Bullying And Bullies Are Serious Issues

Bullying is such a difficult topic to grab a hold of. Children may experience bullying and not say it to their parents. Parents may suspect something wrong with their children but don’t know how to pro[per address the issue. I was bullied a lot. I remember being smashed against a locker in 7th grade. My brother was bullied during this middle school and high school years. Yet, my brother learned martial arts as a way to defense. However, I was more of an resorted in listening to music and keep all my emotions to myself. I learned over the years the power of speaking out and having a great support system.

Bullying at school is a big problem that is found in all the schools in the United States and across the world. Since the late 1990s there have been several fatal school shootings committed by victims of bullying that have brought bullying major media attention. This has resulted in an increase of awareness about the harmful effects on the kids being bullied as well as the bullies themselves. This has brought a large amount of local, state, and nationwide programs designed to try to prevent bullying or to at least try to contain the problem. “In an effort to adequately address the problem, many schools are taking a proactive approach through prevention and intervention, but how do we know if and when such intervention is effective? First and foremost, we must have an accurate understanding of the dynamic and complex phenomenon of bullying across development and as it spans the multiple levels of the social ecology” (Casper, Meter, & Card, 2015, par 2). Many psychologists, sociologists, and school administrators have been publishing research on school bullying. Bullying is a significant threat to many children because it causes psychological problems not only for those who get bullied but also those who do the bullying. Even though bullying is a significant problem the are few solutions that can help prevent or significantly reducing bullying like reporting bullying, know the characteristics, and passing laws.

Are you a victim, a bystander, do you stand up? They’ve hurt you mentally, physically, and you’ve finally had enough of it. Either way, you can help. Bullying is something that is repetitive over time, and has to do with 2 people and one usually has the upper hand. Mostly, between a popular and unpopular kid. As a student in Jerling Junior High I was bullied and was known to be a bully. I was bullied for a whole year by my best friend. I was known to be a bully to my good friend. In the end, we all made up and went our own ways. I researched middle school bullying because it is a huge problem and I learned how different types of bullying happens in school, how some kids believe that harming themselves is a solution, and even how teachers get bullied, not just students.

Bullying is bound to happen anywhere at any time but occurs mostly within school limits. Kathleen Winkler defines bulling in her book, Bullying, as “...any kind of ongoing physical or verbal mistreatment, done with the intent to harm, where there is an imbalance of power between bully and victim” (Winkler 14). Bullying has an extremely important impact on one’s everyday life and can affect their life negatively getting to the point where they can no longer take the blow. To try and prevent bullying from taking place in schools, one needs to know how bullying effects a person, what the role of each person involved in the situation is, and have knowledge of specific methods on how to prevent it. Bullying in schools is a serious problem and a handful of school do their part to prevent it; others, not as much, which means there is room for improvements.

There are many roles that individuals can play when it comes to bullying. Some participate in bullying others. Others are the victims of bullying, and sometimes they might be both, bullied and bullies. Bullies search for any reasons to pick on or ridicule their victims which put them in a position of power. Victims can take control, but this will require adult intervention. When victims are made to feel loved, respected and

In order to enhance understanding it is important to know what bullying is. Bullying is something that can hurt people inside and out. Bullying can damage self-esteem. Some examples of bullying is when someone is gossiping or spreading rumors about you or someone, when people put-down others more than once, hurtful or violent threats, violent attacks, harassing someone over and over again, taunting someone, and name-calling . Bullying is usually when someone does something to someone over and over again that doesn’t make that person feel good. Bullying is not something someone can do on accident, bullying is intentionally. Bullying can leave scars or marks on someone's skin and heart. That is what bullying is mostly about.

Bullying affects more and more people each day. I beg you to take this issue seriously. There is no excuse for someone in your home, classroom, or on your team to be bullied or to be bullying someone else. It’s not kids just being kids. Middle school and high school is such a hard time for a

Bullying is an endless cycle of wrong, that we cannot seem to end. It to most victims is an everyday inescapable torture. It is easier to say, “why not just stop the bully?”. If it were that easy, we would never have bullies. All over North America there has been multiple incidents with school shootings, stabbings and suicides due to bullying alone. Ever wonder what makes a bully?

Bullies are the ones who pick one you, laugh at what you are doing or wearing, etc. If you are one of them and do all these things you are a really hurtful, mean, etc. person. I can’t stand or look at bullies or even talk to them. They are really bad people and I think that they need a good smack in the face or something by their parents. If they stop bullying that person and get bullied the deserve it. Bullying is something you don’t want to do or be a part of so if u see it or do it, STOP!!!!!!!!!!! Bullying is like being mean to someone and don’t stop and they don’t take up for their self. If your letting them do it you need to take up for yourself and say something or punch them, do something about it don’t let it happen. You’re just going to make them it do it

Bullying can be hard to define, because research has shown that it comes in many forms which makes it difficult to find one set of characteristics that will describe a bully. Conclusively, studies have defined bullying as a set of repeated aggressive behavior that is intended to harm someone, which usually involves an imbalance of power between the victim and the perpetrator (Morgan, 2012, p. 174). Studies have shown that there are two distinct types of bullying, which is a direct form of verbal and physical aggression, and indirect, which often results in name calling, rumors and exclusion (Aluedse, 2006, p. 38). This form of peer victimization can have devastating effects on a child 's academic work and their physical and psychological well being (Limber, 2003, p. 23). In terms of gender, boys are more likely to be involved in physical bullying (direct) as for girls are more likely to be involved in indirect bullying (Wang et al, 2009, p. 371). Previous research indicates, that parents and friends are two important factors of social interaction associated with bullying and victimization among adolescences. Bullying is quite common among middle school children, because it is during this time that children go through puberty and hormonal changes. During this time students are looking to be accepted and fit into a specific group; however, when there is a lack of acceptance and esteem due to victimization, this can cause children to isolate themselves from those around them

Many people do not realize how serious bullying has become. If you look at statistics suicides due to bullying have increased over just a few short years. This has become a very big problem for not only the victim but the bully as well as it affect both of them. School bullying is mentally destructive to not only the victims, but bullies because of the harmful words, harassment, and physical violence involved as well as the consequences for the bully.

Some people believe that bullying is only seen on television or in the movies but it is a real life issue that is seen and experienced by many every day. People of all ages, races, cultures and backgrounds are affected. There are some who are embarrassed to report bullying but it occurs every day, everywhere. It is important to learn about and understand what causes people to be bullies, as well as understand the effects that being bullied can have on a person.It is important for people to understand all sides of bullying, from the signs of someone being bullied to what you can do to prevent it.

Teens who are bullied often experience negative physical and mental health issues, which I faced in elementary school up until my first year of high school. As a six-year-old, I never imagined I would be a victim of bullying. I confronted tough obstacles, but for the most part, I was able to subdue these trials, and now I have grown to be the strong-willed individual I am today.

Bullying, in its many forms, is becoming an extremely hazardous problem that many individuals endure. Bullies torment others because they themselves have insecurities, have been bullied themselves, or have a mental illness that brings out the worst in them. Nevertheless, bullying can physically and emotionally destroy the victim, whether it is by physical abuse, cyber bullying, or verbal abuse.

The reason why the topic of high school and middle school bullying is such an important focus is all about the psychological evidence. According to a Duke University study, children who are bullied by peers will continue to face mental issues and damage as adults, so for the sake of the children, you must take this issue more seriously than you have in the past (Medicine, Duke). Bullying has been linked to depression, anxiety, and suicidal tendencies, although you may have already known that from the countless times anti-bullying campaigns have hammered it into your brain. Allow me to offer a realistic perspective from personal experience: after being bullied during 8th grade at your middle school, I became very self-conscious, and I have been that way ever since. The nasty girls in my grade convinced me to change who I was so I could fit in, and even when I did change, they still would not accept me into their 'social class'. I spent the next three years trying to change my outfit, hair and makeup to