School Spirit #3

School Spirit

As you walk into Senior High, you may think of a very peaceful atmosphere. However there is a
 lot of bullying hidden within our walls. Bullying is not apparent to everyone.

What is bullying and why do we do it? Bullying is one or more people picking on someone they
 see as weak or a easy target. In turn, this may cause students to drop out if they are bullied on a 
daily basis.

I may not know why some people bully, but I need to know that it needs to stop. All bullying
 does is just put victims down or even lead them to horrible things such as  committing suicide.
 Most of the time, the bully doesn't know what the victim has previously been through. Bullying
 is only going to cause them to worsen their state of mind.

For a very long time schools have been trying to stop bullying. Senior High started an online program 
to help victims. What this program does is allow victims of bullying to anonymously report bullying. 
Even bystanders can use this program.

Instead of bullying, we should be nice and make people feel welcomed. The more we wrap our 
hands around this concept, the better our school environment be. We should be more focused on 
our school work and not on who we want to pick on next. The more we focus on the serious aspects 
of our life, the better off we will be in the long run. We were raised to follow our dreams so why 
are the bullies ruining their dreams to do something bad. Yeah! The bully may say that bullying is 
their dream but think deeper and I know that they’ll find your true dreams hidden deep down. 
They may be after a bad reputation so they can feel rebellious, but being rebellious doesn't have 
to mean being harmful to peers. There is no point in wasting our time and energy to try to bring
 others down.

Do people ever think about what they  are doing or who they are hurting? I bet that many of them 
will answer “I don't care what I do. It is not like I’m hurting me.” I hear this excuse way too many
 times so stop making the excuses and change your perspective of others. People don't have to go 
as far as like buying food for their friends but they can  use their anger for good. Maybe help 
someone who is injured go up the stairs or help someone pick up their book.

Let's make our school a safe and welcoming place. We can start doing this by NOT picking on 
others just to make us feel great. You can feel great by doing other things like earning an A on 
one of your tests or by bringing up your grades. So let's start focusing on making the best of our
 high school career. You shouldn't have to worry if you'll get detention because you hurt someone. 
This being said, let’s go out and make Senior High the school that’s the Best of the West!