Violations
One violation of basic human rights in all of the stories that came through in this article was in Article 2 of the Declaration of Human Rights it states that, “Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.”. Which …show more content…
Which upsets me because these bullies were cruel enough to convince two kids in the documentary to commit suicide and one girl to grab her mother’s gun to try and “scare them off” which isn’t the right thing to do. You’d think somewhere along the lines of asking an adult to help you out and try to resolve this but not in this case. Which is why the adults at the school are at fault, for not properly taking immediate actions towards the bullies and completely ignoring the problem in the first place. In one part of the movie the faculty kept mentioning to the parents that they’d “work it out” and that “it’s just kids being kids” but you think if you saw a grown adult hitting and verbally abusing a child they’d get arrested and charged with something. Shouldn’t the same be applied to kids? I think so. With no punishment to the bullies’ actions, they’re just going to do it again. But these bullies literally abused Alex in the documentary, he told no one because when he did tell the vice principle she just told the bullies not to do it anymore and let them go. When they’ve been bullying the same kid for months. …show more content…
I think one meaning is that everything can start with one insult. That insult can lead to abuse and can spread through different people. If someone didn’t say that word, the bullying would’ve been non-existent. But I also believe this quote has another meaning to it; If you told one person about being bullied and have other people help you out when you were being bullied that could make a huge difference. I remember being bullied in elementary school and these boys were verbally abusing me. I didn’t have the courage to tell my mom till they started to physically abuse me. She took action then went to my school and switched me to another