Bullying Is A Growing Epidemic

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 has become an epidemic in our society. Children with special needs are often the victims of bullying. Seah Mahrer is a high school student with Down's Syndrome. His mother was worried about him starting high school. She thought that he would be picked on because of his disability. Sean's family members and friends reached out on Facebook and asked people for their support.

Bullying has always been recognized as a normal part of growing up; therefore, most people in the past have not given bullying much thought. Bullying is often thought as “kids being kids” or a “rite of passage,” but it is much more of a problem than just being a kid (Maughan 2). According to the U.S. Deparment of Education, over 13 million students are bullied each year, and over 160,000 students avoid going to school because they are bullied (Maughan 1). Students who feel so threatened by bullying that they do not want to go to school demonstrates just how much bullying can change a child’s life. Bullying is a serious problem, and a child’s life could be dramatically changed by being terrorized at school. (Maughan, 1-2)

Over the past couple of years, bullying has reached an all-time high around the world. Bullying is an act of someone treated another person poorly either through actions or words. It is something that can be found anywhere and it can happen to people of all ages. It is most commonly found in students’ that attend elementary school, junior high, and high school. In this essay, it discusses a study performed on students grades five through eight on bullying in elementary and junior high.

“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

There are several types of bullying and I want to acknowledge all of them to clear up any misunderstandings. The first type of bullying I want to address is Physical. This is any bullying that hurts someone’s body or damages their possessions. A few examples include stealing, shoving, hitting, fighting, and destroying. The second type is Verbal. Verbal bullying is a means of using words in a negative way such as insults, teasing, put downs, etc. Third form of bullying involves hurting someone’s reputation or relationships like leaving someone out purposely, telling others not to be friends with them, and spreading rumors. The final act of bulling is Cyber, which is the biggest and most common. Cyber bullying takes place using electronic technology including cell phones, computers, and tablets. The sites of the bullying are social media, text messages, chat, and websites.

Bullying is a prominent issue among people of all ages. It has become a huge issue among children in schools. Bullying is a factor that can cause students to want to leave school or to become home schooled. The problem is, many students may not know they are being bullied, what a bully is or what they can do to handle it. In pre schools and elementary schools bullying is a topic that is seen everyday. From a students perspective Pre School and early elementary school is their first look in what “real” schooling is like and gives them a first impression about making friends and learning. Its important for teachers and staff to stop the bullying problems just as they begin to ensure that the bully won’t continue bullying and

Bullying is defined as the repeated aggression towards someone of a lower power status, with the intent to cause harm or hurt this person. It is a form of abuse and can take different forms such as physical, verbal, relational and cyber. (Monks, 2006; Craig, 2007). Physical bullying is the most obvious and is the actual harming of another human being; such as punching and kicking. Verbal bullying consists of name calling, teasing and threats towards another person. Relational bullying is harm related to emotional distress, this can include social exclusion, spreading rumors (Bauman, 2006). Cyber bullying is a more recent extension to the types of bullying, it is defined as, “the intentional act of aggression towards another person online” (Ybarra, 2004). This type of bullying can be enacted through e-mail, chatrooms, instant messaging and text-messaging (Low, 2013). Most bullying occurs in the school setting although it can occur within the home and workplace. (Monks, 2006).

Bullying can be classified as a form of aggression, such as assault or abuse, commonly against children. There are also many forms of assault and abuse like sexual, verbal, physical, and emotional usually carried out by fellow peers, adults or even strangers. These forms of aggression are essentially an abuse of a power imbalance. It is a negative way to use power to dominate, control and humiliate another human being.

Bullying has become a growing issue around the world. The act of bullying can begin with a small eye roll, but within a short period of time it can escalate to abuse. Bullying is an issue that cannot be taken lightly. The consequences of bullying can be lethal, encourage a never-ending cycle of bullying, and have long term mental effects. In a recent survey conducted at Elise P. Buckingham Charter Magnet High School, the results indicated that bullying is still an issue. It is not clear how bullying can be completely eradicated, but there are ways of preventing it from increasing in society.

In Todays, society bullying is shown more often in schools, especially high schools. The type of bullying noted and documented are Physical bullying, Verbal Bullying, Cyberbullying, and Covent or Hidden bullying. Kids use cyberbullying against each other to discriminate their friends or just to make fun of them online. In school campus, kids use Physical bullying to manhandle their peers because they want to feel better and show that they have more power, or just because they are having domestic issues at home. They usually perform these acts in front of a crowd to get more attention making them feel more powerful. When using Verbal abuse kids use words in a negative way to degrade others, or to humiliate them in front of their peers because of what they wear, or because of their economic standing. When using Covent or hidden bullying kids spreading rumors, mimic others behind their back and ruining their social reputation. Kids may not know that this is a type of bullying because they may see it at playing around but adults should be able to see the difference and talk the kids because they may not see that by spreading rumors or mimicking they are humiliating the other person in front of their peers.

Bullying is a problem that occurs all over the world and in all types of places, but let us focus on a specific type of bullying; bullying in schools. Many schools have anti-bullying fundraisers and groups, but very few of them ever seems to help. Perhaps the reason for that is because the people in charge of the events or groups do not fully understand what it is that causes bullying. Bullying in schools can have many causes. Whether it is to intentionally hurt someone or not it is still bullying. The things that make a kid bully though are typically things that are very simple and are usually things that are “a combined effort between home and school.”(Colman, Adrian, 2002) Bullying is also often caused by a variety of people, such as parents, teachers, friends, and other students. Bullies will often put themselves in a place that makes them seem stronger than everyone around them so that no one can try to attack them, and so that no one can see their weaknesses. The main things that often lead a kid to bully are things like having a difficult home life, lacking attention, and too much power among peers.

The act of bullying is an unwanted or aggressive behavior which usually involves a child in a more powerful position, whether it be physical or social power, that is repeated over time. However, one egregious act can land the child in the middle of a bully label. Just as any behavior, bullying can be physical, verbal or a combination of the two. The physical acts include kicking, pinching, tripping or punching another student while verbal acts include name calling, taunting or derogatory references. Legitimate bully behavior is emotionally detrimental to a child’s

In any country, in any state, and in any city, there is one thing that occurs to link all these places together: bullying. Bullying is the use of force, threat, or pressure to abuse, scare, or aggressively control others. It has become a major problem in school, at the workplace, and even online. But what makes a bully? What is the real origin and source of bullying and can it be prevented? It is believed that there are many solutions that can prevent bullying in the future for kids and even adults. Most of these solutions occur in the adolescent years of the individual; however, two solutions stand out. The two most effective ways to prevent a child from being a potential bully are through teaching individuals to handle situations appropriately and giving these individuals good role models

First of all, bullying is as common as it is a word. Everyone has come across a bully at some point in their lives, but not everyone understands what bullying really is. Sometimes, it’s hard to read between the lines of what is bullying and what is not. Bullying is an action that causes harm or has an intent to cause harm (Powell) or “an intentional repeated aggressive behavior, which involves an imbalance of power between the victim and bully” (Iannotti and Wang). Researchers Jin Wang and Ronald J. Iannotti have also defined bullying into four groups: physical bullying, verbal bullying, relational/indirect bullying, and cyberbullying. Physical bullying is bullying that involves physical actions that cause harm such as shoving, punching, kicking, and even stealing. Verbal bullying, like its name, involves verbal