Exemplification Essay: Bullying In The United States

“Hey Fatty!”, “What’s the difference between you and a pig. Wait a minute...nothing!”, “C’mon drink this peg, or get ready to experience your worst nightmare”,“If you say a single word about us to your parents, we will publicly shame you and them in ways you cannot even imagine”, “Those holes in your shirt show your worthless class”, “You lesbians are wastes of space”,“If I were a loser like you, I would kill myself” ---- “La intimidación” in Spanish, “Harcèlement” in French, “Budmaashi” in Hindi, “Ijime” in Japanese, and “Bullying” in English ---- these words may sound different but their meaning never change: using one’s superiority to physically, mentally, verbally, and nowadays even electronically, torturing and harassing another

Moreover, bullying is not limited to a specific nation, rather is experienced in every single country around the world. In fact, “In the 2016 UNICEF U-Report/SRSG-VAC opinion poll on the experience of bullying 100,000 young people in 18 countries reported being bullied because of their physical appearance, gender or sexual orientation and their ethnicity or national origin.” In U.S alone, “the most common forms of bullying are: verbal insults, name calling and nicknames; hitting, direct aggression and theft; and threats, spreading rumours and social exclusion or isolation.” Unfortunately, teenagers and children, even below the age of 10, are the majority victims of bullying, and the most common ground for bullying are shockingly the educational institutions like in a school’s bathroom, locker rooms, or any place where administration cannot witness it. Bullying has no limits: it may mean calling someone inappropriate words regarding gender or sexuality, taking impolite pictures or videos of the inferior, or physically abusing by throwing mud or pushing at the

Being around her would bring a smile on anyone’s face because she is bold, carefree and makes the craziest jokes. But, one day, her smile disappeared and the energy she would bring in a room, vanished. I knew something was wrong and after days of questioning her, she finally broke down in front of me and made me promise that I should tell no one. She told me that a group of girls were constantly bullying her by calling her ugly as she is black and has curly hair, and that she does not have the right to be funny because she looks ugly when she dances around to make others smile. This was making Sakho extremely depressed and she went from saying “I hate my curly hair” to “I hate God for making me black” to finally “I hate myself”. I realized that enough was enough because the thoughts of depression, lower self esteem and suicide is certainly not acceptable for a developing teenager. Therefore, I was going to tell her mother, but before that I told her that she is the most beautiful girl I have ever met because she is pretty from inside and that purity reflects on her