Bully In The Public School System

It is important to define the term bullying accurately because that term alone can be adversarial. With that being said it can mean intimidation, aggression, hostile behaviors, and pestering the weak. Bullying takes place in schools, work, and in your own home. It can pretty much happen anywhere. Bullying in my terms is anything that can make a person feel weak minded, and has to submit.

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.

Most kids say that they don’t see bullying around school. In just Minnesota alone there is talk about bullying and how to prevent it. Sen. Franken states, “Nine out of 10 LGBT kids are harassed or bullied in school. One-third report having skipped school in the last month because they felt unsafe” (Shah 14). Kids should not feel unsafe to go to school. School is supposed to be a safe place to go and if someone needs help there are supposed to be people there to guide them. Franken adds, “But the sad fact is that our federal laws are failing” (Shah 14). Laws have been made to try to stop bullying, but bullying continues to exist. This shows how out of control bullying is becoming.

28% of students in the U.S. have experienced bullying in 6th - 12th grade. Bullies are

Bullying is progressively seen as a enormous problem in the United States and around the world and unfortunately for many, numerous research has started to prove that its consequences are real and can have long lasting impact for both victim and those who love them. Throughout or society Homosexuality is deemed unfavorable in religious and cultural circles of people in the United States. Thus providing those to be outcast and making them even more of targets for the hostility of others. Bullying it its own right has consequences that are far reaching especially for those in the LGBT community.

Over the years bullying has been used as an attack mechanism to bring fear upon an individual. Bullying has been described in so many ways such as attacking someone mentally, physically, or emotionally (The Bullies page 17). It has been used to abuse power, psychological, behavior, or physical (The Bullies page 18). Every seven minutes a child or teen is bullied.  Bullying is like a disease it comes in many shapes and sizes, and it can spread really easy. Bullying also comes in many different ways such as physical, verbally, and socially. Bullying is the use of superior strength or influence to intimidate someone, typically to force him or she to do what one wants. Across the U.S over 3.2 million students are victims due to bullying and 4,400

“Bullying occurs in school playgrounds every 7 minutes and in classrooms every 25 minutes” (Bullying Myths 2009). This shows that bullying is no small issue, and it is not going to decrease without community support. When the people who lead our country, say horrible things about its people it is hard to understand that bullying is wrong. How can adults, parents, or teachers expected young people to understand that bullying is wrong when they see the most powerful people in America doing it on CNN. Even though, politicians are saying hurtful things to the American public that confuses America's youth, there are resources working to spread awareness.

playgrounds to the hallway, public restaurants and even online. The Internet has made it easy for

The public school system has been governed by landmark cases and school law throughout history. One of the early cases was Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 where the Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional for states to have separate public schools for black and white students (Hubbard, 2014). Since 1954, the public school system has had a series of landmark cases which effect educational law such as Tinker v. Des Moines (1969), New Jersey vs. T.L.O. (1985), Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier (1988), and Individuals with Disabilities Act (1990). The State and Supreme Courts have ruled on everything from Freedom of Speech to Special Education.

All over schools in America, bullying is a big N-O, but why not say yes to bullying? Bullying has been a problem for decades, it helps teachers, students and in the classroom. It isn't only beneficial for the bully himself with the “self-gratification” but it also helps the victim. There isn’t only a dark side to bullying, as the teachers and parents of America like to shine on the practice of bullying. There is a substantial amount of reasons why teachers, parents, and society itself should say yes to bullying.

There was a bully problem at the Julesburg elementary school. The bully’s name was Tobias Johnny. He would always steal other kids lunch money. In soccer he would always cheat and he would pick on small kids.

Bullying has become a big problem now in the 21st century, and is not easy to overcome; but with the help of my family I was able to get through it. It’s an experience that will never be forgotten, but an achievement of determination and fortitude. I will invariably consider middle school the worst years of my life, it was an on and off again tragedy. Not only was I in this hell ride but took over my family’s hope that there’ll be no peace to our routine again, and one simple act of courage did.

Bullying is a problem world-wide. “ Bullying has always been a fact of life in American schools. For generations, people accepted that bullying was simply a part of growing up” (Morais, Carmen). Bullying and cyberbullying is a daily problem. In some states bullying is considered a crime. “ Laws making bullying a crime are becoming the go-to solution” ( Morais, Carmen ).

Imagine that you are in school, walking down the hallway and see a bunch of guys bullying and harassing another kid. Do you go defend the kid or do you stay a bystander like all the other people you are surrounded by? Most kids just walk by thinking that if they don’t stop it they’re preventing bullying, but it’s just making the problem worse. People need to how to speak up from bullies, and how to speak up for others who are being bullied.

Not only are bullied children anxious, depressed, and underachieving during the months and years of their torment, but even years later, they have lower self-esteem as well as painful memories. 7 The picture is somewhat different, but often more ominous, for bullies. Contrary to the public perception that bullies are actually insecure and lonely, at the peak of their bullying they usually have friends who abet, fear, and admire them, and they seem brashly unapologetic about the pain they have inflicted, as they often claim, "all in fun." But their popularity and school success fade over the years, and especially if they are boys, they run a high risk of ending up in prison. In one longitudinal study done by Olweus, by age 24, two-thirds of the boys who had been bullies in the second grade were convicted of at least one felony, and one- third of those who had been bullies in the sixth through the ninth grades were already convicted of three or more crimes, often violent ones. International research likewise finds that children who are allowed to regularly victimize other children are at high risk of becoming violent offenders as adolescents and adults. 8 Unfortunately, bullying during middle childhood seems to be universal: it occurs in every nation that has been studied, is as much a problem in small