New school year resolutions: a challenge

After reading some of the heartbreaking stories of bullying, not just on this forum, but also on some other websites as well as in Jodee's books (which I could not put down except when I had to because my tears were blurring my vision), I have decided to issue a challenge to any bullies who happen to be on this site.

Since a new school year is approaching, or maybe already started for a few students, in a way it is sort of like New Years' Eve, minus the noisemakers, parties, and the big ball over Times Square in New York.  It should not, however, also be minus the resolutions.

If you have bullied others in the past and are currently bullying others, you need to change your ways and discontinue your bullying.  Make a new school year's resolution to stop bullying others, and apologize to every person you bullied in the past.  That is my challenge to you.  By now you had to have been told by your parents, teachers, classmates, principal, and other people that bullying is wrong, hurtful, and emotionally, psychlogically, and physically harmful.  If you have continued to bully others in spite of these warnings, you are without excuse.  You know bullying is an awful thing to do to someone, yet you continue to do so anyway, and you also express your approval when others bully your targets.  Therefore, you are in the most need of a change to your character and personality.  Remember, you will be held accountable for your actions if you do not change.

If nobody has ever told you how bad bullying is, then let this be your warning, and decide to never bully anyone again.  By making this decision, you can make school a much more positive experience for everyone around you.