Imagine he stands tall with his arms chained across his chest. The color black illuminates from him and spills over the edges in his presence. His knuckles show bruises and his face is stuck in a permanent scowl. He is the epitome of bad. Your breath catches in your throat. He reaches out with his pale hands and dirty fingernails and grips around your shirt collar. The coldness of the lockers pokes at your back as your feet dangle, begging to reconnect with the ground. His tobacco filled spit stains your cheeks as he growls, “ Give me all your lunch money.” You call out for a teacher, but what is a teacher supposed to do? What I already know, assume, or imagine and why I am interested: I’m sure everyone can envision a bully. …show more content…
Usually, a bully has a connection with being bullied in the past or being a bully in the past. That’s where teachers come in, to help those being bullied feel safe. I discovered that teachers are to act immediately when bullying occurs in order to send the message that bullying is not tolerated and it’s not okay to do. The student being bullied shouldn’t feel at fault for anything. When an argument arises between two students, one might think it needs to be resolved right then, and apologies must be exchanged. That is not the case at all. In this case, a teacher shouldn’t expect the bully and the victim to hug and make up or demand what happened from both sides. Instead, separate the two and let each calm down. Then, question them separately. A teacher should also never ignore a bullying situation and expect the older students to be able to take care of it themselves, which often happened in my school. Students were told to ignore it or talk to the person and resolve it, which often led to fights. This led to students avoiding telling teachers when they’re involved with a bully. High school students may be transitioning into young adults, but they still need guidance and help from
Bullying is a horrible trait to have. There are many reasons why kids bully other children. In my opinion, there is never a good reason to bully. I believe if we come together as a nation, and educate our younger generation on how to avoid becoming a bully, and then the issue will slowly resolve on its
In school systems today bullying is only talked about as being wrong or not tolerated. No one does anything about a bully until someone has committed suicide, tried to commit suicide, or has taken matters into their own hands violently. Administrators, teachers, and parents should pay closer attention to prevent the bullying that happens right in front of them.
There are not very many individuals today who are unconscious of the viciousness in schools. As school
2:00am I woke to the sound of my phone. It must of been important perhaps family member dying; No it was thugs crank calling. 6 o’clock in the morning My voicemail was full of meticulously specific instructions on how I should kill myself, “Mix 1/2 cup of bleach with 1/2 a cup of ammonia.” I wanted to reach out for a friend so I turned on social media only to find a MySpace page with hundreds of likes devoted to a page titled “Andrew R. Anderson should die.” They fraudulently posed as my own parents and siblings. I was virtually raped. As a victim of cyber bullying, I am not alone. School bullying statistics in the United States show that about one in four kids in the U.S. are bullied on a regular basis. (“Student Reports")
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 “,
Samorah Thomas Mrs. Scott Jackson Block 2 January 9, 2014. “A young man committed suicide because of all the people that bullied him. his parents are devastated,” is what you hear on your news channel. Parents are losing teens every day because of bullying. Bullying is an unwanted aggressive behavior that is repeated over time (www.stopbullying.gov ).
Words, a push, a fight, Hatred, and others, go on and on within the chain reactions of bullying.The words and all others can affect us all as beings if we’re little and young.The act of bullying is unforgivable and should be changed in advance.The problem of bullying induces the predator and attacks the victim with either verbal or physical offence. The victim can be affected in various ways, for example The bullying can affect the victim 's emotions. The Setting of bullying is mostly in schools where young children go.This definitely affects the victim. It’s a problem due to many victims are suffering emotional turmoil from it. It’s usually from a different student who chooses to enact the act of bullying towards a student.The victim
Even though I work in a school district where we are expected to watch videos on bullying annually, this series was eye opening to the real problem of bullying. According to the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development three out of ten children are a bully, victim, or both. Another statistic from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development reveals that 3.2 million youth are bullied and 3.7 million youth are the bullies. These statistics are staggering. The characteristics of bullying is repeated aggressive behavior that is carried out over time with the intent of inflicting verbal, nonverbal, or physical harm to another individual. Normal peer conflict happens infrequently between two equal
As adults, teachers, and parents, it is important to respond quickly and consistently to any bullying behavior. This way, we send a clear and firm message that bullying is unacceptable. - “Research shows this can stop bullying behavior over time,” states www.stopbullying.gov. Adults should first intervene quickly and separate the children involved. Making sure every child is safe is very important in order to meet any medical or mental health needs if necessary. As an adult, staying calm is important as well in order to calm down the children involved and not contribute to any hostile mood or environment. In addition, get police help or medical attention if there is a weapon involved, serious threats made, serious violence or racism/homophobia, serious bodily harm, sexual abuse or assault, or any illegal accusations are being
Although almost every state in the United States of America has a state law or a policy about bullying, its consequences, and how to report it, the laws and policies have not been fully effective. "I just finally took it up with the cop at the school, but he can't do anything unless it's physical. It's hard because now I feel like I'm alone in this" (quoted by Forbes). By not acting on an incident because it is not technically a physical altercation is an example of the weakness in the state laws and policies that have been passed. Many victims do not generally go to law enforcement, school administrator, or a parent and report bullying and if were too they should never have to feel like they have been forgotten about or that their bully has gotten away with their unacceptable behavior. “More than two-thirds of students believe that schools respond poorly to bullying, and that ...
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.
As a society, we often underestimate the damages that bullying cause on children, not just America but all over, and the ones who suffer are the victims themselves. Victims are damaged with the stigma that they are weak, yet somehow have to fend for themselves against something that they have little to no control over. Whether it is for funding, a reputation or any other reason schools sweep their bullying problem under the rug or turn a blind eye, however they have more potential to end this growing issue. To the schools that think bullying is not their problem, they should know that according to heyugly.org, an anti-bullying campaign, “Approximately, 160,000 children a day stay home from school in fear of being bullied.”They also point out
For high school students bullying and harassment can make a time of learning and new social interactions a nightmare. The possibility of being physically or verbally bullied at school,, a place where student should feel safe, is a growing peril. Unfortunately, bullying is nothing new in the United States. As well as the problem of avoiding being a victim of bullying at school, students can not escape this harsh scrutiny because of the rise of social media networks. Teenagers are being harassed on social media at alarming rates and a majority of school can do nothing about it. To understand the role social media has in the battle to prevent harassment and cyberbullying, it is essential that people identify the roles schools and students play in these situations.
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 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.