Our centerfold feature for the January issue focuses on bullying.
Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance, according to the government website stopbullying.gov. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time.
Why?
Why do they do this to me?
I don’t understand.
Why can’t they just let me be?
POLLS : Passaic High School Falls Far Below the National Average for Bullying
Students at PHS were asked: Have you ever been bullied? Graphs compared to a national poll.
I was once bullied because I was an atheist….
I have a friend who used to be bullied by a bunch of girls, because she was a little bit chubby. The girls who bullied her were skinny… The situation never changed because we never did anything to change it. We were both quiet about her hidden pain….
Every day I leave my loneliness out of the door, out of the car and I wander afar,
Sneaking into the corners with crisp cool air.
Then I see you coming to sit and stay, the look at me and say,
“Your shoes are so cheap, where did you get them, out of the trash?”….
The Scoop on Bullying at Passaic High School
The problem of bullying in high school has been discussed on the national level for some time now. However, it is a hidden issue. Many students do not report the incidents of bullying and schools do not publicize any occasions of bullying to keep students as comfortable as possible….
