Out of every five people, one has experienced school bullying—perhaps not as the victim or bully, but as a witness. Yet tragically, only one in a hundred people will find the courage to step forward and help those being targeted. School bullying is never just bewteen victims and bullies.It’s about everyone.
Like smoking in a forest, school bullying often starts invisibly.At first, it’s just a slightly offensive joke like a little flame in woods. Nobody takes it seriously until it becomes a horrible and uncontrollble fire,swallowing the whole forest.
What transforms a small flame into a devastating wildfire? We learned in school that three factors contribute to fire becoming a disaster: flammable materials, weather conditions, and an ignition source. Similarly, bullying follows this pattern of escalation. If someone had stepped in early—cutting off the flame before it spreads—the disaster could have been prevented. The truth is , most witnesses choose to turn a blind eye. In that moment , we all become the flammable material that feeds the fire, even though we believe we’re doing nothing.
Everyone should become an activator not outsider in the issue of school bullying.The choice is ours: we can be the fuel that feeds the fire through our silence, or we can be the force that extinguishes it through our action. When we all choose to be activators, we don’t just prevent bullying—we create a world where everyone can thrive.