After watching the section of the movie bully it was obviously difficult to not feel depressed. The stories in the film were so dis-heartening. Young kids being ridiculed for how they look, or there sexual orientation. Then the story of the boy who went as far as killing himself.
Watching this film truly made me think about my high school career in upstate New York. I was a three sport athlete and honestly being in a setting like that bullying is not uncommon. In football the weaker players on the team would just get randomly tackled and blind sided for no reason and sometimes it seemed like they were really hurt or injured. In indoor track the slower kids would get taunted or messed with when they were passed or after they finished way behind. In baseball before practices and the coaches were there kids would whip other kids with pitching chords and sometime even chase them all the way into the woods. There is one thing I noticed about all the kids that were bullied and it was that they were different from us. They just weren't as fast or strong so they were harassed, and it was not their fault. These kids tried just as hard but were abused both mentally and physically. It really makes me wonder why we as people attack one another when we could be so great if we just worked together. Throughout our history war is one of the most reoccurring events and we continue to fight and let people die everyday in combat. I tried to remain a neutral guy and not chose sides but in all honesty it was mostly my friends involved in the bullying.I suppose it is just in human nature to compete and fight with one another. It seems inevitable that bullying or conflict will ever stop because as I said before humans in general seem to have a thing for violence.
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