Bullying As A Major Issue Affecting Education

To begin this essay, it is essential to define some key terms. The Nature-Nurture debate argues whether our behaviour is as a result of our biology (such as our genes or neurochemistry), or if our behaviour arises from learning from others. For the purpose of this essay, a bully is defined as “a person who uses their strength or power to hurt or frighten people who are weaker” (Oxford Student’s dictionary, 2007). It is essential to investigate why bullying occurs and how to prevent it as bullies as well as their victims are likely to develop mental health problems. Children and adolescents who bully often develop increased levels of negative mental health outcomes in adulthood, as shown in Copeland, Wolk & Angold et al’s (2013) study; 9.4%

How many of you know someone that has been a victim of bullying? or have been victims of a bully? Statistically schools students have a one in seven chance of being on the receiving end of a bullies rage (NBNBD). In the United States, there is an estimated 160,000 children miss school every day due to fear of attack or intimidation by other students (NEA), but what are the contributing factors in school violence? What and why do bullies to want to inflict pain on someone? We need to find the many sociological factors in a bully that causes them to do harm to others and contribute to violence in schools.

Bullying has become more of an issue that is threatening our younger generation today. Bullying is becoming more of a vicious act in public schools throughout the United States (Coloroso, 2003; Felix & McMahon, 2006). There are many adverse effects that are caused by this disgraceful act. The average school-age child is silently or overtly tormented on a daily basis. Many of these students who experience bullying feel that they have no one to talk to, or that they have no where to go. The motives that the bullies take can cause harmful and even devastating results. In today’s society, bullying provokes emotional, social, and cognitive distress in the

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.

People often forget about the outcome on the bully. For instance, being a bully increases the odds of run-ins with the law. By their mid-thirties 60% of people who bullied in grades 6-9 have at least one criminal conviction. “I would rather be a little nobody, then to be a evil somebody.” ― Abraham Lincoln Kids in bullying groups are also more likely to have poor relationship with their parents. Bullies are also more likely to carry weapons when they grow up. Bullies

It’s not like a math problem where you can add a couple numbers together and get the answer. Possible behavior problems can sometimes come from a persons environment or surroundings. It’s complicated andtakes time to fully understand the mind and behavior problems of a bully. But it's said that in situations like these, the reason for a bully to bully comes from there’re environment in which they are currently in and how they socialize. However due to the significant amount of victims and consistent actions of the behavior, there has been a significant amount of new information regarding the behavior of bullies. The research empties that bullying is an unpredictable trait thatshows up without and type of pattern and becomes problematic for one of seven individuals.Bullying takes place everywhere within the U.S.and does not discriminate again gender or race. However, the signs show up at a young age during

“Kids will be kids” is a famous saying suggesting that bullying is a normal part of growing up. Yet with beatings, death threats, and 24-hour harassment via technology, bullying has become a dangerous, life-threatening epidemic. Children cannot get away for it, which has led to many suicides. Schools are struggling to take a stand against bullying, and with parents, politics, and the media involved, educators have a difficult time pleasing everyone. Bullying can occur randomly or regularity. It can happen daily, weekly, or monthly. In fact, one in ten bullying victims are bullied daily, while one in five victims are bullied once or twice a month. The bullied students can rarely predict when the bullying will occur, and if the student can predict

Bullying has been an ongoing problem in our school system. We have the “old school bully” where a popular kid or “Jock” bullys a “nerd”. Today there are different ways that people use to bully others. To mention a few of the most common types of bullying there is cyber bullying, verbal, and physical abuse. Kids get bullied for religion, race, appearance, and even disabilities. Even with bullying being such a huge problem in our school systems it seems like nothing is being done. Even if there was something being done, which people can argue, there hasn't been any change. In a normal day at school many of kids get bullied and it goes unnoticed and/or doesn't get reported. For cyber bullying it goes under the radar because schools

A research shown that bullying not only affects the victim but also the bully themselves. It often resulted in individuals growing up to be more aggressive and reclusive to others. Bullies are not born the way they are, according to researchers. These individuals should also be guided immediately in order to avoid that kind of behavior to be integrated into their character and conduct forever. Based on a survey, bullies and their victims are more likely to engage in disruptive acts compared to those not involved in bullying in any way. Bullying can be encountered in all ages as young as preschoolers on a playground. Individuals who have been bullied were observed to develop depressive actions as they grew older. Parents

In all cases which I have witnessed, one who bullies others has typically been bullied or continues to be bullied by someone (or something) in control of them. Whether it be another student, a family member, or fate, traumatic events in the life of a young person can spawn the thoughts and actions of bullying in their minds without intending to cause anyone else harm. In Confronting School Bullying: Kids, Culture, and the Making of a Social Problem, Cohen and Brooks (2014) describe the different types of bullies as “Elites… Predators… The Wounded… [and] Bully-Victim[s]” (p. 41-43). The “Elites” were described as “highly popular students” who “generally perceive themselves to be powerful” such as jocks or popular students (Cohen & Brooks, 2014, p. 41). Cohen and Brooks (2014) describe the “Predators” as “Bullies… whose only motivation seemed to be to hurt others” (p. 41). Both Elites and Predators, however, seem to only bully others for the fun of it without any motivation. Along with “The Wounded,” described by Cohen and Brooks (2014) as “bullies at school [who] are often victims at home” (p. 42), Elites and Predators can also fall into the category of bully-victims. Bully-victims are people who fall into both categories of being a bully and a victim, sometimes without realizing it (Cohen & Brooks, 2014, p. 43). Bully-victims have reported being bullied,

There is a lot of bullying that goes on in this world, a majority of it being cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is a constant problem with young kids on social media. Cyberbullying is a risk for anyone, “Cyberbullying is deliberately using digital media to communicate false, embarrassing, or hostile information about another person. It is the most common online risk for all teens and is a peer-to-peer risk” (AAP). Nonetheless, bullying is always going to happen and cyberbullying allows it to happen

Bullying is a worldwide problem that has been going on for years whether in schools or online. Based off a power point by Laura Rizzardini, bullying is when someone “purposely causes harm…includes social exclusion, and the bully has more power than the victim.” There could many different logics to why bullies bully. Some reasons may include: it is a way to get attention, fit in with a certain group of people, or even that is the way they are treated at home so they do not know that it is not acceptable to do in society, also, because of power. I agree with the textbook, The Practical Skeptic, by Lisa J. McIntyre, it states, “Spencer viewed social competition as a kind of purifying process in which the weak were weeded out” (23). This relates to people who bully because just like Spencer they are trying to weed people they feel unthreatening or superior over, and that consist of the victims of the bullies. All three of the theoretical perspective —conflict, functionalism, and symbolic interactionism—could be used to analyze bullying. But the best way to look at bullying with a sociological imagination is through the symbolic interactionist perspective; which based off of people’s perceptions of reality.

In the past ten years, cyber bullying has become wildly spread. In schools, instead of altercations being face to face most of the bullying is being done behind a computer, or a phone screen. It’s a shame that schools aren’t doing enough to prevent kids from being tortured over the internet. Most schools aren’t noticing that even though it may not be happening during the week or on school computers it’s still happening and is affecting the students.

Why and how does children get bullies in school? Is it necessary to have bullies in school? According to the article “Bullying and Peer Victimization”, Faris discusses the cause of bullies and how it affects their mental health. One cause of bullying is the diversity, which makes a consequence of mental problems. The mental health problems that shows are depression, anger, anxiety, low self-esteem, or low empathy. It is proven that “researchers have found that bullies have significantly lower self-esteem than bystanders (O’Moore & Kirkham, 2001), are more depressed (Roland, 2002), and have lower global self-worth, scholastic competence, social acceptance, and greater behavioral conduct problems (Austin & Joseph, 1996)” (Faris, 2009).

In the Annual Bullying Survey 2016, just over a third of people who bully said that they don't spend much time with their parents or guardians.A similar number of bullies also said that there were arguments at home every day.Other things mentioned included stressful experiences like a big family fallout and the death of a pet.The survey by charity Ditch the Label spoke to 8,850 people aged 12 to 20 years old. 14% said they had bullied.The results also suggest that people who have been bullied are almost twice as likely to become bullies.A common reason that a kid is a bully is that he or she lacks attention from a parent at home and lashes out at others for attention. Very often parents are bullies, are angry, or don't handle conflict well. Kids usually bully because they learn this behavior at home. It is learned behavior which can be unlearned.A lot of times kids will be bullied because they get a lot of positive attention from their peers and from adults. Bullies target these students because they either feel inferior or they worry that their abilities are being overshadowed by the other person's