Bullying In Mainstream Schools

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 a problem world-wide. “ Bullying has always been a fact of life in American schools. For generations, people accepted that bullying was simply a part of growing up” (Morais, Carmen). Bullying and cyberbullying is a daily problem. In some states bullying is considered a crime. “ Laws making bullying a crime are becoming the go-to solution” ( Morais, Carmen ).

The current definition of a “bully,” is listed as “a blustering browbeating person; especially: one habitually cruel to others who are weaker,” (Merriam-Webster, n.d.). Over the past 15 years, the term “bullying” has changed from a word that describes what was once perceived as children and teenagers making and playing harmless jokes and pranks on each other, to a word that describes the relentless harassment and sometimes violence that individuals are subjected to at various life stages. Despite the fact that bullying can affect and involve more than just students, it is most prevalent among the school age population. Unfortunately, this also means that there are deep rooted ties to violence and suicide amongst youth in America. There are many contributors to such behavior, some of which have only yet to be explored as we are at the forefront of what is considered to be the digital age. However, bullying is not a new age idea exclusive to the 21st century.

Children deserve an environment that helps them learn best and sometimes schools are not the best option. Today’s kids are this world’s hope for the better future and need a better, healthier environment and where else than at home. Homeschooling is a great option for children to learn. Bullying is a really sketchy topic that isn’t acknowledged as much as it should be in today’s society.

Bullying is a growing problem in American schools; an increase in bullying over a period of time can lead to suicide or negative impacts on health. Although some believe that students should not be formally charged for bullying, they should be because that is a cruel act and could lead to negative things. Opponents suggest that students should not be formally charged with bullying. They argue that students do not have the capacity to understand the consequences of their actions. For example, if a student bullies another student, they have no way of knowing that their actions could lead to that student harming themselves.

Has anyone seen movies were they portray a child more than perfect? Has the charisma, intelligence, beauty, ambition, care, and has a successful life that everyone would like to have? Of course an individual will never be perfect, they will always possess good and bad traits. For an individual to find true identity and uniqueness, they have to go through the process of human development. Each person goes through different paths in life trying to explore the world to seek out their identity. Life goes through many changes, from infancy to late adulthood were there are trials and tribulations. An individual is influenced throughout life by multiple factors such as different styles of parenting, social stereotypes, ethnicities, and gender.

“Parents are way overprotective these days; getting picked on by tougher kids and hassling weaker ones is just a part growing up. It is how they learn to deal with the real world.” A statement heard by many people from adults. Unfortunately, this statement is incorrect. Throughout the course of years the US Department of Justice and Education indicate that more than eighty percent (80%) of public elementary and secondary schools report experiencing at least one violent incident ranging from bullying and physical fights to rape and assault with a weapon. (ProQuest Staff) This shows there is a need for change in society. A parent guardian as well as a student would want to be

Part 1 Cover Letter - The purpose of this essay was to both call attention to and inform an audience about the issue of school bullying and violence. Research shows that the issue is far more prevalent than expected, and is gender neutral. What is surprising in these findings point to the fact that the statistics regarding bullying are not, as one might expect, focused predominantly on boys. While boys and girls mature and socially interact differently, 30-40% of the bullying reported above occurs with "mean girls," or girls who bully. Because of the manner in which girls socialize, sometimes it is more difficult to recognize girl bullies, at least at a younger age. The tactics, in fact, used by "mean girls" are somewhat distorted versions of socio-psychological development. For instance, when girls bully, they use tactics like alienation, ostracism, deliberate and calculated random exclusions, and deliberate gossip and rumor used to harass (Simmons).

This chapter will be examining schools in context, including bullying. To start this there will be a review of what basic bullying is. There will be an explanation of the Zero-Tolerance policy. Specifically, the different forms of bullying that occur in the school context. There was a study done by Taylor& Francis Group with “An analysis of bullying among students within Schools…” After there will be a description of someone who is a potential target for bullying and how to handle it, if you are being bullied. To conclude this chapter, the effects of bullying will be gone through to help see what happens to the students that are victims of bullying and do not know where to turn to or feel like they have anyone that will be able to help them.

Hugues Sampasa-Kanyinga, Paul Roumeliotis, and Hao Xu’s (2014) study analyzed the connection between students (7-12 grade students) being bullied through the use of electronic communication and students bullied at school with three dependent variables (ideation, planning, and attempt), also part of the purpose was to examine if depression had any effect on either the independent or dependent variables. Sampasa-Kanyinga et al. investigated the hypothesis that cyberbullying and school bullying increased the formation of ideas about suicide, planned strategies and the actual try to commit suicide and how the last three dependent variables were influenced by depression (p. 2).

Even though schools face cost issues in education of staff and anti-bullying enforcement, bullying is a serious problem that is not being properly addressed. With the shootings at Columbine High School in Colorado, where on April 20, 1999 two students started a massacre where 12 students and one teacher were killed, and suicides in multiple places, it’s clear that bullying causes tragedies. All of the events, in some way, are related to bullying. In recent years, there has been more media coverage of incidences of bullying and its repercussions. There was a girl in Massachusetts named Phoebe Prince that after being bullied for months went home after school on January 14, 2010 and committed

While the definition of bullying is disputable, it can be widely understood as repeated aggressive behaviours towards an individual(s) with the intention of physical, mental or emotional harm for one’s own personal gain (Spears et el 2008, p. 6). Bullying has long and short-term effects on an individual such as alienation, engagement in violence, decline in attendance and academic performance and a higher chance of developing a mental illness (Spears et el 2008, p. 8). Recent research indicates that’s one in four Australian students are bullied in school (Baker, 2015). This demonstrates that the issue of bullying is prevalent in Australian schools. Research indicates that bullying effects not only the perpetrator, but also the victim’s

Bullying, particularly within the schools, has been a significant concern since the 1990s widespread school violence. Bullying refers to deliberate individual actions to cause and repeat harm others while those being bullied are powerless in their defense. As a result, bullying in the school undermines positive relationships among students as well as academic performances. From this perspective, understanding the causes and reasons for bullying is critical in the implementation of coping mechanism targeting improved academic performance and health.

Abstract- Bully was once regarded on ordinary parts of growing up all the school change a lot though the years over time.

When I was a young girl and I would discuss bullying with my parents I always told “You never let anyone bully you or put their hands on you”. It was a common in my society to hear the statement “If someone hits you then you hit them back”. Now that I am a mother the thought of those statements still come to mind, when speaking to my children about bullying at school. In today’s society what we know and understand as bullying does not require a school or playground, these actions take place right in your own home. Cyberbullying is an aggressive ongoing behavior that takes place online via electronic technology such as cell phones, computers, and tablets. These aggressive behaviors are on social networks and may also come in the form of an email, text messages, pictures and videos, phone calls, instant messaging. These electronics are now given to children from their parents or they are accessible within their household, and there is little to no regard of the difficulty they may face amongst their peers. Because cyber bullying starts within the household I believe that parents should also be held accountable for any grievances, or victimized children under their guardianship. Some people may ask “what is cyber bullying” or “how does it vary from what we have always known bullying to be”?