When I do see bullying occur, there are three obvious options: to help the victim, to join in with the bullying or choose not to do anything and have the victim fend for themselves. Though I would sympathize the victim, I would choose not to interfere because sometimes to not get involved is the best method to protect yourself. The reason is, if I help the victim, I will most likely become the next target and I might not even have the capability to help the victim.I think this quote helps relate to the ASTI Constitution because everyone is given three choices whenever they happen to witness bullying. As Crystal explains, the three choices offered are to either help the victim, join the bullies, or to do neither and be a bystander. However, when these options are presented to an individual, he or she would often most likely choose the third choice because that entity would like to avoid becoming the next victim, being despised by others because he or she joined the bullies, or simply due to the fact that the individual does not want to become involved with the situation in the first place.
However, because individuals often decide to choose the third choice rather than trying to help the individual being bullied, this is breaking the sixth and ninth rule in the ASTI Constitution: 'speak up for yourself and others' and 'make a positive impact on the people and environment around you'. First of all, when a person ignores and walks away from the bullying happening in front of them, it is certainly not speaking up for yourself or others because to speak up is to stand up to the bullies. Second of all, there is no way bullying will make a positive impact because bullying is negative to both people and the environment no matter which way the situation is seen from. Therefore, bullying is breaking the ASTI Constitution.
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