After you’ve killed yourself, do they even care? Will time cover the guilt they feel if they have any at all? Will they ever truly pay for what they have caused? I’m talking about bullies, and suicide victims. Everyone has experienced bullying, but on what level. For some people its just something they can brush off of their shoulder, but for others it could mean ending their life. People are pushed so close to the edge of the cliff. They would rather jump off rather than walk away from the edge, only to be pushed back again. I’m sure everyone has given up on something, but for how many people was that thing life itself? No one needs to feel that giving up on life is their best option if not only option. Of course there are consequences set in place already, but they just aren’t enough. How many people have heard the saying “sticks and stones may break my bones but words do not hurt me?” Many people have, but how much of that is true? Bullying is an ongoing problem. Without a suitable punishment, nothing will change. Matters could only get worse. Legal measures should be taken to ensure the safety, and comfort of a person. Most people don’t understand the seriousness of bullying. Suicide is the third leading cause of death in people ages ten through twenty four. About four thousand four hundred lives are lost every year due to bullying. Cyberbullying has become a major problem as technology has advanced, and more teens have been using social media. About forty two percent of teens with access to the internet admit to being cyberbullied, within the past year. About half of them have had suicidal thoughts, and 1 in 10 have attempted it. When teens are cyberbullied, in most states there isn’t much you can do about it. Eighty six p... ... middle of paper ... ... just some people who need help. Either way they need to be punished. There needs to be a stop to bullying. Of course you can’t possibly stop bullying completely but you sure can get the numbers down. We need to make schools safer. School is for learning, not being tortured. American schools as a whole contain approximately 2 million one hundred thousand bullies, and two million seven hundred thousand bully victims. It is estimated that one hundred sixty thousand children miss school every day due to fear of attack or intimidation by other students. Also, “fifteen percent of all school absenteeism is directly related to fears of being bullied at school.”(MBNBD) Also bullying can lead to dropping out of high school. One out of ten students who drop out of school do it because of being bullied constantly. Having legal punishment such as fines, jail time probation, and
This happens all across the globe. A problem that seems to have no solution. School is a place where students can go to to feel safe in an environment that is made to help them learn and advance. Not a place where students fear going to school. “The American Association of school Psychologists reported that more than 160,000 students are absent from school daily due to the fear of being bullied” (Levine and Tamburrino, 2014). That is an incredibly high number. For the school year of 2012-2013, there were about 98,328 public schools in the nation, that would mean that in each and every elementary, Middle, and High school in the Nation, an estimated two students do not show up to school because of the fear of being bullied.“Further, students who are being bullied may begin stealing money or being dishonest about being ill” (Levine, 2014).
Over 3.2 million students are victims of bullying each year. Schools are suppose to be a safe haven for children, a place to go to be taught and to learn, but when someone is constantly
My friend, Kevin, was just two short months away from graduating high school, but he never got to see that day because of bullies. No one had a clue; he had a remarkable family and a great group of friends. He did everything he could to leave a smile on everyone’s face, and he earned the nickname, “Cheeks,” because of his huge, friendly smile. No one understood why such a cheerful person would want to take his own life, but it was because bullies harassed him for months, and no one knew. According to the Center for Disease Control, “Suicide is the third leading cause of death among young people, resulting in about 4,400 deaths per year” (Bullying and Suicide). Bullying is an ongoing issue that seems to evolve rapidly, and the world of
Have you ever been teased? Maybe even pushed around like a rag doll? Bullying is a nationwide problem. It affects people of all ages. About 90% of 4th through 8th graders have experienced bullying in the U.S.. Bullying has caused many issues, such as depression, anxiety, or even suicide. Nevertheless, even in bullying you have players, or roles you could say. Dealing with bullying is a very hard thing to do, but with each role in a bullying situation, there are dragons to slay. In every bullying situation you have three players; the bully, the victim, and the bystander.
But only those who commit suicide will have their cases of cyber-bullying taken seriously by the police. This goes against the very function of law to prevent wrongs. What good is just punishing action after its done. Even then It very hard to process as cyber bullies can hide behind the internet and mask their identity. The globalization of the technology sector makes it hard to track down the individual as the social network servers could be in several different countries with different jurisdiction. Then the Internet Service Provider could be located in another state. ("Cyber-Bullying: Its Recent”) A big part of the problem is first acknowledging the proper legal authority to do something about it. Some say it is the school. ("Cyber-Bullying in Schools: Clashing Expectations Over the School 's Role”) So who is responsible? Is cyber-bullying already banned by existing
Have you ever been bullied in school? Have you ever known a person who was bullied before in his life? Do you know that people who are bullied in school can grow up to have depression or social problems? Bullying was and still is one of the biggest problems schools have from a long time ago. To bully is to make fun of, tease or harass someone who is vulnerable or just younger. As a matter of fact, the victims of bullying and the bullies are turned up to have some serious issues when they become adults. In an article published by Ron Banks in 2013, “Educational Resource Information Center”, he explained how bullied victims and bullies are unknown by the authority members in schools. In my opinion, we should lighten up the parents and the faculty
They say that it takes less time than taking classes and teaches them faster. It says in the article “8 guidelines for Disciplining Bullies at School” “For instance, if a school suspension is the only consequence for any type of bullying,” This shows that In school suspension does not help because when you are in school suspension you cannot talk to anyone. This is bad because it does not teach you what you did wrong and you will end up doing it again. This does not even help kids reflect on what they have done and the teachers should pull them out of there at times and talk to them to put some sense into them. The other reason that people say that bullies should be punished is because they could understand the affects of bullying. It says in “My story of being picked on. Shawn c, No year, Overcome bullying” “ I was picked on by everyone about everything about myself. I tried to tell my teacher but she did nothing (thanks public school system). I felt so low, I didn't have any friends, I was a complete outcast. This shows that This is bad because teachers give up on punishment because they don't see any improvement on anybody and they just give up and don't listen to anyone. When they do not see any improvement in the bullying projects they end up giving up and it will keep the bullies bullying and it will still not change anything. This may not look like it affects them because they will remember their whole lives what they have been called and by who because it hurt them and they were embarrassed. In conclusion, though many legitimate reasons may come out against bullies getting therapy it is clear that if the proper regulations are put into place this epidemic of punishing bullies will
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.
Bullying is hard to pin point exactly why it starts and for what reason. It can be as something small or big in which the person is not able to understand why it’s happening to them. Psychological, personal and professional destruction is happening to the person and they don’t understand why. The behavior one person is doing to another can cause the person to either quit or get fired because of it.How does the person know they will be targeted and be bullied in their own work environment. Bullying causes people to feel anxious, agitation and false accusations that leads to stress. Harming the person’s wellbeing such as their health. The employers and the workers can both be considered to play a role in preventing or to be able to stop bullying.
There are many obstacles that a person my face in his life but a hard one to overcome would be bullying. Bullying is when a person feels the need to belittle, emotionally, or physically harm another person due to differences in appearance, culture, or language.(Merriam-Webster, 1882) These reason are by far the only reasons on why a person may bully but they are a few of the most common ones seen. It may seem like causal fun to joke about another person but it can be very damaging to the person on an emotion level causing lifelong problems. A person that is bullied can develop low self-esteem/ self-image, turn to self-harming techniques, or commit suicide to stop the pain.
“One traumatic bullying experience can create and leave a never-healing scar that last forever,” says Ty Howard. The sad truth is that people around the world get bullied everyday. Bullying is affecting daily lives of many people and it leaves them scared to do normal activities. Once someone gets bullied it’s hard for them to bounce back and be the same. It leaves a non-physical scar that people try to hide by being alone. Bullying around the world need to stop, so people can be themselves and not be scared to do everyday activities. There are three solutions that can solve the problem of bullying.
Why do people bully? Some people bully because they are afraid. When people are afraid of something or someone, they decide to bully. People choose to bully, because they think it make them cool. They think if they bully people, others would want to be like them. They believe it would help them fit in with the people around. They think it would help them be like someone who everyone else look up too. They want their friends to see how bad they are or how bad they try to be. Bullies are not as bad as most people think they are. Some people bully only on small people. You don’t see to many bullies bullying on each other. Even bullies are afraid of each other. The bully think since they are bigger than another person, they have more power. Some people even bully others because they may be getting bullied somewhere else. They may come to school and bully someone else to get their mind off of what some else are doing to them.
Cyberbullying is one of the main causes of suicide and teens dropping out of school. Cyberbullying is a life threatening or even a harmful thing
Bullying has been in the forefront of many discussions and has been the topic in child settings recently. When children enter school, they need to build healthy peer relationships. However, school is usually the main setting where bullying takes place (Nelson, Kendall & Shields, 2013). Bullying affects a large number of children and can have long-term affects on psychosocial, physical and social-emotional aspects of the child (Vanderbilt, & Augustyn, 2010). Bullying can be cause by a group or by one individual who is stronger in power than their victim (Smith, 2013). Bullies have difficulties in their social and emotional skills. Young children who are bullies have even bigger difficulties since they are just beginning to develop their ability to regulate their feelings and behaviors (Gunter, Caldarella, Korth & Young, 2012). Besides the initial experience of bullying, the victims of bullying are at risk for social and emotional scaring (Vanderbilt & Augustyn, 2010). The cultural context and understanding of what bullying is may differ throughout the world. It is commonly known as the force of power through aggression that a bully inflicts on a victim that is perceived to be weaker. The bully purposely hurts the victim over and over through different means. There are different roles in which a child can be a participant. These roles include being a bully, victim, bully-victim (both a bully and a victim), or a bystander. Bystander meaning that the child stands there and watches without putting an end to the bullying that they are witnessing. Bullying can be direct or indirect. Direct bullying involves physical or verbal aggression. Indirect bullying involves relational aggression such as social rejection (Vanderbilt & Augustyn, 20...
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?