Bullying should not be tolerated! As I was growing up my brothers were always fun to have around. I especially loved how they would tell jokes and make me laugh. Looking back now I realize most of those jokes were told at someone elses expense. Most of them seemed harmless at the time, Name teasing, picking on someon because of how they look, making fun of someone for their hobbies, other little things such as these. Plenty of times I was at the center of their jokes. Growing up I was never skinny as the boys were. No matter how much I tried to I could never be as small as them. Now that I’m older I find myself having some self esteem problems. I think really l.ittle of myself and wouldn’t have even noticed it except a few friends and my mother pointed it out. This got me thinking about where all this disgust I had for myself had come from. Every time someone would crack a joke about how I had no butt, big boobs, or some excess weight I didn’t just let it pass as a joke, for me it was personal. I kept it all bottled up and critisized my appearance until I began to resent myself.
My brothers, to this day, love to pick on each other. They don’t realize that what they say now is going to stick with someone and shape the opinions they have about themselves. People die everyday as a result of bullying. People need to learn to stand up for those that don’t stand up for themselves, they could end up saving a life.
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