Bullying Is An Emotional And Physical Draining Issue

Bullying has one of the most deadly outcomes in the world; it can corrupt futures and lives. There are roughly 4,400 suicide deaths per year that are related or in results of bullying. You can save lives on a daily basis by staying aware and having an understanding of bullying and how to prevent the dangers of it. Bullying is a commonly understood topic around the world, but there are many unknown facts and situations that people aren’t aware of, including different types of bullying: bullying in school, racial bullying, and bullying in the workplace. Bullying hasn’t always been a major issue that haunts lives on a day to day basis.

Bullying is a very negative offense that is described as “repetitive behavior that harms or hurts another person physically, socially or emotionally; and is an imbalance of power in which the target cannot stop the behavior and defend themselves” (National Bullying Prevention Center, 2016e, para, 2). Additionally, it creates major problems for everyone in general, and all those who are involved, principals, social workers, teachers, and the schools. According to NBPC, research and statistics have proven that bullying tends to change, if not ruin the lives of many people in a harmful or tragic manner. Many long or everlasting detrimental effects occur as a result of bullying. Poor mental health, behavior disorders, and loss of academic interest or skills have been associated to bullying. Additionally, there is a strong correlation between school violence and suicide. It is crucially important for students and their families to understand that there are many resources and help available. According to research, the effects of bullying can distort or destroy the lives or future of many innocent victims. To broaden the perspectives and knowledge on bullying, this paper will focus on its definitions, roles of bullying, characteristics and environmental factors that influence and develop bullying. Finally, I hope to describe prevention or intervention resources and programs, which have been effective in teaching parents and students how to

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)

Our society today suffers from multiple diseases. Diseases range from cancer, HIV, diabetes, and mental illness. What people do not usually think about as a disease is bullying. Bullying is one of those diseases that is a major problem is human lives. Bullying is an act that harms many people around the world, especially here in the United States of America.“Bullying can defined by many things. It’s teasing, name calling, stereotyping, cyber bullying, fighting, exclusion, spreading rumors, public shaming, and aggression intimidation” (Strickland). According to educational reports, an average of 15% of children in elementary school are in involved in bullying (Ross). This high of a percentage proves that bullying is still a major problem today in American society. While the percentage is not close to a hundred, those 15% of young children are affected enough. Fifteen percent of young children being bullied is more than enough to prove that bullying should be frowned upon. “[Bullying] can be in person and online. But it can often be considered a rite of passage” (Strickland). Bullying causes a variety of problems. The problems are not only in young people, but also adults who were bullied before. To cure this epidemic, it would be beneficial to society if society was informed about these negative effects.

Bullying is considered to be aggressive behavior that is repeated or has the potential to be repeated, over a period of time. The actions of bullying can include spreading rumors, making threats, verbally or physically attacking someone, or purposely isolating someone from a group. As children attempt to make sense of traumatic events, new behavioral problems can stem from re-experienced occurrences. Some children affected may disassociate themselves from the situations and absorb themselves in behaviors that generate negative attention. Many bullies themselves have experienced difficulties within their own lifestyles. Bullying can stem from existing problems or challenges from home such as divorced parents, violent episodes inside the home, foster care, drug abuse or sexual abuse. Unfortunately, sometimes leading to catastrophic or disastrous outcomes.

Bullying is a worldwide problem that has been going on for years whether in schools or online. Based off a power point by Laura Rizzardini, bullying is when someone “purposely causes harm…includes social exclusion, and the bully has more power than the victim.” There could many different logics to why bullies bully. Some reasons may include: it is a way to get attention, fit in with a certain group of people, or even that is the way they are treated at home so they do not know that it is not acceptable to do in society, also, because of power. I agree with the textbook, The Practical Skeptic, by Lisa J. McIntyre, it states, “Spencer viewed social competition as a kind of purifying process in which the weak were weeded out” (23). This relates to people who bully because just like Spencer they are trying to weed people they feel unthreatening or superior over, and that consist of the victims of the bullies. All three of the theoretical perspective —conflict, functionalism, and symbolic interactionism—could be used to analyze bullying. But the best way to look at bullying with a sociological imagination is through the symbolic interactionist perspective; which based off of people’s perceptions of reality.

School bullying is a pervasive problem found in elementary, middle, and high schools across the United States and around the world. As an international phenomenon, school bullying occurs at similar rates in disparate cultures, countries, and educational settings. Once seen as a normal, if not harmless part of growing up, school bullying is now recognized as one of the primary threats to school safety today. Since the late 1990s, several fatal school shootings committed by the victims of school bullying have brought major media attention to the issue. The result has been an increase in public awareness about the harmful effects of school bullying and a flurry of local, state, and nationwide programs designed to prevent or at least contain the problem. In recent years, psychologists, sociologists, and school administrators have all published a plethora of research about school bullying.

In the twenty-first century, bullying is an extremely complex issue that isn’t going to dissolve overnight. Bullying is a worldwide issue among the younger generation. The behavior is major topic and more people are becoming a part of the solution. It will take a collaborative effort to bring about change. (Bullying in Schools: A Behavior Portfolio) Bullying is not a new challenge, it has just involved to be more pervasive and destructive. The intensity of the behavior and its extreme negative consequences has been documented for generations.

Bullying is a huge complication now in our society/generation and now it is taking place at our schools. But, that is not the only opulence that school can offer, they can also be a combat zone, a place of endurance for some may think, where the notorious and attractive are rewarded and valued, while the penniless are being bullied every second of the hour. Being that there are different factors that may harm a person’s actions it may be caused by the environment, history and other related material. Bullying can take place before, during, or after school hours. Being

Throughout the years and across generations, bullying has continued to be the problem that it is today. Despite growing concern towards bullying, it has commonly been seen as an issue that one must face on his or her own. An experience that toughens children to help prepare them for the “real world” outside of school. Viewpoints may be based on political orientation: conservatives are more likely to believe that with the issue of bullying, responsibility lies in individuals, while liberals argue for society-based responsibility (Kim & Telleen, 2016). Either way may be misguided if blame is rested on the victims themselves rather than on the bullies, which is often found to be the case (Kim & Telleen, 2016).

One of the top social issues affecting our children in schools is bullying. In recent reports, one out of every four students reports being bullied during school (National Center for Education Statistics, 2015). Bullying is very important to me because I have been bullied through my schooling career. I remember how it was not only the bullies that made my time in elementary hard but also the bystanders that did nothing to stop them or stand up for me. This issue has definitely gotten more attention over the years, but it is very important to continue the anti- bullying campaigns. It is important for all school officials and workers to be aware of bullying and help prevent. Although bullying has been present in our schools for a very long time we should do everything we can to stop and prevent bullying so each student can look forward to an enjoyable time in their schooling career.

Bullying has become an ever growing dilemma across the United States, and according to a study done by the U.S. Department of Education, eight percent of students between the ages of twelve and eighteen reported being bullied everyday. It has lead to the terrifying issue of a person taking their own life, or harming themselves. We cannot expect children to be able to do this alone, therefore adults need to become more involved, as well as schools. School should be a safe place for everyone, no one should feel like they’re in danger. Furthermore, it is time school staff put their foot down and attempt to put a stop to bullying. Bullying needs to be addressed in a stern, comforting way, but cannot be done without the help of students being informed of the realities, and both parents and teachers becoming involved.

In more recent national study, nearly 30% of students surveyed reported being involved in bullying in the correct term as either an offender or a victim. This translates to 3,708,284 students reporting bullying and 3,245,904 student reporting victimization” (p. 101). The consequences of bullying are reported as depression, headaches, stomach pain, low self-esteem, sleep issues and increase risk of suicide. Many children are afraid to go to school which can interfere with their daily lessons and academic accomplishments Smokowski & Kopasz (2005).

Bullying can be defined in terms of the power differentials (Olwens, 1993) that are between the victim and the perpetrator. According to Olwens, for bullying to set forth there should be imbalance of power as it doesn’t happen between two individual having same psychological and physical strengths.

Bullying has always been a huge issue in America as well as other countries. According to scientific definition, “bullying” is “unwanted, aggressive behavior among school-aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance” which is retrieved from https://www.stopbullying.gov/what-is-bullying/definition/index.html. It affects many children and teenager’s lives because of the effects of their physical and mental health afterward the time when they were bullied. Nowadays, bullying has decreased according to the United States’s government plans but what we do today is not enough for children who got bullied to get out of their “bubble”.