By Alexa Fe Perez Torres
Back around 2006 to 2013, she was just a young girl with a great big heart. She would always want to see the good in people, even after they’ve done negative things to her. She wasn’t always a happy little girl, but she would always try her best to spread positivity. Overtime, all of this changed though, she started to get withdrawn when she was constantly getting bullied by some of her family members. She was emotionally hurt. She was confused on why they would do this to her. She didn’t know when to stay away. She didn’t know from right to wrong.
According to www.dosomething.org, 1 in 10 students dropout of school because of repetitive bullying.
This bullying that was occurring affected their family gatherings. There would be times when her parents didn’t want to go to family parties because they already knew what the consequences were. Her cousins would throw food at her, they would make fun of her, they would laugh at her, they would physically hit her, they wouldn’t let her in their rooms. They did many more negative things to her. All of this continued for a couple of years, nonstop.
She had one cousin that was there for her at times when she could be. Her cousin never bullied her, she never had the audacity to do so like the others did.
Social worker Jennifer Pastron said, “It’s very common that children don’t tell their parents that they get bullied because they don’t want their parents to worry about them and they don’t want their parents to make things worse for them by going to their school and trying to solve the problem.”
According to www.dosomething.org, 1 in 10 students dropout of school because of repetitive bullying.
This bullying that was occurring affected their family gatherings. There would be times when her parents didn’t want to go to family parties because they already knew what the consequences were. Her cousins would throw food at her, they would make fun of her, they would laugh at her, they would physically hit her, they wouldn’t let her in their rooms. They did many more negative things to her. All of this continued for a couple of years, nonstop.
She had one cousin that was there for her at times when she could be. Her cousin never bullied her, she never had the audacity to do so like the others did.
Social worker Jennifer Pastron said, “It’s very common that children don’t tell their parents that they get bullied because they don’t want their parents to worry about them and they don’t want their parents to make things worse for them by going to their school and trying to solve the problem.”
Tears would always roll down her face everytime she would be in the same place as them. She would feel all of the wetness on her face. The tears would join with her lips and drip down to her mouth. She would taste the saltiness of her tears. It was hard for her to see clearly because of all the tears building up, it felt as if she had clouds in her eyes. She would feel the hard punches thrown straight at her heart.
This impacted her in a way that she absorbed all of this negativity and started to treat others the way she was getting treated by her cousins. She was a victim and also became an attacker for her whole third grade school year. She would get bullied by her cousins and at the same time she would bully some of her classmates.
Later on her cousins started changing the way they were towards her; they started being more kind to her.
In New Year’s Eve night they talked about their feelings towards each other and what they should fix/change. Just one month and a half has passed, and now they’re closer than ever. They have gained so much trust in each other.
Until this point in life the scars still remain, but she still pushes forward.
This impacted her in a way that she absorbed all of this negativity and started to treat others the way she was getting treated by her cousins. She was a victim and also became an attacker for her whole third grade school year. She would get bullied by her cousins and at the same time she would bully some of her classmates.
Later on her cousins started changing the way they were towards her; they started being more kind to her.
In New Year’s Eve night they talked about their feelings towards each other and what they should fix/change. Just one month and a half has passed, and now they’re closer than ever. They have gained so much trust in each other.
Until this point in life the scars still remain, but she still pushes forward.