The picture shows the school problem - a burning problem of young people today in a learning environment that is healthy and free of violence.

So what is school bullying?
School bullying is a negative behavior, using physical or mental force to threaten or hurt others by one or more students towards individuals who have difficulty in defending themselves. Students who are bullied are often small and weak, unable to resist. Either it's the student with a different appearance or the family, living situation, and experiences that are different from other students.

Forms of school bullying?
Physical bullying
Is the act of causing physical pain: hitting, throwing objects at people, forcing them to stay on duty, not allowing them to go to the toilet, forcing them to kneel, forcing them to take them home, etc. Acts of appropriating property, school supplies, etc. forcing you to buy breakfast, blowing tires, etc. also belong to physical bullying.

Mental bullying
Including the acts of forcing to do exercises, forcing to copy assignments. Create a humiliating story about the subject of the bully for fun. Spreading rumors, embarrassing in front of the crowd, mocking about appearance. Or isolated behaviors, not allowed to play with, not to participate in activities. Harassment does not allow studying. And acts of contempt and disdain make the subject of bullying low self-esteem.

Consequences of being bullied at school?
School bullying can cause serious harm to physical and mental health. Injury to the body of the student being bullied. Causing heavy psychological effects such as low self-esteem, depression, psychological trauma, depression leading to suicide. What students have suffered in the past also easily turns them into perpetrators of bullying. The fact that students are bullied at school is not only affecting at that time. And the consequences will last until later if the bullying behavior is too serious.

What to do when being bullied at school?
Find help
When being bullied, don't keep quiet. Seek help from those who can protect you. It could be friends, teachers, or family. If you stand and fight alone, the bully will think you are weak and push on. Seeking help from others is an individual's right to self-defense and protection. Don't feel ashamed or self-deprecating without seeking help when being bullied at school. This is a type of situational skill that every student needs to learn and apply.

Play with a group of friends
In the book "Never Eat Alone," the authors talk about the importance of a team to success. As for our students, not to mention success in a hurry, just talk about studying well, living well. Then we should not work alone, alone. When you have teammates, you will have more strength and support. Thus, bad classmates will not dare to bully you anymore. Or when you are bullied at school, there are people who are ready to stand up for you.

At least when you go to school, you have to play with some friends. Don't isolate yourself from the people around you. Surely in your class, or in school you will have friends that are for you. So, don't hesitate to play with your friends to increase your strength and prevent school bullying.

Stay away from bad friends
There is an old saying "choose a friend to play", "near the ink, it is black, near the lamp, it is bright". If you feel that the people around you have bad intentions, get away from them early. You should find a way to limit the number of meetings, not to participate in related events. If you're afraid you don't have friends to play with. Then you can rest assured, there will still be really good friends with you somewhere. Then you will find them. Don't be bullied in school for the sake of having friends to play with.

Managing angry emotions
The more angry you are, the more amused the bully will be and continue the bullying behavior. So instead of having extreme reactions when being bullied. You need to stay calm and find the most skillful way to handle the situation. Of course, when being in a passive situation, very few people can stay calm. So, if the school bullying behavior is repeated to you. You need to be mentally prepared to deal with the next time. Be wise and find a way to end it. You can apply the above measures to deal with this problem.

Be confident and have a positive view of yourself
When someone calls you ugly, you are fat, you are thin, of course you will have a feeling of inferiority about yourself. But that creates an opportunity for bad friends to continue to mock you. Learn to ignore those sayings. At the same time, be confident and have a positive view of yourself. It's not your fault whether you're ugly or beautiful. Whether you're skinny or fat, sometimes you can't control it on your own. Your family is poor because you are unlucky, not because you are inferior. In psychology there is a concept of "gaslight" - mental manipulation. And don't let yourself become a victim of manipulation.

As for physical bullying, do what you think is right. And you will still be right when you seek help from others. Don't ever think it's right to be bullied. Or you can never get out of it. Believe that everything can change