The next two stories I will be writing about deal with very serious types of bullying. I will write about one today and the other one hopefully by next week. This first one brought tears to my eyes just thinking about the humiliation this girl must have went through. Here it is.
“I was bullied at my sleep away camp when I was 8 years old. A girl in my cabin had a game called Gum-Of-Fortune. She had so much gum, and at camp, gum was a prized possession since it was the only thing we could eat in our cabins. She had tons. So, she told me to win a whole pack of gum I'd have to do the macarena with just my underwear on. And as an 8 year old, I stupidly did it. She and all of the girls in the cabin pushed me to the ground took my underwear off, pushed me out the door and I was completely naked for anyone outside to see. They wouldn't let me back in for about 5 minutes, but it was the most humiliating 5 minutes of my life. I've always had body image issues and so this was a horrifying experience for me.”
She also told me that along with this story she has many more because she had been severely bullied at this particular camp. If you or someone you know is or has gone through this, you need to tell someone. If you don't it most likely will never stop. BUT! Even if you do not tell anyone, most of the time we all know who the “mean girls” are and who the ones who are getting harassed are. We need to wake up people! Wake up and realize that this kind of bullying especially at such a young age needs to stop! There are ways to recognize when someone is getting picked on or tormented and people need to stop ignoring it because they do not want to get involved or because they do not want to deal with it. One word, one action is all it takes to stop these kind of people from harassing and humiliating innocent kids.
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