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Bus Rides.
Okay, on thebus we have assighned seats, and I sit the seat behind Eric and were like bus-buddies. Well he sits next to the kid NO ONE likes what-so-ever. And Eric picks on hm daily.. and I dont like William but I dont pick on him and I don't join in.. well today he wasn't on and Eric was REALLY REALLy happy, so i seriously asked him if He hated William he said Yes. I asked him he had the power of letting him live or die what would he do.. and he said let him die and I almost cried!!!!
i dont know weither to take him seriously.. or not, but. Im going to ask him tomarrow and tell him im not kidding. and see what he says i know im taking this to far but STILL!
Umm anything would be good.
I wanna know what i shold say to Eric, should I tell William.. like errr can u tell me what u would do in this situation.
Anything is helpful =)
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Okay, i honestly dont think you should worry that bad. This guy probably just wants to impress you by acting like the ''loser'' on the bus is deffinantly not his friend, i know lots of guys like him. And believe it or not they actually say those kinds of things freely without even thinking about it. My guess, no he is not serious. But i wouldnt hurt to talk to him more, do not alert william, all it will do is hurt his feelings and you dont want that.
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I would just wait until he started picking on him then say "hey why are you picking on him? what has he ever done to you? he is just sitting there. and william i apologize for my friends ignorant behavior."...just dont be afraid to speak up...think of something that eric dont like about himself and use it against him...like if he peed his pants in the fourth grade or something like that...just stick up for him...put yourself in williams shoes...all any kid really needs is a friend...
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Kids can be so cruel.
I don't think that Eric would actually cause harm to William just because Eric's response was he would let him die.
I must say, I think you should make it clear to Eric you don't like his attitude toward William. If he doesn't like him, leave him alone! This does not mean you have to confront Eric. You could do something as simple as look out the window and CLEARLY not like the way Eric is treating William. You could even tell him something like "Come on Eric... this isn't funny anymore. If you can't stand him just ignore him". You may even want to suggest to William to ask the bus driver to switch seats with someone.
I have always been the type to feel sorry for the abused. No matter how irritating, nerdy, or whatever William is, he does not deserve to be constantly abused by Eric. If you... stick up for William in what ever way you feel comfortable doing, you are doing something wonderful to "help the oppressed" so to speak. Sounds like Eric is a bit pompous and needs to be put in his place that he cannot treat another human being in such a dreadful way.
Eric is likely acting this way because he has his own issues. He may feel somehow powerless in his home life and only feels he has control in his school/bus environment. Bullies usually have issues of their own and don't deserve to be treated badly just because they are acting like jerks. I can't begin to imagine what it may be, but if Eric is acting out, he probably has problems of his own. BUT... William doesn't deserve to be beat up (even verbally) because Eric has problems. We all have problems. We still need to be respectful to our fellow humans.
You kinda remind me of myself when I was in high school. I was the kind who minded my own business for the most part. I didn't fit into a clique but everyone seemed to like my company. When I saw someone being treated badly, it made me very sad and I usually tried to stand up for the person, unless I felt I was putting myself in a dangerous situation. I even once privately spoke with a teacher about another kid because I was afraid of the bully involved but desparately wanted to help the kid being bullied. I asked to remain anonymous but I couldn't keep quiet.
I guess that's why I am into therapy now as an adult!!
Good luck with this.
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