Bullying At MHS By Eliza Rubio

Bullies run rampant through the halls of schools across America, but fellow students are not always the problem. Teachers bully their students by using verbal abuse, causing unnecessary stress, or putting the student in harm's way. Students need the help and support of their mentors to achieve their academic goals. When the teacher becomes the bully, students cannot get the most out of their classes. Personal cases from students of Tinora High School and Karen Eubank show different ways that a teacher can cause more harm than good.

One of the grimmest, ongoing issues present within all latter-day educational institutions and public facilities is the problem and complications of a recently reinvigorated phenomenon: bullying. Bullying can be defined—and entails—as any of the broad gamut of aggressive, intimidating, and/or negative behaviours that are expressed on behalf of an individual or group towards one or more other people who consequently experience forms of mistreatment and associated sentiments of pain (this behaviour is generally associated with young adults and children). Albeit many younger students have neglected the genuine importance of this issue as a result of many unrealistic, specious clichés and stereotypes present within the media coupled with feelings of nonchalance and lethargy, the problem of bullying has only been aggravated through the inception of the Internet and the concomitant repercussion of cyberbullying: “2 in 5 parents report their child has been involved in a cyberbullying

As more and more children go to school, the rates of bullying go up as time goes by. there are many times at which students suffer all the bullying that occurs within their lives. As more schools become aware of the magnitude of the bullying occurring right under their noses, there are rules created to aid the victim. There are various types of bullying and these are created to do one thing, instill superiority among the “stronger” and place a feeling of inferiority. Bullies are the ones who are detrimental to a child’s development.

What is the most effective way to stop bullying? According to the article “ Teenage Bullies” by Jenifer Goodwin, the author discusses that the reason why teenage bullying others is because they want attentions to be more popular. First,the bullying level is also relate to the ability. Second, most of the teenage bullies are the popular kids but not the most popular kids. Third, the majority of kids did not bullying others. In addition, the author suggested that if we want to solve the bullying problems we should consider to encourage all the bystanders to speak up to stop bullying. Finally, the author also mentions other solution is the victims should know how to protect themselves. The article makes an important point when it discusses the popular kids’ intention of bullying, and the witnesses should help to stop bullying.

Andrea Gibson’s’ poem ‘Letter to the Playground Bully’ is an unforgettable poem about bullying. She cleverly crafts a poem from the perspective of an 8 and a half year old girl who is trying to confront the playground bully through a letter. The poem’s sole purpose is to expose the hardships and reality for victims of bullying. She achieves this by making the speaker a younger version of herself. She wrote this poem in order to perform in front of high school and elementary school students to try and stop bullying. Gibson explores unfamiliar territory related to bullying in a straightforward, sweet, yet different approach.

This social issue has been in the spotlight for quite some time now and is the leading cause for students to miss school, become less social, cause self harm and even in some cases death. Bullying and harassment are commonly seen for the most part amongst teenagers who face issues at school, not only does this happen here in the United States, but in schools universally. ¨17% of American students report being bullied 2 to 3 times a month or more within a school semester¨ (Valerie). Although this is mostly seen among teens it can also happen between children and even adults. Bullying can occur everyday throughout Madera High School and no one would be able to acknowledge or stand up for the victim. Vice Principals at MHS have said that more

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 is an act of someone who believes they are superior to a person hurting them emotionally infiltrating their insecurities, damaging their reputation, and destroying their confidence. Andrea Gibson shows these characteristics of bullying in her acclaimed poem A letter to the Playground Bully from Andrea, Age 8 ½. She yearns to end conflicts with the bully, but also herself. She uses figurative language and repetition to highlight and resolve her complications mentally and emotionally.

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.

Sarah is a kind girl, she gets good grades and is what society would think as quite pretty. However, on a daily basis, she is harassed from the time that she wakes up, until the time that she goes to sleep in tears. She has attempted to talk to other adults such as the teachers at the school. Sadly, the bully only got off a warning and Sarah was still tormented day in and day out. This short example shows that schools need to shine more light on the subject of bullying. Schools have “attempted” to take on this idea of bullying by plastering posters one walls along with counselors that try their hardest to help. Nevertheless, this cannot be enough to stop bullying at schools, can it? With the

I advised her that she needs to confront bullies and not be perplexed. The following day in class the new young lady came up to me and embraced me truly tight and long and began to express her appreciation toward me for being an incredible individual and empowering her and that I transformed her life. The new young lady has been my closest companion from that day forward which from today is just about nine years. Understudies who witness harassing might likewise be influenced. They might feel regretful for not helping, or dreadful that they will be the following target. Then again they might be drawn into the tormenting themselves and feel terrible about it a short time later. The majority of this might bit by bit change the gathering or classroom mentalities and standards in a harsher, less sympathetic direction. Bullying is a difficult issue that will affect the school experience of all youngsters included. This is the reason it must be considered important and successful measures to forestall it must be placed set

Social bullying can really take a toll on a student’s mental and emotional wellbeing. Therefore, getting to know your student and being present in their lives is important.

Understanding the notion of bullying is undermined by an individual’s point of view, life experience, and personality. What some people declare as bullying others shake off as a typical behavior of kids. Whether the bias also has a base in gender or age the issue that needs to be dealt with is the damage done to the victim and the mental health needs of the perpetrator. The question regarding bullying is about norms and responses to violations of the norms. How students and adults interpret the actions, reactions, and feelings are tied to the level of open communications that exist. Adults often believe it when the student says ‘I’m fine’ because they want to believe it. Students are quite skillful about saying what they think adults want to hear. This lack of communication at home and school leaves a student who is being bullied isolated and vulnerable.

Bullying is a major issue in schools all across America today. According to Gale Student Resources in Context, an organization dedicated to helping students get accurate and credible information, 30% of high school students in America say that they have been bullied at some point in their lives (“Bullying at School”). It causes many problems for the victims such as low self-esteem, lower grades, depression, and anxiety. An article on CNN Wire shares the struggles that victims of bullying deal with

School bullying and bullying as a whole has become a growing concern. The need for more intervention is more recognized, as incidents of bullying and inappropriate acts towards others occur in places outside of the classroom. This literature takes a closer look at bullying in schools. Olwesus (2013) states “the field of bullying research is to some extent plagued by problems, disagreements, and unresolved issues” (p.752). Whether if anyone will agree on the root of bullying, the fact remains that bullying has to be examined at its very core to remedy the matter before it becomes a bigger concern. There is a dire need for intervention based programs to be set in place to address the fact the act of bullying has lasting effects on the bully and the victim. When intervention programs are put into place to address bullying, the act of bullying decreases due to the gained understanding of the effects.