Bully In Middle School

“In American schools, the culture exalts the athlete and good-looking cheerleader. Well-educated and intellectual students are commonly referred to in public schools and the media as "nerds," "dweebs," "dorks," and "geeks," and are relentlessly harassed and even assaulted by the more popular "jocks" for openly displaying any intellect” (Williams). In my experience

According to the American Psychological Association, “Bullying is a form of aggressive behavior in which someone intentionally and repeatedly causes another person injury or discomfort. Bullying can take the form of physical contact, words or more subtle actions” (Bullying, 2013). People bully each other for several reasons and there are different outcomes that are a result of those reasons. People can be bullied physically, emotionally, or verbally. Bullying can take place at school or online. Bullying should be a considered a crime, but kids get away with it all the time; furthermore prevention can be used in order to keep kids safe from bullying.

Bullies should be help understand their actions. For example, bullies should need to take classes. According to the article called “My Story of being pick on. From bullies to success in life” it says, “In middle school I thought I had caught a break from it all, I had a few friends.Or so I thought, they pretended to be friends In middle school I thought I had caught a break from it all, I had a few friends.Or so I thought, they pretended to be friends ,” (Shawn C.,). This shows that the girls friends gave her a birthday card to make her feel bad so she can commit suicide ,that means that people don’t care about her fake friends gave her. According to the Kid get picked in every grade.article called “Rewarding good behavior as a way to stop

Going into middle school for me, was terrifying. I didn’t know anyone, and making friends was on the top

Studies show the dangers in bullying and how it is on the rise especially with use of the

Change, for me has always been quite a scary and difficult concept. I want constants. I want to feel comfortable, and I am too stubborn to try new things. Though undesired, change is inevitable and I know life must move forward; so here I am, a shy, insecure, seventh grader moving forward onto my first day of junior high. I knew this was going to be terrifying simply by the size of the school; all four foot nine inches of me stood paralyzed at the main entrance of Poston Junior High. Not knowing who I would have in my classes or who I would sit with at lunch had to be the worst part. As I walked into my third hour, which was choir, I realized I knew nobody; sheer terror flushed over my face as I peered around looking for the friendliest face

Middle school is when kids really get mean because they are immature, trying to act cool and just have a hard time fitting in. Being in Jerling Junior High there are a lot of bullying problems. The grades that mostly have the bully issues are sixth and seventh graders. When the question, How do the bullies know who to pick on? Was asked to a former counselor Mrs. Cannon she had responded with the answer of, “ I would say something has to do with physical appearance, family's financial status, so like what kind of shoes they're wearing, if kids aren’t good at sports, or athletic in P.E they just have a harder time fitting In” ( Liakas 1). This is all true. It’s also based on what group you hang out with. People bully because they want to be funny. They are the people that have everything and the person they pick on is the person that doesn’t have anything or a lot of things.

Psychologists studied 1,895 students at 11 Los Angeles middle schools, where students were asked to name the students who were considered the “coolest”. According to Jaana Juvonen, the lead author of the study, “The ones who are ‘cool’ bully more and the ones who bully more are seen as ‘cool’”. According to one study cited by the DHHS, 29.3% of middle school students had experienced bullying in the classroom; 29% experienced it in hallways or lockers; 23.4% were bullied in the cafeteria; 19.5% were bullied during gym class; and 12.2% of bullied kids couldn’t even escape the torture in the bathroom. Most students in the study reported name calling as the most prevalent type of bullying, followed by teasing, rumor-spreading, physical harm, purposeful isolation, threats, theft, and even sexual harassment. Surprisingly, cyberbullying occurred with the least frequency. 70.6% of teens have reported seeing bullying occurring in their schools – and approximately 30% of young people admit to bullying themselves.

As of today, I've attended four different schools. In elementary school, I was constantly bullied for being Asian. Peers would make fun of my eyes for being "too big" for an Asian, asked inappropriate questions regarding if I ate a certain domesticated animal, or talk to me as if I couldn't understand English. To overcome the bullying, I became someone who I wasn't. I was not myself and I hated it. I had to be this other person just so people did not bother me. I started to become the bully, changed what I ate, how I dressed and started to cover up my insecurities. I use to put my hair in ponytails or in a bun then leaving it down because I was made fun of my buddha shaped ears. I didn't want to speak to my family because they all had a specific

I met Ty in the 5th grade... I think. Anyway,we've been friends for a few years and he's also been in at least one of my classes. He's a great friend and I'll take his side always in any argument,but his mother did tell me to keep track of him for her and make sure he doesn't get in trouble. I'm still following him around and making sure he doesn't get in fights(We're in the 7th grade).

The high school experience is something that will forever dominate the psyche of most American adults. It was an unforgettable time of fun, rebel-rousing, summer loves and parties. It was a time of warm summer days at the pool and chilly autumn nights, watching the football team and wondering were the party was going to be that night. School dances and hotel parties. Seems like all I can remember are the good times. High School is a very emotional time for many teens and everything matters. The insidious problems that I had to face are but a smudge on my memory, things like too much homework, zits, mean people, gossip, and algebra. The social atmosphere that permeated every aspect of high school could

People bully others about their looks, what they like, and how they do things. These people are categorized as different and the bullying can affect them later in their lifetime. Bullying people about their self-image only brings them to think that they have a bad self-image and they are flawed. Instead of teaching each other to hate one another or they way we look, we should be teaching them that everyone is different for a reason.Everyone should know that they are not alone and being unique is special. Bullying during adolescence may be tied to health problems that follow teens into adulthood, a Canadian study suggests. “Researchers who followed 662 youth for a decade starting when they were between 12 and 19 years old found that both physical and emotional bullying was linked

Bullies in School Kathleen Berger 1 Bullying was once commonly thought to be an unpleasant but normal part of child's play, not to be encouraged, of course, but of little consequence in the long run. However, developmental researchers who have looked closely at the society of children consider bullying to be a very serious problem, one that harms both the victim and the aggressor, sometimes continuing to cause suffering years after the child has grown up. 2 One leading researcher in this area is Dan Olweus, who has studied bullying in his native country of Norway and elsewhere for twenty-five years. The cruelty, pain, and suffering that he has documented in that time are typified by the examples of Linda and Henry: Linda was systematically

I stepped onto the school campus and could just see the constant flow of high school students wandering and walking to say ‘hi’ to their friends. This was very new to me since I was homeschooled all my life. I had no idea what it was like to be bullied or go to high school parties or make NEW friends. So I decided to find my first class which was world history. I found it eventually, luckily before the bell rang too. I couldn’t believe

Freshman year I remember walking into the school mortified, thinking that everything and anything that could go wrong would. I had never attended a Liberty-Benton School and knew about five people that would be in my grade. I was shy and quiet because I didn’t know any of the new faces. I was insecure about myself and thought that it would be almost impossible to make friends. Before high school, I went to a small, private,