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Bullying In Public Schools

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“On Oct. 1, 600 people crammed the First Baptist Church in Tehachapi to remember Seth Walsh, a 13-year-old who liked Pokémon, dance music and reading the Bible—and who had acknowledged to understanding family members and friends that he liked other boys” (Cloud). Seth Walsh was a young boy who was bullied relentlessly starting in the fourth grade. The bullying was so bad that he resorted to suicide on September 19, 2010 (Cloud). Bullying is such a huge problem in our society. Children as young as Seth Walsh are committing suicide every day because bullying is so bad that they feel like there is no other way out. Bullying today is worse than it has ever been before; however, in the past few years, our society has started many anti-bullying …show more content…

Every school day, there are classrooms filled with twenty or more students and one teacher to watch them all. Given that the teachers have so many students to look after, there are undeniably going to be actions that take place that the teachers will not see. However, the problem is when the teachers or other administration do see acts of bullying and choose to ignore them. Our school system acts as if they are hardcore against bullying, but this is definitely not the case. According to the social worker Signe Whitson, she and others parents have dealt with the school turning a blind eye to …show more content…

Social media is an enormous part of our society and has opened a large window for bullying to occur. People of all ages, races, and religions are on social media and often take part in arguments where others are called vulgar names and are harassed. People are constantly being bullied on social media to the point that some view this behavior as being acceptable. In the movie Cyberbully, a girl is tormented on social media. Her classmates all thought it was acceptable and hilarious to see this girl get bullied and often joined in on the bullying. Bullying was brought to the attention of the school and police where they both said that they could not do anything about it because it happened on social media. Little did the girl know, it was her best friend who started bullying her on social media (Cyberbully). The internet allows people to say things behind a screen and even hide their identity. It is terrifying to see how cruel people are on social media and how others allow it and think it is funny. “When children, and many adults for that matter, aren’t talking to someone face-to-face, they are less likely to feel the implications of what they are really saying” (“Social Media

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