Stop Bullying

Kathleen Patel, author of The Bullying Epidemic-The Guide to Arm You for the Fight,

observed, “With ignorance comes fear—from fear comes bigotry. Education is the key to

acceptance”. Bullying seems to have become a favorite past-time of many children all over the

world. It happens everywhere, at home, in school, and on the internet. In cases of in-school

bullying, the punishment for the student who bullies another student is most often suspension;

however, in extreme cases, the punishment is expulsion. Many people believe that expulsion is

the appropriate punishment; however, I think otherwise.

In the case of Jonathan and Jamie Worthington, two white students, were suggested, by

the principle of New Century Village High School, Yvette Lee, to be given different penalties for

bullying Evan Bell, a black student, in school and online. I believe that the suggested punishment

for Jamie a twenty day suspension, is reasonable for both students. Expulsion, which was the

suggested punishment for Jonathan, is not the correct way to combat bullying and bigotry; it is

t...