Bullying Reflection Paper

The concept of bullying in the school system has been linked to many homicides and

“Sociological imagination can help us distinguish between personal troubles and public issues. Sociological imagination links our lives and experiences with our social world.” (Leon-Guerrero, A. p. 6) Sociological Imagination is different from sociological perspective. With sociological imagination the focus is more on personal perspective of a social problem. Based on our personal experiences and being able to see social problems from another person’s viewpoint. Forgetting about our beliefs and experiences and seeing where the problem is actually coming from, the root of the problem. From my point of view, certain social problems are considered more serious than others based on the sociological imagination of each individual.

I interviewed Mrs. “Bright” for this assignment. She is currently assigned to one of our three high schools within the Harrison County School District (HCSD). This incident happened a few years ago when she was an assistant principal at a different high school in the HCSD. A white 10th grader had a daily 30 minute wait after school for his ride home. By this time, the other students, faculty, and staff had mostly all left the campus. A series of bullying by four black upper-classman soon started on an almost daily basis. The upper-classman were staying after school for football practice that was being held across the school campus. On one occasion the boys chased “Ryan” across campus telling him “run white boy” and “run cracker”. Ryan

When I was in the second grade we had a new student in our class named Yvonne. Yvonne had recently arrived from Haiti and knew very little English. Due to the fact that she didn’t understand English a whole lot, the other kids in my class thought it would be funny to call her names and bully her. One day we were at electives. Our class was divided into two, some going to Dance others going to Drama. The doors were across from each other so we could see what was happening. I was in Dance, as well as Yvonne. We were practicing our routine for Ciara’s “1, 2 step”. Yvonne was quick to pick up the dance and was amazing at it, which I think made the other kids in our class resent her. Our instructor dismissed us 5 minutes early to pack up our things. I quickly went to my corner and grabbed my backpack. When I looked up I saw a bunch of girls surrounding Yvonne. I remember hearing them calling her names like ‘ugly’ and ‘loser’. I noticed that no one moved to defend her. One of the girls actually pushed her to the ground and took her backpack dumping all her things on the floor; that’s when I acted. I pushed my way through the girls and placed myself in front of Yvonne. I grabbed her backpack out of the girl’s hand pushed her and called her a ‘mean witch for making fun of Yvonne’. I also told the other girls that if they messed with Yvonne, they would have to

In chapter three, Jay McGraw lists the traits of a bully. There are multiple reasons why a person might became a bully.

For my Unit 2 project I focused on a major social problem that affects millions of children every year, bullying. I chose a wonderful nonprofit organization that helps children who are being bullied. I t also helps parents learn how to attack this problem head on and find a resolution. This organization is called The Parent Network of Western New York. I had set up an interview by phone with one of the women who was actively involved with this organization every day. Her name is Lyn. Lyn has been with this non-profit organization for about 2 years. Lyn chose to work with this non-profit agency because as a young child she was bullied. Lyn felt that she never had anyone to turn to or talk to in her time of need, so that the choice for her was

There was one incident in middle school that I will never forget. After gym class one day in 7th grade, two kids came up to me and started calling me weird and annoying because of something I couldn’t control. I told them to go away, and this just made them insult me more, added fire to the flame. They kept going and going. When I finally got the courage to stand up to them and tell them that they’re not as cool as they think they are, one of them grabbed my arm as the other one punched me. I pushed them away from me as hard as I could, and tried to get away, but one of them came back, grabbed me, punched me square in the chest and knocked the wind out of me. I doubled over in pain as two gym teachers walked past. After a minute or two of them just standing there staring at me, I told them what happened, and they said “get up, boys will be boys.” I tried telling them that they were bullying me

Bullying is the silent killer of the youth in society today. A bully is person who makes another peer feel lesser than himself, and feel like they aren't equal to one another. Bullying can be done in many forms. Bullying can be done by, name-calling, kicking/hitting, tripping. etc. and or spreading rumors about one person over and over again. Most of the time bullying can be brought into the school or workplace because they think it is okay to do because they see their family doing it, but that is by far the case . West High School itself has been a target for bullying. Suicide has taken an innocent girl's life away due to excessive bullying. Bullying is a very pressing problem in schools and needs more attention. The problems and history

After graduating at the top of my 8th grade class and being named the valedictorian, my future appeared to be bright. By this time, I already envisioned having a career in the military. The road to getting to the top of my class was by no means easy. The mental strain placed on me through bullying was immeasurable. I knew what I wanted to do in life, but being degraded by the people who were supposed to stand by my side as friends took away a lot of my motivation and confidence. How could the same people I trust steal things from me and harass me? The effects of these incidents were displayed throughout my ninth-grade year in high school

Man! Did you know that according to Source 2, “an estimated 1 in 5 students in the U.S. is either bullied or a bully?” I find these statistics mortifying. There are two types of people involved in bullying- a bully and a bystander. A bystander is someone who doesn’t help the person being bullied. A bully is someone who intentionally hurts someone. I believe that kids might be bullied for many reasons. According to Source 2, a student states that he was bullied about his hair and about what he wore. Kids might be a ruthless bully because of issues at home and anger. I believe that severe bullying is worse than a bystander because they suffer more severe punishment, develop a horrible reputation, and they are the hugest cause of teen suicide. Clearly bullies are the horrific guys here.

In the middle of elementary school, I was starting to be embraced upon a culture of conformity and embarked on adversity trials that helped form my sense of literacy on social interactions and self-identity. The children started to bully me with hurtful words and emotional pressuring me into questioning my own self-identity. I was grown to see the best in others and be kind, yet as time passed I was left hurt without warning. Ever since I was first born, I have always been skinny and my height has only increased towards my approaching adult years. When the physical defense option when being bullied is utterly useless, you are left with a hard conundrum. Towards the last few days of elementary school, I was outside trying to play with the other children. I recently broke my arm in a scooter accident and wasn’t able to play very well, despite I was equally terrible with two fully functional arms. I remember trying so hard to fit in with the “cool” kids at the time, by attempting to play with them. Instead of simply saying I was not welcome, one of the boys through the football as hard as he could into my broke arm. The amount of pain I felt made me burst into tears, as I try to hide behind a tree to hide the shame of crying. As a child, you want to be accepted and feel wanted by others, yet I wasn’t staying true to myself. I was not a great athlete and those children did not like

There was one incident that set back my courage and determination to improve upon myself when I was young. At the time, I was an overweight kid. Even at the age of 5, my weight ranged from 110 to 120 pounds, and the numbers simply never went down, only up. Although in elementary school the teachers and advisors gave all sorts of lessons on ignoring bullies and what they say, the lessons were, as I experienced, easier to speak of than to put in action. The worst incident occurred when I was in second grade with a fifth grader, who was eating lunch at the “silent table.” Thinking back on it, I cannot remember his exact words or my exact response; I just remember the intense feelings of anger and despair caused by his jeering. From that incident forward, my weight rarely changed even up to eighth grade. Even though I was growing from the height of 4

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.

Describe your reactions to the video as well as your thoughts about the topic of bullying based on appearance. Offer specific examples from your experience that are related to your thoughts and reactions to the Dateline video. Include in your post:

Thesis: Bullying in its many forms affects all people no matter age, gender, and class, but the effects can be very dangerous and very hurtful.