Organizational Behavior: A Personal Account of Bullying in School

This essay recounts a personal experience of bullying in school and analyzes it through the concepts of organizational behavior. The author describes being targeted by a group of athletes who subjected them to a traumatic prank, highlighting the bullies' covert nature, narcissism, superiority complex, sadism, and lack of empathy. The essay further explores the emotional aftermath of the incident, including feelings of fear, anger, and helplessness. Finally, the author reflects on how they would handle a similar situation today, emphasizing the importance of self-defense training, awareness of anti-bullying laws, assertive communication, and reporting incidents to the appropriate authorities. The author concludes with a commitment to remaining attentive, physically fit, and mentally courageous in order to better deal with bullies and prevent similar incidents from happening to others. Desklib provides access to similar essays and study resources for students.

Organizational Behavior
Bullying

Over a period of time, I have learnt to stand up to bullies and even give them the taste of their own
medicine. However, I explicitly remember this incident that occurred in my school. I have never been
very good at sports and little did I know that this would turn out to be a nightmare in college. All the
athletes of the college formed a group. They were the biggest bullies I had ever known.
One day I fell victim to their prank. A bunch of bullies groped me and took me to a dark room and locked
me there. I was stuck in the room. We were not even allowed phones back then and hence I could not
call anyone. It was three hours and fifty minutes later that a peon heard me cry and came to my rescue.
PART A: The bullies were covert as they did not want to leave any evidence. They were narcissists and
could not care about anyone beyond themselves. They were enveloped by a superiority complex and
felt that they were more powerful than me. They were sadists and drew pleasure out of my suffering.
Lastly, they lacked empathy towards my problems and emotions.
Part B: After reaching home and on the way I cried a lot and that particular incident continued to haunt
me for a long time. I was afraid as I did not know what happened in a span of such a short time. I felt
scared for a long time with the fear that something similar might happen again. I tried to change my
routes in school. I also felt very angry and I really wished I could retaliate or make them pay in some way
of the other. I also felt weak and helpless as I was not sure what I must do next.
Part C: I began kickboxing training long ago and today I am sure that in such a circumstance, I would be
able to protect myself. At least I would not surrender so easily. Secondly, I am better aware of the anti-
bullying laws governing the country and the workplace. Hence I would take legal action against such
attempts. I would scream loudly at the bullies with an attempt the intimidate them. I often feel that I
would say the following things to them.
‘Back off’. ‘Do not dare to come close to me’. ‘Stay away from me’. ‘You will have to pay for this’. ‘I will
teach you a solid lesson that you will never try this stunt again’.
I would scream at the top of my lungs to make sure that my anger is released. I would also take
appropriate action and report the bullies to the concerned authority. I would also keep track to some
extent that they do not attempt anything similar with other people. Today I am surely in a better
position to deal with bullies and I will continue to remain attentive, physically fit and mentally
courageous.