Bullying Interview

Kristin's Bullying Interview

I interviewed my friend Lisa, she is a college student studying psychology.

Question: Do you think that bullying is an important issue? Why or why not?

Answer: Bullying is an important problem that needs to be addressed in schools because so many children get bullied in schools and some are even committing suicide because of bullying.

Question: Do you think others in our community think bullying is an important issue? Why or why not?

Answer: I think a select few people in the community think this is an important problem. There are more topics and issues going on in the world. The news doesn’t talk about bullying as much as it is occurring. Also some people do not have children so they do not really care or pay attention that the issue.

Question: What are the advantages of the government’s policy on bullying?

Answer: The policy helps kids realize that this is a serious issue that is not going to be taken lightly.

Question: What are the disadvantages of the government’s policy on bullying?

Answer: Kids may not want to come forward about bullying because they now know that other kids will get into more serious trouble and other kids do not want to look like a rat and then risk being bullied even more.

Question: How might this policy be improved?

Answer: I think that the state should make guidelines and specific consequences regarding bullying because some schools can be too hard on children and others too easy. The consequences need to be on a more level scale in the state and on a national level.

Question: Were you ever bullied in school?

Answer: I don’t really remember but probably, nothing that has affected me significantly though. I think that all younger kids bully or have been bullied in some way or another. Younger children do not know better really and want the attention.

Question: What age group do you feel bullies the most?

Answer: I think it all depends. I think that girls start to bullying much earlier than boys. Guys bully more when they are between the ages of 10 and 15. They are insecure and want attention from girls or to be thought of as popular by their peers. I also think that popular kids bullied, but the smart kids bullied a lot too in my experience. If you were not as smart as others in your class, they would bully you and think you are dumb.

Question: Do you think bullying has gotten worse or getting over the years?

Answer: Worse because of the Internet. Also parents stick up for their children too much know. If children have problems they run straight to their parents now, before children would work their problems out themselves. Also now I think bullying has gotten much worse because so many people committing suicide because they have been bullied.

Doing this interview has taught me that bullying is a real problem that affects so many people and so many communities. Lisa grew up in a very different community than I did, and we both have witnessed bullying when we were growing up. Bullying is everywhere and needs to be stopped. I have also learned that bullying has gotten worse than when I was younger, and probably will continue to get worse if the government, schools, parents and children do not work together to prevent bullying.