Shocked Case Of Vincent Rompies' Child, Bullying Is Carried Out By People Who Feel Helpless

Students took part in the hand-cap action during the anti-bullying declaration at Lazuardi Junior High School Kamila Global Compassianote School (SCS) Solo, Central Java, Tuesday (2/1/2024). (Between/Maulana Surya)

JAKARTA The case of bullying in the school environment has again become a hot topic of conversation for the community. This time also dragged the name of the artist's son Vincent Rompies, Farrell Legolas Rompies.

The names Vincent and Legolas have been trending topics on social media X since Monday (19/2/2024). The reason is because Legolas is suspected of being involved in a bullying case that occurred at Binus School International High School, South Tangerang.

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This news of bullying quickly spread on social media. The victim of bullying who is a student of Binus School South Tangerang even had to be rushed to the hospital. According to the results of the examination, the victim was suspected of experiencing bullying from more than one perpetrator. Head of PPA South Tangerang Police, Ipda Galih, said that from the victim's body, it was found that there were a number of bruises and burns.

Bullying that occurs in the school environment seems to be a daily food that tarnishes the world of Indonesian education. Bullying is said to be one of the three major sins of education in addition to sexual violence and intolerance which is so far difficult to erase.

The Federation of Indonesian Teachers' Unions (FSGI) even noted that throughout 2023 there were 30 cases of bullying in education units. This number is quite significant compared to the previous year, when FSGI recorded 21 cases of bullying.

Of the total cases that occurred in 2023, 80 percent of them occurred in educational units under the authority of the Ministry of Education and Culture and 20 percent in education units under the Ministry of Religion.

According to the Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (KemenPPA) bullying are all forms of oppression or violence committed intentionally by one person or a group of people who are stronger or more powerful towards others, with the aim of hurting and being carried out continuously.

Meanwhile, according to Olweus, bullying is a complex behavior and can be caused by various interconnected factors.

According to several circles, superior feelings between perpetrators and victims of bullying can be one of the motivations behind bullying behavior in the school environment. However, forensic and clinical psychologist Kasandra Putranto said otherwise. He said there were many other factors that also played an important role, one of which was to hide the weakness of the bully.

"This condition can arise from their helplessness or insecurity which they compensate by demeaning others," Kasandra told VOI.

"In addition, it could be their effort to feel better by showing the weaknesses of others," added Kasandra.

Furthermore, Kasandra said, bullying behavior or pleasure in bullying other people can also be triggered by what is happening at home. The more frequent children watch or experience aggressive behavior at home or in their environment, the greater the chance they imitate this behavior.

This can make them less sensitive to the emotional impact of their behavior, including the bad effects of bullying. Children may feel the need to bully in order to be accepted by their group or not to become their own targets, Kasandra explained.

Although bullying in the school environment is not new, the bullying case that occurred at Binus School remains surprising. It's nothing, Binus School is among the elite schools that can only be penetrated by the upper middle class.

There is hope from parents that by bringing children into schools that are considered elite schools, supervision of students is better than other schools.

Kasandra said, in fact, there are not many schools or Islamic boarding schools in Indonesia that have anti-perundation management that are organized as a complete and independent system, apart from the diknas curriculum which contains bullying themes and anti-bullying values to be taught and practiced to students during lesson hours outside the hours of lessons from the nationalized curriculum.

"Even if there are people who are intact and independent, they may be able to be counted with their fingers," explained Kasandra.

Previously, the Chairman of the FSGI Expert Council, Retno Listyarti, Msi, said that to prevent bullying, it could not be fully left to schools. It takes a synergy collaboration between the house or the family of the school. Because after all, the house is the center of education, the first place and most importantly to shape children's behavior.

Retno explained that children who receive fun treatment at home will also be fun at school. On the other hand, children who often get violence at home will vent their anger on their friends at school.

'Children who commit violence usually get violence at home. Bullying or bullying is very dependent on the past of the child. School is the second home, while the child's first home is family, namely at home. What happens at school is a form of home," said Retno Listyarti to VOI.