Odd Girl Out Comments

 This was something interesting that i found on Phuong's Blog:

My options in the situation in which I see someone getting bullied is that I can walk away, help the bullies, or help the bullied. To walk away would mean that I pretend not to see anything. This sounds cruel but I won’t be involved with it. I can help the bullies but that is an option no one would even want to choose. To help the bullied, I might also be bullied later on. This will cause me trouble because I might be another victim.

 I think that this is a very valid point. When most people see bullying, then don't try to stop it. They are too scared of being the next victim. They are so scared in fact, that they don't try to do anything to stop it, they just let it happen, or walk right by pretending that it did not happen. They will try not to get into trouble with the bullies because they are scared of being harassed. They are in fact, losing their rights. They are losing the right to study and learn in a safe environment where they do not have to be afraid of someone hurting or harassing them due to a belief that they have or because of an idea that they have.

This relates to the ASTI constitution mostly on the sixth rule or sixth line in the constitution. It tells you to speak up for yourself and for other people, but when you just see bullying and let it happen, that is not speaking up for others. To stop someone from being bullied by others is to stand up for that person, and it is standing up for yourself, because you are standing up for your own rights of not getting harassed by other people during school. You were protecting your rights to learn in an environment where you don't have to fear being harassed by other people.