Unfortunately, every day, if we do a search on the internet, we are faced with various articles that talk about bullying. This phenomenon is rampant in schools and now some children use violence against their peers almost every day. Victims of bullying are chosen for a variety of reasons: too studious, too fat, too nerdy. Sometimes it is enough to open your eyes to realize that even in your school, such episodes are less rare than you think.
The bully just wants to bully others to show their power, which results in humiliating another guy. Bullying is very different, sometimes physical violence, sometimes psychological stress, but the result is always the same: the victim feels alone and isolated, and she believes she has no friends or escape routes.
Indeed, it is not uncommon for some to be bullied, angry, depressed, or worse, commit suicide. Bullies are often nothing more than marginalized children who, instead of trying to have normal relationships, try to assert their identity through violence against the weakest. Violence related to bullying is the most varied; obviously in addition to the physical one, verbal violence also has great weight perhaps through an offensive joke and so on.
However, in recent years, through the use of social media, cyberbullying has evolved dramatically. Given how the phenomenon is spreading more and more among young people, it seems unlikely that cyberbullying will be completely stopped. However, it is necessary to educate from an early age to the responsible use of the web and social media, and to ensure that the new generations do not become so dependent on technology and the web that they can no longer distinguish virtual from reality.
Giuseppe Saldamarco, III C
