Student showcase: Avoid fighting

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Recently fighting has been being encouraged all throughout social media’s culture. With videos being posted online showing usually anywhere ranging from adolescents to adults fighting physically and verbally. Sometimes people don’t understand the fighting is not the way to go about solving their problems about everything. Though it may be hard to control your anger you should always remember to treat others how you want to be treated. There are much easier ways to avoid fighting

Probably the best method and easiest method is just talking things through with the person or group of people. If they’re understanding they’ll know that you mean no harm and you would like for everything to stay peaceful. Speak with confidence and stay calm to try to get your point across to them that you’re not comfortable with fighting. Take deep breaths to try to keep your cool and think before you speak. You could even try telling a few jokes to make the situation less tense and more laid back. Switching the subject of the conversation is also a good way of talking things through as you’re taking attention away from fighting. If you’re being verbally insulted ignore the hateful comments. Retaliating is usually where fights break out and how the situation escalates. Avoid retaliating as nothing good will most likely come from it.

Probably one of the most basic ways you can avoid fighting is following the golden rule, treat others how you want to be treated. Being disrespectful and rude towards others could possibly lead to a fight breaking out. If you treat others with respect they will treat you with respect as well and a fight can easily be avoided. Also remember to treat others with kindness and courtesy.

Another step you can take to avoid escalating conflict is just walking away. Though this may be hard to do for some, you should try to be mature and just walk away from the fight. While you walk away you should take deep breaths. Stay calm and think to yourself is fighting is really worth it, remember that violence is not always the answer. Ignore any hate speech thrown your way and avoid retaliating. When you walk away you also give the other person or party space to think about whether fighting about it is worth it or not. Try to create distance between you and the person to avoid any physical contact. Maybe when you are both relaxed try to talk things through and make peace with them.

Finally if you yourself are not in the fight itself, insert yourself into it and break it up. Step between people if it appears a fight is going to happen. Try to calm the person down and tell them that fighting is not going to solve anything. Don’t just stand by and be a bystander try to break it up before anything happens. You can also tell someone of higher power like a teacher or the police if you’re not comfortable with directly telling the person straightforward.

These are few of the many ways you can avoid fighting and create peace. Remember violence is not always the answer and almost never is. If you see a fight potentially about to breakout step in and take action. Don’t record a fight or encourage the behavior. If you find yourself in a sticky situation try using any of the methods above.