'Just kidding' and 'Ganging Up' from Odd Girl Out by Rachel Simmons

Well to begin with this article and the articles question " Think about a time you have either been part of an alliance that made someone feel bad or been harassed. The first time i had made someone feel bad or maybe even they felt harassed was in Chipman Middle School, i believe i was approaching the 6th grade. My so called friends were bulling another 6th grader on the large lunch yard. The boy was much smaller than they are and he didn't know how to defend him self. So i ran over to investigate if you must say what exactly was going on. When i had gotten to the other side of the yard i found out that a group of atleast 6 people were cornering the boy. I managed to squeeze my way threw the groups circle and into the middle. I found out that the group was questioning the boy. I believe that they had discovered that he was some type of snitch ( tattletale ), and had gotten them in-trouble. As much as i don't like snitches and people who are just dieing to get into your business. However, i couldn't bare let this kid get hit more than he should and not do nothing about it. So i tried to reason with my friends and i even went far enough as willing to fight for the kid. A couple of minutes latter the Vice-Principal of the school (Mrs. Zazo) heres us over shouting. She see's the boy (Ashish which i sooner get to know and become friends with) crying and sitting criss crossed on a green wall. The Principle assumed that the "whole" little group was bulling and harassing little young Ashish. I tried to explain my story, heck even Ashish tried to explain my story but she was just furious and continued to shot at us telling us if we ever do something like this again. She will have us all suspended.

How this made me feel was both sad and sorry for Ashish. However, quite upset about getting yelled at and even better getting called a lier. I understand it's not truly her fault but i just think she could atleast have believed me, even just a little. I believe people bully other people simply because of who they are, how they grew up and there background personality. Although there can be maybe over 100 reasons why your bully bullies you the way they do it. However the only way i can tell if someones down to be a bully is from the following observations. I believe most bullies have strict parents who even go as far as beating there child, this is the point were the child learns to get hit and takes the main. However, the bully see's he must do, show, and react the same as his parent which is by harming other people.