Bullying : A Social Issue

Issue: If you or your child have ever been a victim of bullying then you know how horrible one can feel. There are many emotions and fears associated with bullying, and no one should have to be subjected to it. Bullying can have a lasting effect not only in one’s present life but their future as well. Bullying is very prominent in schools today, and there has been an increase in school shootings, which is the extreme reaction to being bullied. Children need to consider each other’s feelings before they decide to bully or pick on each other.

Bullying is defined as “verbal, physical, or psychological abuse or teasing accompanied by real or perceived imbalance of power” and is usually targets what children perceive as different (Olweus, 1993). Bullying is prevalent across the nation. It has devastating effects on students each day. Bullying is a problem for all students, regardless of race, gender or class. The National Education Association reports that 160,000 children are absent intentionally from school each day because they fear being bullied whether it is an attack or just intimidation by other students. This accounts for 15% of all school absenteeism (Hunter, 2012). Dan Olweus (1993) from the National School Safety Center tells us that bullying includes three parts: (1)

Bullying has become a major issue in the United States and around the world. What brought the attention to people about bullying is the number of suicides that are committed by adolescents and the stories they share online or live television. Bullying is categorized to be direct verbal, direct physical, and indirect forms. Not every person has an idea how terrible bullying can be and how harmful it is to the victim. Bullying has driven students to commit actions they have never done before such as cutting themselves, suicidal thoughts, health disorders, and bad behavior. Bullying must be taken seriously, because it results in negative effects on its victims and may drive students to commit horrific actions. Lawmakers should draft anti-bullying legislation, students should stand up for one another, and society should work out what can be done to combat this problem.

For some people school is fun, exciting and boring, but for others, it terrifying knowing that something may happen to them if they go to school. Bullying is one of the biggest problems, some schools has right now. But that, 'not the reason some people are supposed to not speak out when they see this type of things happening. Bullying is turning into a big situation in our community and it’s causing people to get depressed and even committing suicide.

The government should have limited power to receive access to our personal internet content and information. The photos we take, messages we send, and our search history should all be kept to ourselves. No one should have permission to go through our privacy. Its called privacy for a reason, shouldn't it be kept private? Internet Bullying, commonly referred as cyber bullying is a serious problem in the U.S. and it should be prevented at all times. Nevertheless their will always be bullies and victims. Although going through our social media may help kids with their bullying. It_Ñés also a privacy issue. First you have to realize almost everyone can be a cyber bully. Where its from sending a mean tweet, to posting a nasty picture on snapchat, or a video on Instagram, and etc. All

Bullying is known as the use of strength and intimidation to get a desired action or object from a person. There are many different forms of bullying. Name-calling, hazing, and starting rumors are a few examples of modern bullying techniques. Although bullying is prevalent in many aspects of today’s society, most attention is being turned to bullying in schools. Bullying in schools has been a leading cause of depression and suicide. Because of this, many schools have begun to implement new anti-bullying programs to discourage bullying and offer support to victims. Despite these efforts, teens are still harboring depression and committing suicide. Bullying it still prevalent in today’s youth community, despite

Bullying has been around for years, but it has never been taken to the extreme as it has today. According to Berthold and Hoover, Slee, Walker, Ramsey and Gresham, “targets of bullying may suffer greatly in terms of their social and emotional well-being, become anxious, and depressed, isolate themselves from peer groups, and avoid school for fear of being bullied”. With the help of school-based intervention programs, the frequency of bullying has the ability to be minimized greatly. Many theorists and practioners believe programs have already been put in place to intervene bullying, but too many tragedies are still occurring, so there needs to be more of an effective intervention.

Bullying is a far reaching topic in our communities, and even our homes in some cases, but more importantly bullying has a negative impact on the school atmosphere and on the student’s right to a safe and enriching environment without fear. In a world where boys will be boys and vice versa the climate of bullying is ever more present in today’s society. In fact, over the years, it has been viewed as being so commonplace in schools that it has been overlooked as a threat to students and reduced to a belief that bullying is a developmental stage that most youth will experience then get over (Ross, 2002, p. 107). Bradshaw (2015) explained it by saying the culture of peer bullying and harassment that was [is] a largely neglected problem

Bullying is one of the factors in deterring a student’s ability to reach a higher level of education. It does the opposite of empowering students; physical and verbal abuse can result in lack of confidence, being unable to adjust to people or environments and overall failure to thrive. If there is no healing after physical and/or verbal abuse from the wounds inflicted, then the chances of the victim moving forward to success will not occur. Bullying is defined as “a process in which one person repeatedly uses his superior strength or influence to mistreat attack or force another person to do something.”1 Being bullied is a part of most every child’s life today; studies show that millions of kids are bullied each year with little to no intervention. Bullying can sometimes do permanent psychological damage which never heals. If not dealt with in a timely manner the students can undergo damage ending in insanity or suicide.

Bullying is used by many people around the world to take control of someone’s emotional and physical state with the intention of hurting them. The threat of bullying affects almost everyone and can even affect the school system. Studies have shown that over 3.2 million students are affected by bullying each year (“11 facts about bullying). With schools from all around the globe having to focus on bullying and how to prevent it from happening, it takes away a large amount of focus on the education(Christine).

Bullying has been impacting classroom settings for dozens of years, this can lead one to wonder: why hasn’t there been anything done to prevent bullying from occurring and what the mental health repercussions are on the victim? Bullying not only results in having fear of attending school and being unable to focus on studies but it can also have long term detrimental effects on both the victim and the bully. Bullying results in long-term mental effects, anxiety and phobias are some of the consequences of this action. There need to be new programs implemented that begin with all student’s home lives and involve parents in educating their children about the repercussions of bullying as well as beginning to understand the rationale behind current

Over the past few decades, bullying has become a highly significant issue in schools across the globe. In the United States alone, it is estimated that approximately one in three children are victims of bullying (Smokowski & Kopasz, 2005). Although bullying affects nearly 70 percent of all students, it is usually “overlooked, ignored, and/or minimized” (Canter, 2005). By examining the definition of bullying, risk factors of being a victim and bully, and the impacts of bullying, schools can become more aware of their students’ overall wellbeing through identifying, preventing, and reducing bullying.

“Bullying is repeated verbal, physical, social or psychological aggressive behavior by a person or group directed towards a less powerful person or group that is intended to cause harm distress fear.” (What is bullying) Both boys and girls are victims of bullying. It has a negative affect on self esteem and can even lead to suicide or violent retaliation. Because most kids do not tell anyone that they are being bullied, parents, teachers and school administrators need to be aware of the signs of a child being bullied. School should be a safe place, but it is the primary place bullying occurs. With the documented instances of bullying in school continuing to grow, it can be argued that the school systems are not

Bullying is a term for when one student tries to hurt or intimidate another and usually involves a power imbalance. Bullying not only has long lasting effects on self-esteem, with many victims self-esteem being severely damaged, but can also make life unbearable for the victims. There are many different types of bullying such as cyberbullying, which involves bullying through electronics such as cell phones. Other types of bullying include physical, verbal and social. Females and males are also likely to experience different types of bullying, with females predominantly being bullied on the internet or through words, while with males bullying is much more physical. Bullying is a very big problem in schools, as up to 22% of students say they experience some type of bullying. Although I believe that bullying should be handled on both fronts, it is important that bullying is addressed by schools. Schools with a zero tolerance policy with bullying would help to eliminate it, as they are able to put harsh punishments on aggressors that help to deter that type of behavior.

About twenty-eight percent of student’s ages 12-18 reported being bullied at school during the school year according to the Indicators of School Crime and Safety report, by the Bureau of Justice statistics. Across thirty-nine states survey, 7.2 percent of students admit to not attending school because they do not feel safe. The importance of bullying can’t be undermined. Teachers and parents must understand the importance of looking and listening for signs and behaviors of bullying. This will help tackle the issue before it gets serious and someone gets hurt.