Do you remember when you were younger? When you were outside with friends, and the one girl/guy came up to you and said something like ”you dress funny” or “eww, you’re gross”? I do, and it sits with me all the time, but more importantly when you told your parents said about it afterwards? Things like ”she’s just teasing you” and “you two were just horsing around”? Its actually bullying and now that it has been given a larger platform to talk on, thanks to younger and new parents and their concern for their children. There are many different types of bullying, such as hazing, cyber bullying, verbal, social, and physical bullying. Each has their own method to keep the imbalance of power between peers. Also, bullying isn’t just children, anyone …show more content…
There were about 9000 reports of bullying last year reported by Indiana public schools. Of these reports, 44% was verbal bullying, 21% was physical bullying, and a much lesser percentage was social and cyber bullying (Weddle, 9000 School Bullying Cases). Even the people in school we all thought were cool and absolved from bullying are subjected to it. Seven members of Sayreville three time group II state champions were charged with sexually abusing other, younger players, as apart of their hazing ritual. As it seems at this time that the adults let this continue on, as there was no supervision of what the players do in the locker room. Because of their actions the season was cancelled and the future of the entire football program is in jeopardy (Porter. D, Fredrick. J, New Jersey Hazing Arrests Put Focus on Policies). Another place where bullying is common, but you would not think it, is in the workplace. One in three adults experience bullying, and three fourths is from the boss down, based on results from a 2010 study on workplace bullying by Zogby International for the Workplace Bullying institute (WBI) (Petrcca, 2010. Bullying by the boss is common but hard to fix). Shows like Undercover Boss shows us what happens behind the scenes of companies, but past that workplace bullying goes under the radar, based off the fear of losing ones job, the …show more content…
When I hear someone ask “is bullying a crime?” I say yes because it is a form of abuse, and for all of the publicity that the NFL has gotten since September because of its domestic abuse scandal(s), bullying should be given attention as well because negligence has led to issues here as well. Another problem here is the possibility of invasion of privacy, I want to make it a misdemeanor for first and second time offenders because I want the people who are bullied to feel safe enough to come to law enforcement with this problem and let them handle it, and for the bully to learn from their mistakes in counseling. That should not hold true for a third time offender, because they should be seen as someone who did not learn form their past endeavors and a harsher punishment should be given. I believe this to effectively give the abused more confidence to come forward, and abusers to learn from their mistakes with out the invasion of privacy and not giving law enforcement the power to pass judgment. Our right to freedom of speech is written in the Bill of Rights, along with the founding of this country, which is why I would want any overseers to go to the abused and ask them if everything is okay, then give the police a profile so that if the abuser is seen doing the same thing again or even to the same person
Before we can effectively identify and understand trends in bullying, we must first understand what bullying is. The most common definition of bullying is intentionally and habitually causing physical or emotional harm or pain to others. There is one major flaw with this definition. Pain is subjective, therefore the pain, or its magnitude cannot directly be seen, nor can it be felt by anyone other than the person experiencing it. Therefore, simply defining bullying as "causing pain" leaves to individual interpretation what does or does not constitute bullying. Perhaps a better definition would be any act, physical, verbal, or otherwise that a person perceives to be a threat to his or her physical, emotional or psychological well-being. This definition does not go without flaw either. It is admittedly a rather broad definition and could likely result in the term "bullying" being used rather loosely, however, in order to accurately define what does and does not constitute bullying, we must judge eac...
America has struggled with bullying for many decades. Bullying is a broad topic. Bullying can be defined many different ways as well as expressed in different ways and places. Bullying has different effects on everyone. Bullying is not only physical, but also affects the victim emotionally and socially. Cyber bullying and verbal bullying are different ways someone harms another person. Sexual harassment is a major form of bullying as well. “Bullying Laws” defines cyberbullying as online emails, text messages, or posts on social media and other websites (“Bullying Laws”). Examples of verbal bullying would be name-calling, threatening, and teasing. Bullying can be between peers, or between different ages. People are not aware of the laws that are in place. “As of October, 2010, 45 states had bullying laws” (“Bullying Laws”). Due to the fact, bullying is so common between many age groups and done in many ways, it is important to recognize the problem and make policies and laws to reduce bullying between all ages.
Bullying happens all around us and sometimes we do not even realize it is occurring.
Bullying is an on going problem that I feel isn't going to be fixed by some bill passed by the state. I don't know a lot about this bill that was passed but from what I've heard I don't think it's a fix this "problem." I feel that the word "bullying" is a term that is over used, not use correctly and miss perceived by many people. Now I have been bullied, bullying to me is making comments to bring someone down such as, "your going to eat all of that?" to mean remarks calling someone a slut, whore, bitch, etc. everyone's view of bullying changes in every grade and from person to person. Some people are more sensitive to comments as I explained, but some really don't care what people say to them or about them. I have been a victim to bullying, normally attacks on my self-esteem, looks, the way I talk, what I wore, what I drove, my grades, what I did in my personal life, pretty much whatever they could get their hands on to make me feel like crap is what I experienced. For cyber bullying I've experienced it mainly when I made a post and a group of people gang up on you and verbally att...
Phoebe Prince is a name some of us might not know or remember, but in 2010 her name and picture were everywhere. Phoebe Prince was an Irish immigrant who moved to South Hadley, Massachusetts. In her new high school she was the subject of malicious bullying by her classmates, both at school and online. This bullying would eventually drive Phoebe to hang herself. Bullying in schools and online has become a serious problem in our country. . According to cyberbullyinghotline.com, 20 percent of those cyberbullied think about committing suicide, while 1 in 10 victims attempt it. With rates like this, the question left to be answered is, when is bullying “just kids being kids “,
According to the work of psychologist David Smith, 57 percent of anti-bullying policies did nothing, 14 percent helped slightly, and 29 percent even made the problem worse (Smith, Schneider, Smith, and Ananiadou 547-560). Every day we see news of “innocent teasing” escalating into death threatening violence. Yet each day, year after year schools are using the same old methods, attempting to solve this very big problem with little temporary solutions. It is no secret that the bullying problem is not being handled correctly by American schools.
Bullying has been around for decades and yet it is still a reoccurring problem, and it is only getting worse. The National Center for Educational Statistics, in 2009, said nearly 1 in 3 students between the ages of 12 and 18 reported being bullied in school. Eight years earlier, only 14 percent of that population said they had experienced bullying(Ollove,2014). There are two types of bullying the direct form and indirect form, in the direct form the victim receives physical harm example kicking pushing shoving. In the indirect form the victim receives emotional or mental harm by name-calling, rejection, gossip, threats, or insults(Green,2007). It doesn’t matter which way the victim was bullied it still causes
The years students spend within the school environment can be some of the most exciting, enjoyable, rewarding, and memorable years of their lives; making new friends, attending dances, having parities, joining clubs. These years can also be memorable for another reason; bullying. No doubt the time spent in the educational environment can have a significant impact on not only the present quality of students’ lives but also on their future; into young adulthood and beyond. It is with this understanding that parents and educators wish to do what is within their power in order to prevent bullying, and assure a positive present and future for every student. But having the best interests of another at heart doesn’t excuse hasty or ill-conceived interventions; especially when they may lead to greater troubles for those who were meant to benefit from such interventions, and who could not act on their own behalf to implement or prevent such interventions. Though parents, educators, and adults desire the best for the nation’s youth and measures should be taken in order to ensure a healthy environment for students, the United States federal government should not enact laws to prevent bullying. Bullying behavior has been experienced by many over the course of human history, but, while this problem has become a prominent issue of recent time, there isn’t enough research that supports a single legislative solution that could be enforced with universal results.
Everyone has been bullied or encountered someone being bullied at some point of their life. Whether it would be physically or verbally both can be exceedingly traumatizing and can have a long-term psychological influence on children’s development. Majority people may define bullying in a more physical term; nevertheless that’s not always the case. The act of bullying can occur in several ways and in reality affect the individual in the same way. Bullying is generally defined as repeated, negative, and harmful actions focused at target throughout a course of time, exhibiting a sense of power difference between the bully and the victim (Olweus, 1993; Limber & Mihalic, 1999 as cited from Douglas J. Boyle, 2005). A survey was conducted in the United States estimating that over six million children, about 30% in grade six through ten have experienced frequent bullying in a school environment (Nansel, 2001 as cited from Douglas J. Boyle, 2005). Many people might debate that bullying is something that every child goes through and is simply a part of growing up, although there are several damaging consequences that happens to the child’s brain. Bullying causes the child to feel upset, isolated, frightened, anxious, and depressed. They feel like they reason they are being picked on is because there is something wrong with them and may even lose their confidence feel unsafe going to school (Frenette, 2013 as cited from Douglas J. Boyle, 2005) Anthropologically, sociologically, or psychologically, bullying can be analyzed through different perspectives and several questions can be asked based on the topic:
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
Bullying against teens is still happening even though there are various awareness programs to try to prevent it. I want to create awareness of bullying against teens of all religions, race, and sexual orientation. Even with the various attention to bullying, the problem still persists despite the school providing awareness, students are still afraid to say anything. Societal patterns today make bullying a difficult issue to eliminate. Starting in 2007, a total of 35 states made laws to go against bullying at school. These laws consisted of a clear definition of bullying, and how schools will be required to enforce uniform standards of conduct. The reason bullying comes as such an issue to me is because I actually know friends that have been suicidal and have caused themselves harm due to being bullied every day, in school and at home.
Problems usually have solutions. Solutions could be extremely easy to find, or the process of finding one could be problematic. One worldly issue that does not have a solution yet is bullying. Bullying is present in schools world-wide, and it has been this way since there have been schools. This horrible act is accepted as part of life. People are used to bullying, that it almost seems normal. This should not be the case. Bullying is a horrific act that needs to be stopped, but is that possible? Three specific ways people have proposed to stop bullying is to criminalize bully in an attempt to deter any further bullying, to assign bullies student mentors in order to have someone guide them, or to force school or parental figures to be more active in trying to prevent bullying. Each of these methods has its advantages and disadvantages, but which is the best method to effectively stop bullying?
Bullying of students in school is an abuse that affects and produces a number of negative experiences on the victim. It is proven that those students who bully do so merely because they see themselves superior than those being bullied. They use this as a tactic to make juniors fear them and show them that they are not equal in any way. Some will even bully as a revenge of the bullying they suffered in the past. I have been bullied before and I know some of the effects it could have on a person. Bullying is a serious cause of many issues and has effects that may be long lasting.
Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience and help them understand why bullying is an issue.
Bullying has become a serious problem in public schools systems. Being a victim of bullying is a daily struggle for some students. The issue continues to grow, but the question is how to stop bullying from occurring. Many ways have been attempted to stop bullying, but some are more effective than others. Having the students get involved seems to have the most positive effect on the bullying issue in public school systems.