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insights: Interviewee feels strongly about how empowering youths is not enough to help them, it isn’t what the youths need to stand up effectively to bullies

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Again, as I said, I don’t think that the victims not standing up to the bullies is because they don’t know how to do it, it’s just that they don’t dare to do it. So even if we empower them to know exactly what to do, what step, every single process, every single detail, if they know how to do it, they still wont do it. Because the root cause is that they are afraid, so I feel that empowering youths with the knowledge isn’t enough. Its not what we need, so I feel they can do nothing.

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insights: Interviewee can relate to the situation when youths are being bullied because he knows how it feels like

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I’m sure that they know what to do, its just that they are being pressured and not telling the teacher and that they know but don’t dare to tell. That’s what I feel is happening here.

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insights: Personally thinks that schools cannot do much to help the situation when students are being bullied because there is only “so much” that the school can do

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Honestly I feel that the school cant do much. Because bullying just comes from personal reasons like for example bullies bully because they want to make an impression, show other people that they are big and strong or if they have large egos or family problems maybe? So there is nothing much the victim can do on their part, and theres nothing much that the school can change to help the victims. So for the bullies just make them fear the consequences I guess.

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Feels that schools need to go down harder on bullies, and that bullies are not given the punishment they deserve.

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Hmm honestly like I said, I have not really see anyone getting bullied, but I did hear from my friends about people being bullied. But then from what I heard, the teachers tried to step in, but even if they step in, the bullies will just say, I wont do it again, and sometime later, another bully will pop up. So really I feel that for my school, I would change the ways that bullies are being handled. The punishment for example, I would suggest that the school make an example out of the bullies, depending on the extent of the bullying. So if could go as far as to expelling the bully, or public caning I guess, to show others that the consequences are going to be severe.

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I mean it hasn’t really affected me that much, because I know that this is a birth disease and its not my fault, and if others treat me differently then, well that’s on them isn’t it? Just shows what kind of character they have. So, really hasn’t affected me that much. And other people in my family, like my parents, have suggested that I go for surgery, but I feel that this is what makes me unique, so I’m not going.

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Interviewee gave a very mature answer as he knows that it is something out of his control. He also decided to not undergo the surgery, a very admirable answer.

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insight: Interviewee is a logical person as he used facts and statistics to assess the severity of bullying in Singapore

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But somehow we are the third…We hold the record for the third highest bullying cases? It doesn’t really match, so bullying must be really frequent in here if you get what I mean. So I’m taken aback by this knowledge.

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insight: Interviewee has specific goals for the future, and he is a filial son

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Well first off I want to get a successful well-paying job that I like, so I can like, how do I say this, care for my parents as how they cared for me. Then secondly, I wont want to die alone, so preferable I’ll find a wife and start a family. Yep that’s about it.

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insight: Likes to better himself and to be better than his old self. Not really thinking too much about name calling and mentally strong

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Honesty, number one. Because I was a big liar when I was young, I lied to my parents a lot, and I want to change that. Then number two, leadership, because I was heavily inspired by my CCA leader before, and I kind of want to live up to his standards. So, honesty and leadership

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insight: Interviewee is a very simple person, treats basic values very importantly.

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Important to me in life… I feel that what is important to me in life is just happiness you know, if your unhappy in life you basically feel unaccomplished and stuff like that.

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insight: Very self-aware about his priorities about what needs to be done and what shouldn’t be done.

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I like playing games such as Minecraft and Valorant, but recently I have stopped due to the MST’s coming up.

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insight: tells me that he does not know what to do if he is bullied

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insight: the person who was bullied should have stood up for himself

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I also don’t think that we are educated enough on how to defend ourselves when we are bullied

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he should have at least spoken for himself and not be an easy target to be picked on and should have asked someone for help or guidance but he was scared or worried that the bully might pick on him more because nothing was being done

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Insight: teachers might not have taken the situation lightly

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think its obvious and I think everyone knew that this situation is happening. But nothing drastic was done and the teachers were only asking the bully to stop it but it did not have any effect so the situation did not really die down

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Insight: Tells me that bullying is like a domino it has a chain reaction and the only way to stop it, is to break the cycle and stop the chain effect from happening and the best way to do it, is to have people encouraging each other to stand up to bullying.

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As they do not want what happened to them to happen to other people. They don’t want that chain reaction to continue. So, if you start that positive mindset with them, then it will continue and spread to other people also.

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victims who are successful in defending themselves against bullies will start inspiring other victims and they will share their experiences on how to tackle bullies.

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Insight: By empowering the victims with the knowledge of how to deal with bullies, will help them to gain more insights and better understand the situation which will help them to better response given the situation and that could potentially stop bullying which if successful, will reduce the amount of bullying cases

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giving them the knowledge on how to see the situation, victims will be able to better see and understand the situation and have the ability to better defend themselves against the bullies

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As victims sometimes don’t know why they are being bullied and they can’t analyse the issue.

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Insight: By empowering youths with the knowledge of how to deal with bullying will change the mental health of the youths and help them to better response to the situation

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I feel that it will definitely change the mental health and well being of the youth. To a more positive way

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Cause you kind of like explain it in a way to better tackle the issue.

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Youths who are being bullied will know there’s hope for them, like not false hope ah.

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Insight: From this I can infer that the victim felt empty and that he needed someone to fill up his insecurities so that he could be more confident to go on with his dailies.

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felt more safe with the teachers knowledge of the bullying taking place.

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At least at that point I have someone who actually know what’s going on.

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Insight: Tells me that the bullies could potentially be annoyed or jealous of the face that the victim was close to the teacher. which resulted in the bullying

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I’m a teacher’s pet and then like all the more reason to bully me.

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Insight: Tells me that victims who are emotional would appreciate having people there for them and that a buddy system could help resolve the need of the victims. Victims who are being picked on could also be due to them being alone. Which in this case of having a buddy, would make the bully think twice before bullying them. With that, the rate of bullying could potentially decrease. On top of that, Victim's mental health would also improve. With the connection that the victim and buddy have, the buddy could help the victim read situations and empower the victim with the knowledge to better deal with similar situations.

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People who are more emotionally vulnerable right should have a support of friends

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Like people who support those who are vulnerable ah

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Insight: Shows me that there are still victims who does not know of what they should do when they meet a bully and that causes a bigger issue which is them potentially being bullied.

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There are a handful who knows what to do ah.

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Insight: Tells me that counselling is a good thing but does not necessary help or solve the issue for the victim

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I feel that even counselling wasn’t helping.

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I won’t ask anyone like even my parents, if I’m close to them I won’t let them know. Like I wont turn to them for help

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Insight: Bullying traumatized others and caused others to have a change in their personality and to never be the same anymore.

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like I don’t know my self-worth not the confidence to stand up anymore. It just feel like they like ruined your original personality

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before bullying I will be like a very hyper person and everything like you know always positive

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As for personality, yes it definitely changes

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Insight: From this it indicate to me that the victim is probably traumatized and is wary of people around him. With that, the victim will start labeling others to a certain extend due to his past experience.

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You tend to have this radar that you kind of tells you how to avoid

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It really thought me about self-worth

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Insight: Having the right mindset and confidence changes how others sees you and could potentially stop the bully from targeting you.

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Yea definitely will change ah by then the mindset of people will be different already what. Not so childish.

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because I would have shown that I’m confident but then again, I wasn’t ah.

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Insight: Kind hearted and empathetic

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you kind of like resonate with their feelings.

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Insight: The more vulnerable you are the higher the possibility of you being bullied. If you be firm and do not allow others to bully you, the likelihood of you being bullied is lower.

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the lesser you take things to heart the lesser people will notice that it is easy for them to bully you. More Vulnerable to bullying.

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Insight: Strong will, and a tinker. Does not give in to bullying easily.

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So, you tend to like one, stop thinking about what people say about you and two, if you take it to heart, you need to understand why people would do that also and what can you change from yourself. So, I continue to always change the negative parts and then make it better and also ignore other people.

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Insight: Bullying because of appearance and attitude is very common it this society. From this I could tell that he does not have a lot of self esteem and self worth.

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really just appearance and attitude

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Insight: Implies that he is not very good with decision making and that he often regrets the decisions he make

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but sometimes it will leak out because of the choices I make.

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Insight: interviewee does not have anyone to confide to. Does not want to worry parents.

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insight: tells me he has a temper

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I got no one to tell it too also(about him being bullied)
for what(,) I tell my parents later they worried

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“wouldn’t have to undergo long periods of torment which can cause you stress. So mental health is better”

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Insight: Tells me that he does not like to bother others. Prefer to keep things to himself. Could be an introvert.

He is also a thoughtful person as he does not want to disturb others and make his problem their problem.

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I didn’t share with anyone. I kept it to myself. Not even to my closest friends, as I don’t feel the need to bother anyone with those kinds of emotional information

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Insights : by empowering youths with the knowledge of how to respond to bullies, their mental health would benefit greatly.

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“it will benefit the mental health of the youths”

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Insights : youths now a days know how to respond to bullies but it differs for different situations.

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“we know how to identify a bully, but it is not all the time we know how to respond.”

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insight: interviewee thinks that not enough has been done against bullying

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Insight: Tells me that he has been dealing with bullying so much that he probably already expected to be bullied and accepted the fact that he will be bullied to some extent.

He is an easy target to be bullied.

Problem might lie with him

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I’ve been bullied from every educational institute that I went through. So primary school, secondary school, ITE

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Insights : school's approach to bullying can be unconventional.

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“if you give him a very harsh punishment, he might continue on that pathway forever. Whereas if you guide him properly, he might repent and change his actions.”

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insight: he is understanding and sometimes the bully might not mean whatever they did

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I think some may bully to assert dominance and some may do it to vent their frustration from home or even because of traumatic upbringing. But no matter what bullying is not right as it causes harm to another party

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Insight: shows me that he does not believe that other than victims themselves, know what it is like to be bullied.

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people who say don’t bully and stuff really know the effects on that person after being bullied.

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Insight : interviewee is very gracious and big hearted as he is willing to think from the bully's perspective even though he was very affected by the experience.

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“school’s approach should be more friendly to the bully”

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Insight: Bullying effects both the mind and body despite the form of bullying

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Insight: The effect of bullying last a long time or forever.

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I think bullying in general is a very serious issue uh, but it tends to get overlooked a lot.

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Bullying is obviously a negative thing and that it can cause long lasting effects on a person like both emotionally and physically and mentally

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So one day in school they were quarreling and teacher asked them to break it up then this particular bully called the other person a b****** and I don’t know why but I got really pissed off and I asked him infront of the whole class to s***( keep quiet) and told him he was the only b******

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Insights : people don't usually stand up for victims because they're afraid that they themselves might get bullied.

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Insights: Due to him being bullied before it has affected his mentality negatively

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“after I stand up then the bully get angrier how? Later I also get rolled into the situation.”

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Honestly, If I am any other Singaporean who have never been bullied before then sure I will be taken aback but because I have been bullied before I don’t feel taken aback.

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insight: bully might do it for fun at first and could have thought it was funny but does not know how it was affecting the victim