As a kid who grew up watching television shows that is portraying violence and abuse in many forms like WWE, DragonBallZ and doing extreme things like playing war games and sometimes imitating arcade games like Tekken where we are really punching each other and just like on how many video games work in order to become the champion we need to defeat each other in order to advance to the next level and when the tournament is done, one of us will become the champion and he will choose on what are we going to do on that day or on that week as long as he is the champion. But if one of us disobeys, he will be given the right to challenge and prove that he is more worthy of becoming the champion. That scenario is going to continue until someone is disagreeing.
We are all aware that
anytime we can hurt each other, but for us it was just like playing hopscotch or
any normal game because for us that’s how a real man should play. And because I
thought that using violence is just a part of a game, I find it interesting
whenever I see someone fighting or hurting each other and that also goes for bullying.
For me it was all normal. Now, I need to admit that I’m one out
of many people who believes that bullying is just a mischief and a normal part
of childhood WHICH IS WRONG!!!
I read an article written in
2007 about bullying entitled “A Time Line of the Evolution of School Bullying in Differing Social Contexts" published in Asia Pacific Education Review, by
Dr. Hyojin Koo of Woosuk University Korea from the site www.researchgate.net
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| Muban a high ranking official on Chosun Dynasty |
According to Hyojin Koo the first incidents
where the victims of bullying commit suicide occurred in Chosun-Dynasty Korea (1392-1910) where Myunsinrae is prohibited by King Jungjong (2nd king of Chosun Dynasty) and King Sookjung (19th King of Chosun Dynasty).
Myunsinrae is " an official event for the new officer by the senior officer, but, in fact it involved misconduct by the senior officer," says Hyojin Koo
Myunsinrae is similar to what we now called as "hazing" that is often used by most gang's and fraternities where the aspiring member needs to experience the same hardships and traditions that their seniors experienced and undergone for the sake of brotherhood. Myunsirae usually spans for one to two weeks, but Choon Hyun-Hwa's case is different he was exposed to a series of human indignation and maltreatment for over a year. And that causes him to take his own life.
" Although Myunsinrae had happened only between new and senior officers, when the nature of it is looked at, forms of bullying could be clearly discerned. First of all, for some new officers who did not do what they were asked to do, Myunsinrae took place persistently over a long time with the intention of harming the victim," says Hyojin Koo
How disturbing it is to know that what happened during the Chosun dynasty is still existing in present time. Imagine yourself or your loved one being
exposed into what they called as Myunsinrae wherein a certain person is being isolated to others, physically and psychologically harassed. I'm pretty sure that your heart will be filled with anger, and who knows because of rage you might do something unacceptable like killing those people who hurt your beloved one.
The term “Bully” dates
back to the 1530s that time bullying is just commonly as seen as
today. People are more familiar with the word aggression than bullying and what
may seem as violent behavior today can be seen as a kid being kids back then.
According to Hyojin Koo, “In earlier times,
according to description in old documents from 18th to 20th centuries,
bullying was generally described as physical harassment usually related to a
death, strong isolation, or extortion in school children.”
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| Older student bullying younger kids |
In addition, bullying was
thought of as innocent
“misadventure” among young schoolboys
this type of
bullying happened at the King’s Boarding School in Cambridge
in the U.K.
when a 12 year old boy was killed
From bullying
behaviors by his older classmates in 1885. The
schoolboys involved were not
Held accountable
for his death because the school
Viewed the
behavior as a normal misadventure and also people from the council announced that this behavior could be a normal part of a boy's school life.
It is sad that in old times, bullying is being seen as part of boy's school life.
Kids who are involved in doing this kind of misdemeanor were not being
punished. But still, we can’t blame them because during those times people are
not really aware of what bullying is all about and how it affects the life of
its victims.
"Bullying isn't a new problem, but people are becoming more aware of its negative impact on kids," says Deborah Carpenter
One Examples is "The Karate Kid" directed by Harald Zwart. This movie is all about a young boy from America who is forced to move to Beijing because of his mom's job transfer. And there he will meet a young girl named Meiying and eventually develops a crush on her and will be bullied by a young rebellious kung fu prodigy and then Dre will eventually learns karate in order to defeat his tormentors.
Movies like this usually have a happy conclusion. Where the main character will learn something and defeat the bully and the bully will simply run away weeping and is promising that will come back to get revenge, and also in some movies after defeating the bully, the bully will just admit that he/she was wrong and will promise that will change, then became friends with the main character or sometimes they became the best of friends and then everyone will have a big smile on their faces, then end of the story.
"Unfortunately, real life bullying situations rare end with this kind of Hollywood cinematic victory. The majority of children who are being bullied can't or just don't know how to fight back on their own. They need help, support, and, most importantly intervention. All children have the right feel safe from bullying, and not one of them should be forced to face it alone," says Deborah Carpenter
Upon
researching about this topic, I've found
another article entitled "History
of Bullying" by Deborah Carpenter with
Christopher J. Ferguson, Ph.D. from the site netplace.com
"Bullying isn't a new problem, but people are becoming more aware of its negative impact on kids," says Deborah Carpenter
Its
true that many people now have more knowledge about bullying. Thanks to all the
people who worked hard and devoted their whole life just to understand what
causes people to bully and what is the effect of bullying. But, how did they
educate us about the true nature of bullying in the first place?. Well, some of
them published books and created articles that became an eye opener to the
public and some people create novels and movies that encourage people who got bullied to learn how to fight back.
Movies like this usually have a happy conclusion. Where the main character will learn something and defeat the bully and the bully will simply run away weeping and is promising that will come back to get revenge, and also in some movies after defeating the bully, the bully will just admit that he/she was wrong and will promise that will change, then became friends with the main character or sometimes they became the best of friends and then everyone will have a big smile on their faces, then end of the story.
"Unfortunately, real life bullying situations rare end with this kind of Hollywood cinematic victory. The majority of children who are being bullied can't or just don't know how to fight back on their own. They need help, support, and, most importantly intervention. All children have the right feel safe from bullying, and not one of them should be forced to face it alone," says Deborah Carpenter
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| Dan Olweus |
Of passage, a normal, unavoidable part of growing up. Olweus
completed the first
scientific study of bully/victim problems among school children and youth. Olweus study was published as a book in Scandalivia in
1973, and was published again in the United States under the title “Aggression
in the School: Bullies and Whipping Boys”
The findings in Olweus’s study open the eyes of the public that bullying is becoming more prevalent in schools. In 1980s, Olweus conducted a systematic research that featured the positive effects of his “Bullying Prevention Program”. Even with his research. Bullying has become more prevalent and this capture the attention of other professional to conduct research about this phenomenon, most with good result and it expand the awareness and meaning of bullying.
Today, bullying is now
recognized for the serious problems it can present and many countries is now
conducting research on anti-bullying intervention and education program. But
with our growing technology, bullying has transformed into what we’re calling now
as cyber-bullying. It will make our fight against bullying difficult. But as
long as we educate people on the effects of bullying and by making a high
punishable laws that will hold bullies accountable for their actions. The case
of bullying will surely drop and hopefully someday will go.
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