Take a minute, close your eyes and imagine this scenario in your head. You are a sixth grader sitting at your desk, in math class. Your stomach is growling, because you know the bell is about to ring for 5th period, and your mom packed your favorite lunch. The bell rings and you jump out of your seat to rush to the cafeteria, but wait…hold on a minute. You then realize, in the hallway is a group of students who have been making fun of you all year. Teasing you because of the shoes you wear-that are not name brand, bumping into you on purpose so that you drop all of your books in the middle of the hallway, and calling you a lame and a teachers pet because you always turn in your assignments on time and the teacher constantly gives you compliments
What do you do about it? Do you tell your teacher? No, because what if they find out you told, and then they really beat you up afterschool? Do you tell your parents? No, because then your parents will definitely tell your teacher and possibly the other students parents. Do you stand up to them? No, because you wouldn’t know what to say and that could make it even worse. You think to yourself, none of my friends would get involved, because then they would get problems from these kids too. You’re a victim of bullying and you’re
As adults, teachers, and parents, it is important to respond quickly and consistently to any bullying behavior. This way, we send a clear and firm message that bullying is unacceptable. - “Research shows this can stop bullying behavior over time,” states www.stopbullying.gov. Adults should first intervene quickly and separate the children involved. Making sure every child is safe is very important in order to meet any medical or mental health needs if necessary. As an adult, staying calm is important as well in order to calm down the children involved and not contribute to any hostile mood or environment. In addition, get police help or medical attention if there is a weapon involved, serious threats made, serious violence or racism/homophobia, serious bodily harm, sexual abuse or assault, or any illegal accusations are being
Becoming the person I am today wasn't easy especially because I was never like this, I was usually that kid who sat by themselves would not socialize and avoid everyone. Because from elementary school all the way till 8th grade I was bullied by people who just wanted to bother me for the heck of it. I can’t explain that inner feeling from inside when you hear people say horrible stuff to you. To me this famous quote “stick and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me”, was a lie and it did hurt. One spring evening after a difficult day of school in elementary school, I was chased home by a group of kids that have been pushing me around, name calling, taking my stuff and humiliated me from the past months. I never grew the strength to stand up to those people because I was afraid of them hitting me afraid if they will spread rumors. Thank god when I graduated 5th grade I thought finally i will leave and never see those idiots ever in my life sadly when I entered middle school some of those kids entered the same school I was in and it kept on the harassment the name call...
Whoever may been a victim of bullying or are the bullies was once a kid and they believed in something with all their heart, maybe it was that they didn’t like how smart you are, your clothes, or how you talk. It’s how they feel towards you to make them not like you. And they use to have friends, friends they can hang out with, talk to and just be these themselves with, but when they started being bullied for being different they’re friends not hanging out with, talking to them and don’t want to be friends with them because they’re afraid to get bullied just like just like that person. And it’s hard for people like that to survival if they’re just getting picked on by students or adults. You think “it’s just a phase, they’ll come out of it” or “they just need to talk to people to get them to notice them”, but it’s not that it’s they don’t feel like they fit in with everyone because everyone is very different form them and when they try to talk to people they
Though taking immediate action is thought to be the only way to help, other methods can be used to make a difference. For example, I could report the issue of bullying to a person in an authoritative role, such as a counselor, professor, or administrator. These individuals have been trained to handle situations such as this, and most likely have more information about the students involved. Choosing this method would ensure that the conflict is resolved professionally. Another method would be to focus on the person being attacked. The effect that kindness can have on hurting people is remarkable. Befriending the individual would enhance my ability to stand up for him or her in the
The National Educational Association defines bullying as “systematically and chronically inflicting physical hurt and/or psychological distress on another” by physical, verbal or social means. It happens repeatedly and there is a clear imbalance of power between the bully and the victim, meaning the victim may be smaller, younger, or unable to cope socially. http://www.nea.org/home/53359.htm Learn how to protect yourself from bullies by confiding in someone, speaking out, and
Every day Tod wakes up for school and starts his day from there. When he goes to school everybody knows that he is a bully and a troublemaker. All the time he only gets problems all of the time. He does not bully because he has to, he bullies because he wants to. Tods situation is not uncommon around the world. In fact over 3.2 million students are victims of bullying each year. Approximately 160,000 teens skip school every day because of bullying. 17% of American students report being bullied 2 to 3 times a month or more within a school semester. This issue is a hotly debated subject. Some argue that bullies should be punished while others argue that they should be given therapy or help. Despite what some may say, bullies should be helped
Becoming someone’s personal punching bag and constantly being called inappropriate names is not something that is ideal, especially in high school. Bullying is a very well known issue around the world, but not everyone is willing to put the effort into solving the problem. There are many different ways of bullying, in several grade levels, workplaces, online, and much more but today’s main focus is in high school. Although, not all things you do, can stop it. To end bullying, everyone needs to come together as a community, to get their word out and make the bullies realize what they are doing. Although there are hundreds of methods to address bullying in high schools, the best solution includes a community effort that incorporates knowing when someone is being bullied, creating an identity safe climate where all people are respected, and encouraging people to be an upstander.
The word “school” brings nothing except goosebumps to many students nationwide. Bullying has been around since schools themselves. However, in the recent decades, the term “bullying has gone far overhand. After all of these years of tears, cuts, and suicides, there still has been no solution. The only option we have now is, to have bullies convicted with criminal charges.
In school you probably remember the “odd-balls” being picked on by the “cool kids”. Maybe they were being called offensive names or were being laughed at because of something they liked, if they looked or acted a certain way. Or possibly it was because of their religion. The truth of the matter is, people will use just about any reason to bully and use different methods when bullying. Questions that rise is what kind of bullying is there? How does it affect the person being targeted? How can we take a stand to stop bullying and ultimately, how can we help those who are being bullied? This essay will consider and answer these questions.
You should tell an adult because if you tell an adult/teacher then they will be able to stop it instead of not telling them and it just getting worse and worse because eventually the student could do something bad, or someone could do something to them. You should also tell an adult because if you were in Martha’s place then you would want someone to tell you or to tell an adult because you would want to know if you were being bullied
This teasing, a form of bullying which includes spreading rumors or gossip, ridicule verbal abuse, public shunning or private humiliation and embarrassment, peer victimization, in which students are repeatedly harassed, ridiculed, teased, scorned, and excluded, is one of today’s most overlooked educational problems (Brendtro, 2001). Students consistently rank verbal behavior as the primary mode of teasing, and it has been found that long-term verbal harassment is as damaging psychologically as infrequent physical harassment. Students express a great deal of confusion about teasing and how to deal with it, and some argue that social and communication skills are central to dealing with teasing and harassment in any successful anti-bullying efforts (Hoover & Oliver, 1996; Hoover & Olson, 2000; Stein,
Regardless a teacher, a parent, or a coach can be bullies in which the child may learn the behavior from them (Why Do Kids Bully). When another student sees someone who is more susceptible he or she feels the need to be powerful over his or her victims (Why Do Kids Bully). At this point one needs to recognize the warning signs of someone who bullies another peer. One way to notice if a child is bullying someone else is if he or she has more money or new belongings than before, are highly aggressive, worry about the popularity reputation, blame problems of theirs on others, or end up going to the principal’s office for getting into trouble (stopbullying.gov). Not every example listed here means a student bullies their peers but, one would definitely need to look at it as if a student was bullying another peer so a responsible adult will take action if necessary.
I have been bullied all my life, I just took it from kids, clearly I did not have a backbone. For each school I attended, I was always the easy target. I let kids tease me, talk behind my back, and call me names. It seemed like it didn’t matter if I told my parents or someone at school, nothing changed. I never really felt that I could tell someone and have things be different. Due to all the teasing, I would often become distracted and lose focus on my assignments. It got worse each year to the point where half the time I would just be in my own little world to get away from the teasing.
Bullying is something that is not something new and is actually something that society continues to face. Over the years, bullying has been looked at as being so ordinary in schools that it is continuously overlooked as an emanate threat to students and has been lowered to a belief that bullying is a part of the developmental stage that most young children will experience then overcome (Allebeck, 2005, p. 129). Not everyone gets over the extreme hurt that can come as an effect from bullying, for both the bully and the victim. Because of this, we now see bullying affecting places such as the workplace, social events and even the home. The issue of bullying is not only experienced in schools, but the school environment is one of the best places
As the years of elementary went on, I had soon found myself surrounded with many other classmates and being able to interact through such means as the annual spelling bee, end of the school year field-day, or even a casual game of handball. Here, I soon stumbled upon someone who would become my best friend, Brian, in the fields during lunch, and we would end up talking endlessly about our similar interests in basketball, Pokemon, and video games. However, relations were not always the most splendidly with my fellow classmates, for I was constantly bullied on many occasions prior. In many instances during outdoor class-activities, these people would often make me cry by calling me by many names; one name in particular that stood out because I was chubby and fat, “chubbycheeks”. My brother learned of these occurrences, sat me down, and told me to simply ignore them and continue to be the playful person I am, only then will they overtime accept me and slowly become my peers. It would not be long before I had befriended most of my classmates, making several best friends along the way. Nevertheless, this made me realized that without my brother’s early influence that I would have never become the jovial and enthusiastic person I envision myself to be today. Had it not been for his initial motives in introducing me to his friends that one lunch afternoon, I would
The Youth Voice Research Project conducted a survey and 13,000 students in grades 5-12 took this survey during the 2009 academic year. The survey showed that 73% pretended it did not bother them while 67% told a friend or friends. Majority of students stated that telling the bully to stop themselves actually made the situation