Bullying Should Be Taught In Schools

Bullying is a problem is schools that may cause many students to feel unsafe school. Due to the recent school shooting in Littleton Colorado and in Santana High School in Santee, California. With the media and public talking about bulling, schools have now started new ways to end bulling in schools across America. With the affects of bulling haveing a bigger affect on children in school, parents are concerned for there childrens helth and academic helth

* 28% of children bullied in schools are 12 to 18 years old (Boske, & Osanloo, 2015). - There is an urgency to better understand the immediate and long-term impact bullying may have on children’s development because incidents may go unreported and the impact of bullying is often unidentifiable or invisible. The concern lies knowing most children spend at least 30 hours a week in school (Boske, & Osanloo, 2015).

Schools are the most well-known settings for bullying. This is the place where students learn and socialize for most of the day. A school is a place meant to feel safe, not afraid. However, studies have shown us this is not the case. More and more students are reluctant to come to school. Why? Their peers may criticize them and abuse of them both verbally and physically. Bullying is more serious than most think. Many people just think it’s a simple hoax that was taken too far but this simple joke can lead to indelible emotional and physical scar that could hunt students for life eventually lowering their self-esteems and even ruining their lives. Schools and teachers have failed tremendously at stopping this.

Bullying at school is a big problem that is found in all the schools in the United States and across the world. Since the late 1990s there have been several fatal school shootings committed by victims of bullying that have brought bullying major media attention. This has resulted in an increase of awareness about the harmful effects on the kids being bullied as well as the bullies themselves. This has brought a large amount of local, state, and nationwide programs designed to try to prevent bullying or to at least try to contain the problem. “In an effort to adequately address the problem, many schools are taking a proactive approach through prevention and intervention, but how do we know if and when such intervention is effective? First and foremost, we must have an accurate understanding of the dynamic and complex phenomenon of bullying across development and as it spans the multiple levels of the social ecology” (Casper, Meter, & Card, 2015, par 2). Many psychologists, sociologists, and school administrators have been publishing research on school bullying. Bullying is a significant threat to many children because it causes psychological problems not only for those who get bullied but also those who do the bullying. Even though bullying is a significant problem the are few solutions that can help prevent or significantly reducing bullying like reporting bullying, know the characteristics, and passing laws.

Do you believe that bullying happens only in school? Well did you know that their is one neighborhood bully that occurs in every 50 states. Bullying is wrong because it can hurt a person in different ways. For example, kids have a way of covering up their emotions by not showing their parents. It brings problems towards the child which they go through anxiety and depression. Another example, it can cause them to have mental stress which they become distant from everyone and loved ones such as family. Kids should not bully others which it could affect the person physically, mentally, and emotionally.

One important cause for the state or federal government to put laws in school to prevent bullying is make children safer in school. Temkin (2003) writes about the intention of the Senator Bob Casey want to introduce the Safe Schools Improvement Act. The time to pass this bill is now for making children feel safe and empowered in school. The U.S Department of Education showed that shown to be effective in reducing bullying. It is known that the horrible effects child abuse can have on a child’s current and future well

Bullying occurs at a young age and it is mostly dealt at school or on the bus. Many people hear horrific stories about students being bullied and what comes to their mind is why no one stand up for them or why no one did anything to help them. The major question is why that student did not speak up and tell an adult about the bully bothering them. The answer is simple, those who are victims of bullying are consumed by fear. When they do seek help, they are ignored and they have to face all of this on their own.

Do you believe that bullying happens only in school? Well did you know that their is one neighborhood bully that occurs in every 50 states. Bullying is wrong because it can hurt a person in different ways. For example, kids have a way of covering up their emotions by not showing their parents. It brings problems towards the child which they go through anxiety and depression. Another example, it can cause them to have mental stress which they become distant from everyone and loved ones such as family. Kids should not bully others; bullying could affect the person physically, mentally, and emotionally.

Bullying is a problem worldwide and needs to be taken seriously. The two text “Victims of Bullying Live with the Consequences for Decades, Study says” and “Teens Taunted by Bullies More Likely to Consider, Attempt Suicide” both by Karen Kaplan are different articles but both have almost the same message that bullying needs to be taken seriously because it can lead to fatal outcomes. Bullying is a major problem around the world, but many people don’t even turn their heads when they see it happening. Bullying should be taken seriously because it affects people’s lives greatly, and in some cases it makes people suicidal.

Bullying has gotten parents and the school involved, but who should be in charge? Schools should be more concerned in bullying since it is more of a school issue rather than a parental issue. Bullying is more of a school issue rather than a parental one is because it affects the school as a whole since it challenges their authority and security. On the other hand, on some certain conditions the parents should get concerned. With more schools entangled in bullying, bullying has become a smaller issue, making schools a better place and parents less stressed.

My school in the last couple of years has implemented a series of harsh rules against bullying, these rules have made the school environment truly a by standard of their Moto “bully free environment,” since the rules have been implemented the bullying in the school has significally decreased. From this experience I have been able to see the effects of punishing bullying in the school as well as in out of school and I have truly seen

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.

Parents play a key role in preventing and responding to bullying. Parents should recognize the warning signs that the child is involved in bullying. Children could be being bullied, bullying others, or witnessing bullying. Although these signs could signal other issues, parents should talk to their children if they display any sort of behavioral or emotional changes. Many times children won’t ask for help, so it is important to know what to look for. If the child is at immediate risk of harming himself or others, parents need to get help right away. Just sending the children who are bullies to go to jail, and doing jail time are not a good way to correct children’s behaviors. “ I understand the rationale . . . , but incarceration is a fairly big stick," says Susan Limber, a bullying expert at Clemson University. "You can get the same payoff with a lot less drastic measures" (Simon 2). Moreover, if the children go to jail, they might not change their mind, even though their behavior will be

Many people at least once in their lives have seen or been bullied and don’t anything about it. They can often tend to get beat up and threaten and when parents see bruise kids just say that they fall and parents believe them. Kids feel unimportant and like their are a mistake. Its sad that they feel that way because they just take it and don’t do anything about it.

School bullying and bullying as a whole has become a growing concern. The need for more intervention is more recognized, as incidents of bullying and inappropriate acts towards others occur in places outside of the classroom. This literature takes a closer look at bullying in schools. Olwesus (2013) states “the field of bullying research is to some extent plagued by problems, disagreements, and unresolved issues” (p.752). Whether if anyone will agree on the root of bullying, the fact remains that bullying has to be examined at its very core to remedy the matter before it becomes a bigger concern. There is a dire need for intervention based programs to be set in place to address the fact the act of bullying has lasting effects on the bully and the victim. When intervention programs are put into place to address bullying, the act of bullying decreases due to the gained understanding of the effects.