Being alone can be normal but to be left alone is the worst.

Study shows that one in

every ten people feel left out from the groups made by their colleagues and
classmates. Every person is different and diverse with many personalities. Some
may find one`s bad qualities as a red flag to move away from them whereas others
might view the bad qualities as a ‘cool’ habit to make them friends. We should be,
indeed, meticulous while making friends, but that does not mean we judge anyone
on the grounds of their clothes, looks, colour, gender discrimination or ethnicity.
When a person is physically, mentally or verbally abusive to another peer, that
person is called a bully and the act is called bullying. It is a serious offensive crime
that is borne by one out of every four students in school. Teens are bullied for their
looks. Most students are overlooked for their ‘hideous’ clothes and skinny, fragile
appearance. They are teased by their fellow peers for their financial state and under-
nourished looks. Therefore, they lose their confidence, feel zoned out and by
comparing themselves to the ones around them, they start feeling conscious too.
Teens having physical disorders are targeted by bullies. Two such girls are also in
my school. One of them has an abnormally deformed ear and a shy personality. She
barely speaks, keeps to herself and has no friends. She has never had any talks with
me but I presume that she might compare herself to us and might feel inferior to us.
After class, one day, I invited her to sit with my friends and share our talks too. I had
never felt any more contented as a human being to see her smiling beside me. The
worst feeling about being bullied is that one feels intimidated by the bully, keeping
aside their own choices to make way for those filled with aggression. Another girl in
my school has a deformed nose and therefore has trouble speaking properly.
Although she is teased by everyone in our grade, she never forgets to hold her head
high. Still, the mimicry and insulting comments do reach her soft heart. I, at first
sight, did not like the way she talked to a person but during a school trip, I was
assigned to spend the night with her as my roommate. That was when I saw a funny,
joyful personality hidden in her. One day, she sang Vande Mataram in our school for
the assembly and a group of boys started to laugh at her. I angrily told my teacher of
their misbehaviour and she made them apologise to her on stage. I was grateful for
the loving support that the teacher gave my friend. Her happiness knew no bounds
and from that day onwards, she gained more confidence and made a few more
friends. Bullying is also done on purpose. It is most commonly done by many
aggressive students to destroy another's confidence and try to be more dominating
to influence other`s decisions. Bullying is initiated by the jealousy that one feels
towards a person who seems to be more capable/ talented than him/her. In the case
of bullying, the victim is not the only one who suffers. The bullies also go through a
lot of emotional strain and maybe even peer pressure. It might be family pressure,
social problems, anxiety and much more. They then exert this stress by bullying
other students in their grades. My 10-year-old sister, Ovi, was once bullied by her
classmate. The latter was exceptionally brilliant but she despised facing competition
from Ovi in academics. She would try to ruin her projects and would tell other girls
that she was not cool enough to be friends with. She made groups with the other
girls in the class and would also bad-mouth my sister who bravely controlled her
emotions and ranted the problem to me. Being a responsible sister, I strictly told the
girl not to emotionally hurt Ovi. The girl suddenly burst into tears and embraced me
tightly. I was shocked to hear the tragic news that her parents were planning to
divorce. She had somehow tried to vent her anxious feelings by tormenting Ovi. My
chest swelled with pride when I saw Ovi consoling the girl as she wept by her
shoulders. I was glad that she had put aside all those difficult times that the girl had
given her and had started a fresh friendship with her. I could not believe that the girls
playing in our living room were once enemies and would loathe each other. The
worst part about bullying is that it affects your mental health drastically. One begins
to feel more demotivated, distracted and irritated due to the immense stress that
he/she undergoes. It reflects the horrible impact on your grades too. It can also make
one more short-tempered and may cause them to have more mood swings.
I believe that every person has some bad and good qualities. This does not
define them or their personality. Each person deserves another chance to improve
themselves. Therefore I believe that bullying must not be followed by any student,
although they are going through stress, since it will harm both the bullies and the
victims. We live in a world where all humans are equal. All people are human and
therefore have the same rights and freedom as any other living being. As they say:
“Those who judge don`t understand but those who understand don`t judge.”

- THE SOCIAL ILLNESS OF EMOTIONS: AN UNFORTUNATE ACT -

Name: Aarya Kanvinde

School: Chatrabhuj Narsee Memorial School ( Vile Parle - West )
Category: Junior
Country: India
Date Of Birth : 04/01/2011
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