Bullying In America

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.

Bullying is very bad and because of this about 160,000 of 13,000,000 kids stay home so they don’t get bullied by anyone. Also out of that 13 million 2,000 commit suicide because of the harsh bullying. Since many kids around the world are being bullied schools have been starting an anti-bullying system which brings bullies down by 15%. When kids reported bullying 80% of it is name calling, 39% is hitting or shoving, 38% is threats, 29% is rumor spreading, etc. Everyone should always remember one rule and that is the golden rule, the golden rule is to treat others how they want to be treated, but some bullies just don’t understand so they make everyone feel bad about themselves.

According to the article, Meet the New Sheriff by Suzanne McCabe, “One out of every five students are bullied or are bullies themselves.” This one piece of ground-breaking evidence is enough to destroy our society, and our children’s lives forever. Bullying is a highly discussed topic that American children face every day and it’s near impossible to stop. There are also topics within bullying, like how students become bullies, or how to stop bullying, also which is worse being a bystander or being a bully. And you can’t deny that bullies are almost like mad serial killers, they go around and they don’t stop even if they get into trouble. There are so many topics on bullying that you can’t even count them all. “Everyone has been bullied for

I believe schools should be free of bullying because it is a place where we need to study and build fundamentals for our future. Bullying damages the bullied individuals emotionally, academically, and intellectually. I know this from a personal experience, I suffered from bullying for about three years in high school, and I know how it feels to be bullied and to be afraid to assert myself. The bullies used to bully me by calling me “ugly” and “stupid” and many other phrases…I used to hear these negative words and phrases daily. It even affected my academic performance, and I used to tell myself that it is okay, I am not the only one who has been through this and not survived. Plus, I was scared if I faced them and tried to defend myself, it will be worse, so I used to deal with it by silence. It stopped when I decided to speak up about it to my teacher. After talking to my teacher, who took care of the problem, nobody bothered me after that day. If I had not spoken up and stood up for myself that issue would have never been solved. This example shows the significance for students to speak up for themselves to solve their own problems. Consequently, we should never hesitate to assert ourselves and ask for help if we have an

Bullying is a very serious problem. About 1/10 teenagers drop out of school because of being bullied. Victims of bullies tend to become depressed and many others have even taken their own lives away. Overall bullying has really ruined and hurt many people and it needs to be recognized. The issue of bullying hasn't been exaggerated at all. Additionally, all the attention and awareness that has been spread about bullying is completely appropriate.

According to dosomething.org, “Over 3.2 million students are victims of bullying each year.” Everyone can be a bully at one point and they may not even know that they are bullying someone. Which means that our actions can speak louder than our words, and sometimes when our rude actions and mean words come together it’s not always a happy ending. In the end someone’s going to be hurt.

No matter what type of bullying, it should not happen to anyone. No one deserves to have fears about going to go to or to work because they are afraid of being threatened and bullied. Bullying is a well known problem in the US yet little had been done to prevent the problem. Everyday, in schools, a placed where security and shelter was promised, young children and teenagers are physically threatened, publically embarrassed, and exploited on social media all because of bullies. If bullying happens in schools, people believe it is the children’s responsibility to address the problem themselves which is not the case. Yes, some of the responsibility is on the children, the victim, the bully, and the bystanders, but the other half is for the adults

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

Years ago society saw bullying as the big kid on the playground that stole lunch money from kids. That is not what “bullying” describes now days. According to stopbullying.gov bullying is:

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 is a social problem that has negatively affected way too many lives. It is a problem that has existed for centuries, but has now taken on new life in the 21st century. People need to stand up and speak out about this problem. There are too many situations where bullying is "brushed under the mat" and it is time to put an end to this kind of action.

Considering the fact that bullying is a spreading issue I believe that there are some simple facts that everyone should know about it. Lets start off with a clear definition of what bullying is, “Bullying is a form of aggressive behavior in which someone intentionally and repeatedly causes another person injury or discomfort…The bullied individual typically has trouble defending him or herself and does nothing to “cause” the bullying.” "Bullying." American Psychological Association. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 May 2016. Victims of bullying are known to be “2 to 9 times more likely to consider suicide than non-victims”. "Bullying and Suicide - Bullying Statistics." Bullying Statistics. N.p., 07 July 2015. Web. 24 May 2016. As a victim of bullying myself I can tell you that the first thing you’ll want to do when you 're bullied is hide in your room and sleep forever, you’ll never

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.

Bullying is a big issue in the world these days. It is our job as teachers to address this issue in our classroom and teach children that bullying is not ok.

Schools say “no” to bullying, but why not say “yes”? Bullying is good for teachers, students, classes, and the world. Bullying can help everyone whether they are the bully or the victim. Everyone wins when it comes to bullying. There are so many reasons why instead of saying “Bullying is very bad,” schools should say, “You should bully (but not everyone) because some people need to get bullied.”