Why does bullying still happen?

Because it's not dealt with seriously. I was bullied in secondary for a good 3 years, by a group of boys. I hardly reported it to the teachers for the fear of being called a 'snitch' but when I did, the blame was often pointed towards my direction for 'retaliating' (The boys would call me names, be racist etc but then I would respond my saying something back). All they ever got was a light warning. Most of these incidents happened inside the classroom so i doubt that it's hard for the teachers to notice when a massive group of people are consistently picking on one individual. I felt let down tbh. I felt as if it was me that was the problem and not them. Still have many psychological scars because of this.

I honestly think the only way around this is for schools to ACTUALLY practise what they preach with an anti-bullying policy. This means that if there is sufficient evidence that an individual is bullying another, after having a prior warning, then they get expelled from the school instantly- no questions.

Because no one does anything about it! We go to the teachers about our problems and get called liars! So that's part of the reason tbh!

And because people are scared to speak up because if the bullies find out, then they'll probably end up beating up their victim.

And bullies are always really miserable people who have massive problems in their lives. But they aren't strong enough to fix them so they target others to make them feel happier as everyone else is made unhappy by them. People who are being bullied are some of the strongest people out there!

I've experienced it and it's really not fun at all! Was awful!

I mean, you can expand your own experience as much as you want but this entire post is just not true.

Any time you find yourself saying 'always', consider what you are saying.

Me too I have mental and physical scars from it


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We know mate, you never stop telling us about it. Not saying that trying to be a prick, but I really don't think you're doing yourself any favours by dwelling on the past so much. Have your tried therapy?

There are so many anti bullying campaigns out there and I feel like it doesn't do anything. Yeah it makes us aware of bullying but they don't do anything to solve and stop the problem. The only advice they tell you is to report it to an adult such a teacher or family member.

I got picked on a lot during secondary school and a lot of teachers don't pick up these things, even when they do all they will say is "stop, behave yourselves" and no punishment is given.
Secondary school was hell for me, I wish people would understand how serious this issue is. I never bothered telling the teachers that I got picked on because I knew they wouldn't do anything useful, the bullies would just carry on picking on you because they don't care.

Now explain why it's not true

Bullies are not always miserable, nor do they always have problems. Teachers don't call students liars for reporting bullying. People who are bullied aren't 'some of the strongest people out there'. They are, on average, normal at best.

Me too I have mental and physical scars from it


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