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Stand Up For Themselves
I believe people have a right to stand up for themselves.

I can’t express enough how much bullying affects me in a way that makes me so mad. Everyone lets their guard down so easily that they are an easy target for bullies to strike at. I can't stand when they are too depressed to stand up to their bully that they just let it happen.

Others just let it happen to. They sit there and watch like its some new hit tv show. Others are too afraid because they might end up being picked on too. We live in a world where we say something that hurts someone and then complain when it happens to us.

I have been bullied in middle school all three years and it's been crazy. Now that I am in high school, I have just accepted that people will bully, but
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