What is bullying?

What is bullying? Well, as defined by bullying.org it is "...a learned behaviour. It is when a person or group tries to hurt or control another person in a harmful way." The main idea of bullying is that there is absolutely no reason for it to exist, it stems from anger or hurt that a person can not properly deal with so in turn that unleash it on others. Bullying.org's definition goes on to say, "There are three aspects of this hurtful behaviour that almost all experts agree; in bullying there is a difference in power between those being hurt and those doing the hurting, bullying involves hurtful behaviours that are repeated and intentional." Everyone and I mean everyone has had their own experiences with bullying whether they had done it themselves, been on the receiving end, or have watched as a bystander. School is the perfect example for this and it doesn't even matter what grade you're in. Age doesn't effect it and neither does gender. Like I said, everyone has had their experience with bullying. A article, "Stranger Days Indeed" written by Eric Edmondson describes his own personal experience with the subject and how fora great deal of time he was in extreme states of depression after being a victim of bullying. He does state the only positive thing that happened was him having more time to read and study but other than that it was a pretty dark time. I believe bullying is a issue that is being overshadowed but I also believe it is no one's fault. It is a such a hard issue to gain control over because one can never be constantly watching out for it, especially in children, you just have to hope people will do the right thing. Victims also add to the difficulty because some don't even tell about their hardships. We need to get a better control on the issue, no matter what the cost.