Persuasive Essay On Bullying

Two boys were talking together in front of their middle school; they are in the seventh grade and best friends. One brown-haired boy told the other one about what he had just learned the night before. He mentioned that psychologists had discovered the chances of a child growing up to become an abusive alcoholic are greater if he/she were raised by abusive parents who also abused alcohol. The other boy was irritated at his friend for some reason or another, and in response, he curled up his fist and smashed it against his best friend’s mouth. After the brown haired, freckled faced, 12 year old boy fell on his back with his lip split wide open, his friend sat on his chest and continued to bounce his head off of the playground asphalt. An assault

Because let’s face it, if verbal and physical altercations could be entirely eliminated safely, then we would watch it fade into extinction. However, there have always been hatred and aggressive behavior in society and there always will be.

The stopbullying.gov website defines bullying as

“Unwanted behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. Both kids who are bullied and who bully may have some serious lasting problems.” So it goes without out saying that this is a serious problem for both the aggressor and the victim. It does not take a genius to see that if there is an imbalance then a balance needs to be restored. Self-defense is not all about fighting or arm bars, pressure points to render the attacker paralyzed, or even defending oneself verbally, it is, however, refusing to be a victim. Schools teach students all the time on how to properly do right, speak proper English, solve equations correctly, and remember the precise dates and events through

In 2010, Phoebe Prince was verbally harassed, threatened, cyberbullied, and also physically assaulted by having a can of Red Bull thrown at her by her peers. These cold and heartless acts led to Phoebe feeling so worthless and without meaning that on January 14, 2010, Phoebe committed suicide by hanging herself (Andersen, 2012). Phoebe could have been better prepared to defend against each of the aggressive behaviors presented by the aggressors if she had just understood how. Schools should spend more time teaching student the tools necessary to see themselves as valuable, beautiful and irreplaceable, and how to recognize and utilize their strengths and uniqueness. Therefore, maybe children like Phoebe would be able to look inside themselves and win the internal battle which results from