is called rewards,
the last cause. The doer considers this bullying as an opportunity to be famous
for all the wrong reasons. But what do they get out of this? ‘’Nothing’’. I see
bullying to be just a way to hide emotions, display negative characteristics,
to escape from reality, to present their upbringing to the world.
to be contd......
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