Bully Story

<img src="http://worldartsme.com/images/beginning-to-end-clipart-1.jpg" width=400px" height="400px"> [[Chapter 1]] [[Chapter 2]] [[Chapter 3]] [[Chapter 4]] [[Chapter 5]]

[[Introduction and Daily Life]] <img src="https://blog.energyfirst.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Physical-Activity-in-Your-Daily-Life.jpg" width=400px" height="400px">

[[School Life]] <img src="https://image.shutterstock.com/image-vector/school-life-flat-3d-isometry-450w-347884373.jpg" width=400px" height="400px">

<img src="https://www.helpguide.org/images/abuse/why_kids_bully.gif"width=600px" height="400px"> [[Reasons for Bullying Others]]

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My name is John Alan and this is the story how I went from being a victim of bullying to becoming my self and learning from those choices later on in life. During my childhood I had relatively normal life and had parents like everyone else but they were different from others. They did love me but they weren't around very often because both my mom and dad had to work two jobs just to keep our rent going. We were kind of poor and didn't live in our house like most of the kids at school did and it was kind of a struggle for the majority of my childhood. Also when they were around they didn't really pay attention to me that much because they were focusing on others parts of there jobs that they had to take home with them. It was a lonely childhood that I had at times and it was hard. There were many occassions where I wanted to spend time with my parents but they were rarely around so it made hard to connect with them. <img src="https://edfcdn-everydayfamily.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/10-warning-signs-of-financial-crisis.jpg?x43781" width=400px" height="400px"> <img src="https://previews.123rf.com/images/bernad/bernad1005/bernad100500002/7045344-too-busy-parents-who-don-t-have-time-to-play-with-their-son.jpg"width=400px" height="400px"> [[Chapter 2]]

My school life wasn't unfufiling as well and felt just as lonely as my time at home felt. I didn't have any friends and I kind of isolated myself from other students. I had hard time meeting new people and would always get nervous because I was introverted and didn't know how to interact with other based on how my home life consisted of very little communication with my parents. THe other students also seemed to not notice me or just didn't care about talking to me. I felt like and outcast at times and it seemed like there was no way out of it. I was always trying find ways to impress some of the students by developing similar interest like some of them had or trying to to be included in there groups when they were talking. Nothing I seemed to try worked and I felt more miserable with each failed attempt at trying. I was at my wits end unsure of what I should do next. <img src="https://researchdigest.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/9f574-thinkstockphotos-89692194.jpg" width=500px" height="400px"> [[Chapter 3]]

I was still with out any friends and couldn't figure out how to make them since I tried all the other ways I could to make them. Then one day I saw a group of kids picking on another student over something in common that they had against him and was unsure of how to respond to it and thought it was harmless fun. I walked over to that group who was bullying the student and started particpating in it and was calling him names and making fun of hobbies he liked. I assumed it was harmless and gave no thought to what the student was feeling and just continued to what I was doing. I did this for weeks and noticed the change in my life in which I felt better finally having friends and not feeling as isolated as I did before. I continued with the same pattern for weeks until it extended into months. I felt better about my life then I had felt in a long time and had soemthing to look forward to each day. I would later learn what the consequences of the actions I took would cost me and also the person who was being bullied. <img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/user-media.venngage.com/745332-1ef9b4c383786c969d13ff562ff78111.png" width=500px" height="400px"> [[Chapter 4]]

I would later learn the impact those decison would have and what they would lead to later on. It was a normal day at school and I wenn to hang out with my friends before class but when I got there I noticed the mood around the school. The other sutdents seemed sullen and weren't as active as they usually were during the morning. There were also some students standing in some of the corners and they appeared to be crying. I was unsettled slightly by that and wonder what had happend before I got there and I walked over to my friends and asked them what had happened but they were confused by it as well. The time came for class to start and I walked into the room and sat down while waiting for the teacher to start. Our teacher had walked in with a sad look that I noticed on the other students faces and wondered if I would get answer to why this was happening. The teacher then gave explanation on what happened and apparently earlier this morning another student in out school had tried to take his own life this morning but was unsuccessful and in critical condition at the hospital for an overdose. As I listened I looked around to see the student that me and my friends had been picking on for the past few months and noticed he wasn't in class. A feeling of guilt shot through my body and I realised that he was the student our teacher was talking about regarding the incident. I could see that my friends were having the same feelings that I was and I also saw some of the were had tears falling down there face. I felt a similar wetness go down my cheek and realised that I was crying as well. I couldn't keep the guilt inside anymore and went up to my teacher with tears streaming down my face and confessed to having harassed this kid for months and was ready to face the consequences. <img src="https://cdn1.medicalnewstoday.com/content/images/articles/283/283042/teenager-hugging-his-knees.jpg" width=500px" height="400px"> <img src="https://st3.depositphotos.com/4347477/13020/v/950/depositphotos_130203396-stock-illustration-businessman-dragging-a-weight-guilt.jpg" width=500px" height="400px"> [[Chapter 5]]

<img src="https://as1.ftcdn.net/jpg/01/33/43/70/500_F_133437084_WN2TOWLdt4roTG7FOtPzfwSE788cJv9f.jpg"width=600px" height="400px"> [[Conclusion and Lessons Learned]]

<img src="https://as1.ftcdn.net/jpg/01/33/43/70/500_F_133437084_WN2TOWLdt4roTG7FOtPzfwSE788cJv9f.jpg" width=600px" height="400px"> After that the car accident that student had and I confessed to what I had done I was suspended from school for two weeks along with my friends and my parents were notified by what had happened. I still remember how angry and disappointed they were but it wasn't just at me but at themselves as well. They were sorry for not being around as much and feel that was the reason for my behavior and after I appologized as well for what I had done and that it was my fault. I look back on those day now as adult and realise that what being bullied can do to a person and I shouldn't have done what I did. It made me wiser and able to treat people better then I did back then. I was able to interact and make friends better and I also had a better relationship with my parents because of this incident and was able to grow into the person I am now when looking back on this time in my life and I hopt to learn more as time goes on.