BYSTANDER BEHAVIOR

PEOPLE ARE BYSTANDARDS EVERYDAY WHETHER THEY REALIZE IT OR NOT. I BELIEVE SOME OF THE BYSTANDARDS THAT HAVE REALLY MOVED ME ARE THOSE THAT REFUSE TO TAKE ACTION WHEN SOMEONE IS HURT OR IN DANGER (I.E. A FIGHT BREAKING OUT BETWEEN TO GANG MEMBERS WHERE THERE'S BEEN A STABBING). COLLEGE STUDENTS INPARTICULAR ARE BYSTANDARDS TO UNDERAGE DRINKING, ILLEGAL DRUG USE, ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT AND MANY MORE. I BELIEVE STUDENTS ARE AFRAID TO STAND UP IN THESE SITUATIONS MAINLY DUE TO THEIR BELEIVED LOSS OF FITTING IN. ONE THING I'VE BEEN A BYSTANDARD TO WAS WHEN I WAS SNOWBOARDING ONE YEAR, ON THE LIFT GOING UP, AND NOTICED A YOUNG CHILD SKIING GO OFF THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN. THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO FROM WHERE I WAS AT BUT WHEN WE GO OFF WE TOLD THE GENTLEMAN AT THE LIFT WHO WAS ALREADY NOTIFIED AND SAW THAT THE CHILD WAS ALREADY BEING HELPED ON OUR WAY DOWN. AGAIN, WE ARE BYSTANDARDS EVERYDAY TO THINGS THE QUESTION IS WILL WE BE THE ONE TO STAND UP AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE?