Bullying should not be tolerated in schools

Usually in our last years of primary school we become so excited and enthusiastic about the fact that we are finally going to face high school life. We start considering ourselves as grown ups, ready to join our elder sisters or brothers and, become part of their community. Nevertheless we also keep in our minds the fact that someone older than us will use our vulnerability of being younger, obedient, innocent and defenceless to frighten or even hurt us.In my previous school, where I spent my first year of high school, I witnessed some of the things seniors can ask junior students to do. They could ask them to do incredible things like using a spoon to drink a bucket full of water, chasing flies or what parents could call mistreatment of their children. If asked, senior students wouldn’t admit that they bully since they consider bullying as a form of initiation to the school community.Here at Riviera High School however, I met a different story - games and other school activities unite senior students with junior students. Eventually, this is way more helpful than the acts of bullying that happen in other schools. Therefore, my advice to fellow students out there whether elders or juniors, is to flourish their schools with perspectives of unity and hard work. As an elder, it should be your responsibility to guide in a correct way the younger students as if they you are a big sister/brother. The writer is a Year 12 Cambridge student at Riviera High School