On a more serious note, I have been conflicted with several events that have happened in the news as well as what we have been talking about in my education psychology class. I was saddened to hear of the events in Ohio at the high school where a bullied student shot towards a table of kids at the school. I cannot imagine how the victims (on both sides of the situation) as well as the spectators must feel. That has to be one of the most traumatic experiences to go through. So, as we can see the effects of being bullied are evident and it is not news that bullying hurts others and can lead them to do bad things to themselves and others.
However, I listen to KFYI 550 news daily and it bothered me that they, as well as other news, were turning this into a "it was his choice to shoot the gun" situation. Nobody made him to that. Which then I thought about it more and there is some truth to it.
So, I was conflicted with the idea of how far does the effects of bullying go and the choice of that individual come in? We all choose to do the things that we do. But we cannot argue that we are also influenced by the other things around us.
The bottom line is that there are so many factors to consider such as how long had the bullying gone on, the state of the student, inner struggles, outer struggles, and on and on that there is no answer to this. As I have learned through my classes, there is no single answer to any solution and there are always going to be several different factors to consider.
My prayers go out to all of those students and their families.
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