Benefits of Bullying

In my English class, we were told to write about bullying. Most of the class said stuff like "it is bad, here's how you handle it..." etc... I was actually told to do the same, but then I wrote another one for extra credit. This is a short essay on bullying, what specialists think, and what really is harming kids these days.

The Benefits of Bullying
If you were to walk into every Elementary school in the country, you would notice many similarities between them. First of all would be the obvious: teachers, students, and similar subjects of study. There would also be something new, something that is recently popping up in schools around the country in the past few years, ways to prevent bullying. The world has always had bullies, and will most likely always have bullies. But, should we really be pushing the idea of “No Put-Downs” on the children of today?
In order to prevent bullying, many parents and school officials believe that they must pay more attention to the students in order to stop the bully before he/she bullies the victim. Therefore, parents are paying even closer attention to their kids, which could have its benefits, but also has devastating consequences. Children are being taught to run to an adult whenever things go wrong, and are not developing skills to handle problems on their own. Helen Johnson, a Parent Relations Consultant, told Cosmogirl magazine in the November 2008 issue, “If you’ve been hovered over your whole life, it delays your maturation and it becomes difficult to forge out on your own.” Adults may believe that they are helping their children, but in fact they are doing the complete opposite.
It is true that teen suicide rates are up higher than they have ever been, and many people believe that this is from bullying. Bullying is the same as it ever was, or ever will be, so could it be that the teens are changing, and not the bullying? If we are being too protective of the kids today, could it affect this rate? Although the rates are rising, suicide is still only 1.3% of the overall causes of death of teens in the United States, according to familyfirstaid.org.
Children are being told today that bullies are actually the weak ones, and that they only pick on others to make themselves feel better. This is not true, students with low self esteem are the ones that sulk in the corners, and the smart ones know better than to make themselves a target. Bullies are actually doing society a favor, by helping to arrange a natural class of people separated by their self esteem.
Bullies are helping to make the world a better place, by weeding out the weak and helping the strong become stronger. Adults need to realize that by hovering over their children is not going to help the situation any more; in fact, it just makes the threats of a bully more frightening to the victims. When adults start realizing that they aren’t helping anything, then maybe they can sit down peacefully and realize the mess they have gotten themselves into.

I have no idea what to say.

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Some Strange Observations

Why is your little toe look so weird from the side? None of your other toes look weird from the side!

How the heck do special effects work? How do cartoons work out? This amazes me.

Was the univers all crammed into some space the size of a pinhead? I don't really know that that works, but that is what scientists say.

SO PROVE IT!!!!!


How do we know that there is such thing as "invisible matter"?

Was C.S. Lewis really on crack?

Is Stephanie Meyer on crack?

Is Edward Cullen on crack?

Are you on crack?

Am I on crack? O.o

What Happens When You Give a Bored Girl A Computer At Two Am.

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Guys Pay Close Attention!

Okay, here's a tip for all the dudes out there.

If you have a girlfriend, don't flirt with a girl in the hallway!

Don't offer to walk her to her next class!

Don't ask for her phone number, even if it is for "homework" purposes that you know perfectly well how to do!

Be nice, just don't under any circumstances, let your girlfriend see you flirting with the girl!

Because if she does see you, and she starts giving that girl death glares, then the girl will be scared to death!

Thanks for listening!

Spaz Attack!

BRISINGR IS COMING OUT IN SIXTEEN DAYS!!!!

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Okay, there are blue trees here.

Blue trees!

Do you understand my point? Since preschool they have been teaching us that tress are green, the sky is blue, you see my point?

I'm just going to have to assume that you do.

So what the heck is wrong with the blue spruce?

Its unnatural.

Dude, Take a Coughdrop or Something

Okay, if you like the band that sings the song "Lips of a Angel" by Hinder, then don't continue reading this post.

If you really don't care, or want to continue reading anyway, by all means, continue.

That guy totally needs to take a coughdrop or something! I mean, the whole raspy voice thing doesn't really sound that cool!

It sounds more like he has a sore throat or something.

Wal Mart Always Low Prices....Always

I was thinking the other day (shocker, I know), when I realized something.

Wal Mart and Always pads have the same slogans, well, sort of.

Wal Mart is all "Always low prices, always."

And Always is all "Have a happy period, always."

Could they be linked? Is this just a coincidence? Is it a conspiracy? Am I just out of my mind?

I have no idea, but now whenever I see a Wal Mart commerical, I whisper to myself, "Have a happy period, always."

Fangirl Squee, It Should Be Copyrighted Or Something...

Okay, you're at a movie, and a commercial for the upcoming action movie comes on. Now, of course the protanganist is going to be totally hot right? Even if its a male or a female character, whatever your preferance you will start drooling.

Now girls, if we see someone like, let's say Orlando Bloom.

You will start to squeal.

Guys, if you see Kiera Knightly, you will drool.

Just another fact to show that girls rule...

And guys drool.

The Day The World Stopped...To Read!

Okay, this is most likely old new to everyone, but Breaking Dawn came out!

Now I, like everyone else in the world who has the ability to read, or make it look like they can, ran to the bookstore to pick up their copy.

If you were lucky, you got there before they ran out. If now, too bad.

I was one of the lucky ones.

After reading the book, I slammed the book shut. I really did not like that ending.

At all.

Call me crazy, but I expected some sort of fight. They got you all pumped up for one twice in the book, and both times I was left disappointed. The rest of the book was good, and it still was a good ending, but I really wanted some kind of fight.

Imagine if you're watching the movie 300, and the Spartans are all "This is Spartaaaa!!!" and all that jazz. Then the army is all "Wait, we aren't going to fight you!"

Imagine how you'd feel.

Its like someone removed chocolate from the world. *Sob*

Stop Whining Already!

Okay, I was listening to the radio today, and this lady was going on in some sob story about how she can't afford to drive ten miles to work because gas is "so expensive."

Quit whining already people! Gas is actually a whole lot cheaper here than it is in Europe, not like I've been to Europe or anything but some people that I've met from England say that it is more expensive there.

Gas wouldn't be so expensive if people would stop freaking out about it. When Starbucks coffee went up nine cents you didn't see people complaining about how they wouldn't be able to afford coffee, but yet gas goes up five cents and suddenly people can't "afford to get to work."

Another reason why gas is "so expensive" is that we have a bunch of taxes crammed into it so that we don't have to pay them elsewhere, like when you are buying lettuce or something. Maybe they should tax brussel sprouts, that sounds like a good idea...

So stop your whining America! If gas is really cutting a hole into your wallet, then cut something out of your life. Let's say, don't drink so much Starbucks, make some coffee at home. Think about it, if coffee is about as much as gas and you cut back on coffee, then you get one more gallon of gas then you used to without hurting you financially.

Enough for my little "Republican speech" as my dad likes to call it (even though I try to tell him that I'm Independant, because we can vote for whatever party we want to and no one can say anything bad about it :P), and I'll let you decide for yourself.

New Twilight Trailer. Cue Squuuueee!!! ^.^

Ahhhh!!!! I think that I've watched this at least 300 times by now, just it is so perfect!

And James isn't too bad looking either. ;)

I think that fan girls everywhere are freaking out about right now, I mean, this trailer is just as good as gold in my opinion, and I'm not even a hardcore Twilight fan!

Thank You Fergie!

Every school more or less has the same type of people. Everywhere you go you will find the preppies, the jocks, the emos, the goths, the gothic emos, the nerds, the computer geeks, the deadbeats, the outsiders, and the kids that are just plain invisible.

No matter what group you belong to, everyone has at least one thing in common.

For one thing, everyone breats, eats (unless you're one of the preppies), and sleeps.

And everyone listens to music.

If it was not for music, most people would probably not be able to spell certain words.

So a big thanks to-

Gwen Stefani: Hollaback Girl (Banana)

Fergie: Glamorous (Glamorous), Fergalicious (Tasty, delicious)

The Squares of Specialness!

Okay, so I'm standing in line at the Kennedy Space Center waiting to get on this simulator thingie when I walk into this large "briefing room". On the floor are these big squares that look like they are bolting something down.

To make a long story short(er), everyone had the sudden urge to run and get onto a square. We had no idea why, but we thought that these squares were something special and that we needed to be standing on them.

Maybe they relieved debt, or summoned a genie, or gave you cookies, but do you know what they were for?

Absolutely nothing. XD

Artemis Fowl Website

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Brand new, and not crowded, so you won't feel like you are lost in the crowd!

Are Politicans Really That Evil?

So, everyone thinks that politicans are all evil and all that, but are they really? If you think about it, being a Mayor, or a Senator, or even the President, it is just a job.

And I'm pretty sure that everyone would practically do anything to get a promotion, even if you did have to stretch the truth a bit. And also, these "evil" politicians, yup, you voted for them!

Surprise!