Bullying is defined as a hostile activity marked by an imbalance of power, intent to harm, or a threat of aggression. When bullying goes from bad to worse, it may lead to a feeling of terror on the part of the individual being bullied. Most people have been a target of bullying at some point in their lives. They may have also been the person who was doing the bullying or, most certainly, seen someone being bullied. It’s hurtful and harmful and is not a normal part of growing up.
Bullying is not uncommon at high school but it is definitely overrated in some schools across Canada. Just because one school had a bad incident, it doesn't make every other school the same. At Princess Margaret Secondary, the amount of bullying is next to none. People at Maggie (Princess Margaret Secondary) do have their own cliques and only hangout with a certain amount and a certain group of friends outside of school, but during class and throughout the halls everyone is talking and laughing with each other having a great time. Even if there was a bullying incident, students at Maggie would make sure that it would come to a complete stop and wouldn’t let it happen again.
Our reporters interviewed a couple students at Maggie and weren’t too surprised with what they had to say. A bunch of them mentioned that “Maggie has very little bullying,” and even one student said that “the amount of calories, protein, and carbohydrates you get by drinking water is like the amount of bullying you get at our school. None.”
Is bullying really that bad how the media portrays it to be? Or should we let the students in high schools, just like Princess Margaret Secondary, across Canada decide that?
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