The Importance Of Bullying In Schools

In the past few years, bullying has become a serious issue not only in the United States, but worldwide. The frequency of bullying throughout schools, workplace environments, etc. is at an all-time high. Bullying takes a huge negative toll on its victims, which can lead to very traumatic incidents. On October 8th, 2014 a tragedy occurred for a mom when she walked in on her 13 year old son hanging from a ceiling fan unresponsive. The young boy’s name was Peyton James and he was from Georgetown, Texas. According to the article “Peyton was a Hopewell Middle School student and had a long history of terrible verbal and physical abuse from his peers” (Hope). Peyton was tormented by his peers because he was new to the school and did not fit in.

The constant bullying eventually took a toll on Peyton and enough was just enough. According to Peyton James Mother, “bullies

Bullying is affecting many students all around the world and is interfering with their daily lives. The fact that many students are missing school daily because of bullying, means there is an increase of students falling behind in school, which is not okay. Schools need to take into consideration the damage that bullying does to the victims and their loved ones. There needs be stringent guidelines and harsher punishments for those who bully to make an example and possibly prevent future bullying. In case it may be unclear, “Bullying is unwanted, aggressive 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” (Stop Bullying). Bullying includes actions such as making threats, spreading rumors, attacking someone physically or verbally, and excluding someone from a group on purpose (Stop Bullying). There are many different types of bullying, but the most common forms of bullying are verbal, physical, and cyber