Cause And Effect On School Bullying

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

When parents take out their frustration with the child at home, the child then uses that form of temper towards another child at school in return. When parents are dumbfounded where their child may be throughout the day has shown those children partake in bullying as well. When parents show too much praise to a child at home, the child then feels everything they do should be praised. In that case the child feels even bullying another peer results in a praiseworthy moment. In return, some children with low self-esteem have actually been the children to bully others. They use bullying to provide a guard for them to not look as an “easy target” to others at school. Parents should be very involved in their child’s life, because many children have been suicidal due to being bullied in school. Bullying is not part of being in school, and the belief that there is nothing that can be done to stop bullying, but there is a way to stop it, and it should be stopped in every school. Parents, teachers and children should not sit back when this issue is happening. Each person should take a stand to prevent this problem from

Reports indicate that every single day, over 160,000 American children are absent from school, due to a fear of being bullied (National Center for Educational Statistics, 2012). Conversely, between 15 and 20 percent of students have reported bullying other students (Seigle, 2012). Bullying can have distressing effects and outcomes for children that may be long-lasting. Any child who has been bullied or been a bully is at an increased risk to develop issues that affect his or her well-being and development. School bullying has been characterized as a problematic behavior that affects school achievement, prosocial skills, and psychological well-being of both the aggressor and the victim (Wang, Iannotti, & Nansel, 2009). Students that have been victimized by bullying may deal with negative effects on concentration and learning in school, and may refuse to attend school or avoid it altogether (Menard & Grotpeter, 2014). Previous research has found that peer victimization is negatively correlated with academic achievement with the link being greater for boys than for girls (Wang & Iannotti, 2012). Due to a lowered sense of self-efficacy, victims of bullying tend to have lower academic achievement then their peers and are more likely to be absent from school (Williams & Kennedy, 2012). Research has also found that students feel less safe and less satisfied with school life when bullying behavior and problems occur in the school and are not handled in an appropriate manner (Menard

It can be proven that, “with 50 percent of kids saying that they have been bullied at least once within a month,” bullying is a large issue (Poon). This accounts for approximately 24.9 million children in the U.S. (“Fast Facts”). Bullying can cause mental health issues, personality shifts, and substance abuse if taken to extremes. These problems developed as a child can carry on through the rest of their lives if the bullying does not cease or if the bullying is traumatic enough. This can also affect the victim and the bully more intensely as they try to make decisions later on in life such as mistreating others or allowing others to mistreat them. Bullying has a negative effect that continues even after the act is ended due to heightened stress and lowered self-worth.

In the 2014-2015 school years, 292,400 students reported being bullied out of a total of 763,000 students (Student Reports of Bullying: results From the 2015 School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey, National Center for Education statistics(NCES)). Bullying affects people greatly. There are many types of bullying, such as, physical, verbal, and cyber, which is over the internet. Not only does it affect one’s physical appearance, but some forms of bullying have a huge impact on a person’s mental health. Bullying can lead to an abundance of different consequences such as, self-harm, suicide, or violence toward others.

It is reported in the CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance report, that on average across 39 state

Bullying is a common problem in our society that will soon take over the world. Many students are being bullied at school because of their race, religion, looks, intelligence, creativity, and much more that we don’t even know about. According to an online research, “America is suffering from a bullying epidemic. Bullies appear everywhere, from playgrounds to hallways, in public restaurants and even online” (Bullying Statistics). Because of bullying, students don’t get enough time on the things that they do or try to focus on. “Over 3.2 million students are victims of bullying each year. Approximately 160,000 teens skip school every day because of bullying” (I Beat Bullying). Many students are faced with this problem at school because they are the good students, which means they get good grades, and they are good at what they do. There are so many examples to include, but because of these two reasons that I included above, most students get bullied more than ever. Students are more likely to get bullied from others at school because of being a good, intelligent student. When you see students working hard, that means they try their best and work with passion when others just want to finish and go. Students get bullied at school all the time for different reasons. Bullying is a common problem in junior high that affects many students in schools to learn or to become a better person in life.

Unfortunately, we live in a world where school bullying has become a problem for children in elementary, middle, and high schools. Studies show that children no longer want to go to school to get an education because of bullying. Bullying is best defined as the act of performing unwanted behavior over a repeated period of time (“What is bullying”, 2017). Also, there is a shocking 3.2 million individuals that are getting bullied each year in school. Thus, I believe that Bullying effects a child’s performance to do good in school because it causes health risks, lack of motivation, and promotes violence.

Bullying is the unwanted, aggressive behavior or gestures among school children that involves in the form of either real or perceived unequal power or influence to control or harm others which are committed repeatedly over time. It is the negative acts that are carried out against students repeatedly over a certain amount of time. Bullying had become a serious concern in many schools and it had spun rapidly out of control more and more as before it may seem as a part of children growing up but that is not the case anymore. Bullying had become so serious and distressing to those that are being picked on to a breaking point that they had taken their own life to escape such hurtful form of youth violence and social degrading.

Bullying is becoming an increasingly important problem for parents, kids, school administrators and teachers, and it affects our society according to Cantone (2015). It is defined as the use of superior strength or influence to intimidate someone, usually to force him or her into doing what you want according to the Mariam-Webster (1828) dictionary. Its environment becomes repetitive over time and can last days, weeks, months, or even years. Bullying can take on several different forms ranging between verbal (mocking, insulting, or making racist remarks), physical (kicking, punching, slapping or damaging someone’s belongings), and indirect (spreading rumors or gossiping about another student) according to the (Bullying).

An ongoing issue in schools is bullying. Bullying can happen anywhere in the school setting; the classrooms, hallways, cafeteria, and playgrounds. It occurs in both the general education setting and special education setting. Out of five students, one or 20.8% of students report being bullied (Bullying Statistics). Students are bullied for many reasons. Those who are considered different (disability, different color skin, sexual orientation, and weight/looks) are more likely to get bullied and feel unsafe in school settings (Bullying Statistics). This causes a divide among individuals and can make a negative impact on the students and school settings. With or without the understanding or acceptance towards others, bullying is unacceptable and more resources should be provided to students and teachers.

Although both secondary and primary sources describe the impact that bullying has on the victim as being negative, there are still differences between them. Natalie, the fifteen-year-old victim, says, “‘Soon I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety. I lost all self-esteem and became paranoid about people’” (Sawer). Depression, anxiety, and the other effects Natalie experienced from bullying are all harmful. She also said she considered suicide and would perform self-harm by doing things like tearing out her hair. The personal side of what bullying can cause a person to do/feel are revealed through what Natalie described. Although not as severe as Natalie, the other bullying victim, Eric, also had a damaging experience with bullying while it was occurring. Eric says, “’I think it's fair to say that bullying never affects the victim positively at a young age. It made me very shy and scared. I always felt like I had to be on guard’” (Goldman). The bullying had a negative impact on Eric’s life while it was occurring. He felt shy and scared which could be averse to his mental and physical health. The perpetrators made both the victims feel desolate. Feeling grim led to short term mental and physical issues such as being fearful and suicidal. The problems that Natalie and Eric faced shows the damaging impact that bullying had on the victim. The personal experience that is discussed is what makes the difference between the primary and the secondary source.

Bullying is a strength or an influence to intimidate another and to force them to do something he or she wants them to do (Dictionary.com). Bullying is also a form of harassment. In schools, people who are viewed as “different” are targeted and victims of bullying. Most victims of bullying are less popular, do not get along with others, they are annoying or “weird”, their race, and because of what they wear. Kids become bullies because they usually lack attention at home or they learn the behavior at home. Also, an adult figure inside or outside of the household that could be a parent, teacher or coach could make these children lash out. A lot of the time these bullies do not understand their own behaviors. Even though bullying has been going on for decades, the public still does not know all of the factors relating to bullying and all of the problems it is causing. Bullying is still a major problem but today, it may be seen in different forms today.

Bullying is aggressive behaviour that occurs around school aged children. Bullying brings an imbalance of power that is repetitive. There are 3 main types of bullying. This includes verbal, physical and cyberbullying.

On June 14th, 2014, my friend committed suicide due to bullying. He was bullied, for many years and never wanted anyone to help him out. For many decades now, bullying is a growing concern in our society. Bullies are selfish, ignorant kids trying to become more popular. Bullies are away many snatching people’s self -esteem, rights and ending many people’s lives.