Stand up!

So, this was supposed to send on the first day of anti-bullying week, but my school interwebs suck donkey.

Today marks the start of Anti-Bullying week, for which I am very excited.
Lately especially, I have encountered so much bullying it makes me sick. There is nothing that angers me more than somebody who feels the need to use their pathetic insecurities as a motive to torment someone else. If you find here that I have absolutely no tolerence for bullying, it's because I don't.
I am very dissappointed to find that my school is doing an awful job advertising this week. Dissappointed - but not surprised.
Numbers of posters I've seen = 2
Number of teachers I've seen wearing Anti-Bullying slogans or colours = 4
Number of students I've talked to who are even aware of what today is = 10
Le sigh.
The thing that sickens me the most is the fact that there are a lot of people out there who will use the fact that it's anti-bullying week as a reason to joke and bully that much harder.
All I can say is, don't bully in front of me. I won't tolerate it and I'll get you suspended. Not even kidding. I've done it before.

I must say, that I was rather intrigued by the activity over the announcements this morning - not that half the school could hear it, due to our archaic PA system. Regardless, the fact that they made at least that effort was surprising.
We were given a pink slip of paper with an outline of a person on it by our homeform teacher. We were then instructed to crumple this paper into a ball. We then were told to uncrumple it and try to make it as perfect as it was before.
Try it.
You can't right?
You can never fully take back the harm you inflict on a person. They will never be back to the way they were. The scars will be there forever.
If the words you say to a person have that much effect, shouldn't it be our duty as HUMAN BEINGS to make sure they are positive ones?

SO EVERYONE

Don't stand by and let people push others around. Everyone is created equal, so they should be treated as so. Your voice CAN make a difference - and it will, if you let it. Speak up, and speak out against bullying!