Within the ASTI Constitution, a set of guidelines that the student body to overwhelm the bullying on campus, we have made rules we have yet to follow.We have become accustom to the joy and pride of being able to put someone else down. This can be completely illustrated by a quote from Max Rohde's Blog:
The feeling of getting teased is pretty bad, though what I believe is worse, is making someone else feel bad. To actually say something that hurts someone else, even if playful, is cruel and demeaning. The way our society is modeled into making fun of our friends(playful or not) is irresponsible, and quite frankly, wrong.Whether an insult is just playful, or intentional, they will always hurt. Yet most have given up and just decided to play along. And when the time came to write up the ASTI constitution, the majority didn't want to give up the joking insults that were tossed around day after day. The student body wasn't dedicated to the constitution. With the guidelines just made to impress the staff, the students simply thought of it as a homework assignment rather than a set of rules.
Without the right attitude when constitution was made, it cannot be seen as an accurate view of the students, whether a view the students wanted the staff to percieve. So it only acts as a smokescreen where teachers beleive we are angels while behind the scenes, bullies can uninterruptedly insult others; to a point where the insults have no longer become stunning to hear and are mere thrown back at the bully, making everyone a bully. The constitution, with all intentions, was originally made to prevent what it has created, a society of tossing insults and accepted bullies.
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