Middle school is a formative moment in everyone’s preteen life. It can set the tone for the rest of your teenage years and even into your adulthood. Lots of students start to mature while some stay immature and everyone is on a journey trying to figure out who they are. Some students end up popular and some students endure bullying. Unfortunately, I was one of the latter. Bullying taught me a lot of things about myself and the effects still affect me today in my personality. It all commenced my fifth grade year, not even on the morning bus five minutes. I was the first stop with about an hour-long bus ride. The next stop was a high-school boy who apparently I was neighbors with but never knew well. Two stops later, we were picking up one of his buddies with them laughing and joking around at the very back of the bus. It’s an unspoken rule that all the younger kids sit towards the front and high school students get the back. Me, being the smart fifth-grader I was, decided it was a good idea to sit in the back. At first it wasn’t bad, them talking while I was listening to music, but then it changed when they realized I was a fifth-grader. They treated me like a hindrance, which I did not appreciate. I don’t like giving up so I pretended not to hear what they said and continued to sit there. The afternoon bus was the same story all over again, except with more mean high schoolers. It was inconceivable to me as to why the younger kids had to sit in the front while the older
In “Letters to Birmingham,” King uses figurative language and literary devices to achieve his purpose of getting his point across. For example, King stated in his letter, “Birmingham is probably the most thoroughly segregated city in the United States. Its ugly record of police brutality is known in every section of the country.” King uses this quote to get the point across that they protested in Birmingham because it had the worse case of segregation. He needed people to understand all the brutality the bestowed upon them and the reason that it must stop.
Middle school was a journey that allowed us to figure out who we are and allow us to mature a little. Growing up doesn’t mean that we cannot act like kids.Someone once said, “Age doesn't define maturity. Some people will never grow up.”
By 1978, The Chinese Communist Party recognized the danger of uncontrollable population growth, and in response to its fears, instigated the one-child policy, which forbade more than one child per family to prevent the population of China from growing burdensomely large. In practice, the policy has gained infamy for its supposed infraction upon human rights and for the demographic problems associated with it, notably in the current male-female sex ratio imbalance in favor of the males. It has (according to the PRC) prevented 400 million births during its several decades of use. Despite proffering prevailing
Middle school is when kids really get mean because they are immature, trying to act cool and just have a hard time fitting in. Being in Jerling Junior High there are a lot of bullying problems. The grades that mostly have the bully issues are sixth and seventh graders. When the question, How do the bullies know who to pick on? Was asked to a former counselor Mrs. Cannon she had responded with the answer of, “ I would say something has to do with physical appearance, family's financial status, so like what kind of shoes they're wearing, if kids aren’t good at sports, or athletic in P.E they just have a harder time fitting In” ( Liakas 1). This is all true. It’s also based on what group you hang out with. People bully because they want to be funny. They are the people that have everything and the person they pick on is the person that doesn’t have anything or a lot of things.
The 2000 presidential election in Florida between Al Gore and George Bush was rigged before it even took place. Over 200,000 votes were going to be thrown out in one way or another. This election fraud was to be carried out by republican forces that run the state. Government Jeb Bush, secretary of state Catherine Harris and director of the bureau of elections Clay Robert's. This trio conspired before during and after the election to secure the 25 electoral votes for the presidential election. First they paid data base technologies $4 million to create a list of people they wanted disqualified for voting. They came up of a list of 8,000 names of people accused felons tough almost none were. They created another list of 58,000
To expect greatness in any field of life, it all starts from a place of quality education and that's what America has constantly strived for. School is the place where everyone is given equal opportunity to learn and shape himself or herself into contributing members of society. At the same time each individual’s academic success defines what it means to have a good life. Unfortunately, schools face lots of problems trying to do the right thing. Among major challenges that schools face, bullying has a strong attribution to the poor academic experience among student victims. Today, students still risk being bullied everyday. This paper studies bullying in secondary school with
I was bullied a lot in middle school. Mostly because before the first day of fifth grade before school I told my parents I was nervous and they told me there was this nice boy named Will that would-be friends with me but I didn’t really know him. On the first day of school I went around asking literally everyone if they knew him and when I finally found him he thought I was weird that I was asking around to find him and he wouldn’t talk to me.
Many young girls and boys are bullied throughout their lives. It's difficult to go through grade school and high school unscathed by the cruel wrath of a bully. Girls and boys are teased for numerous reasons and all have a common theme: "You don't fit in." Whether you're bullied for your physical appearance or for not conforming with the popular crowd, bullies tear you down for not fitting in. You lose your self-confidence, self-love, and you question individuality. During this time, you feel alone and you believe that no one understands your experience. However, you are not alone. There are many celebrities that have been subject to bullying throughout their education. Renown actress Kate Winslet was bullied as a young girl. Now, Winslet speaks
Bullying in the K-12 system in America is a serious societal issue. Bullying is commonly discussed and argued in our society, and it can be seen on the news and in the media very frequently. The problem with bullying is that it has been around for a long time, yet it is still not being fixed. Schools cannot continue this way because it damages young children and causes issues throughout the life course. As scholars have found, bullying leads to lower academic performance and low self-esteem, which shows the need for change. In a survey of about 50 peers, 43% agree that bullying is an issue, and 35% strongly agree with the statement. This means that more than 75% of respondents agree that bullying is an issue in our country. All teachers,
It is a normal occurrence to see a bully in a middle school. However, why do schools contain a lot of them? In his newspaper article Middle School Terror, Grim Shane states that “Bullies form bullies.”(Shane) Even though bullies harass other students, they may still have friends who accept their misbehavior. A bully's actions may be replicated in their friends action which can result in the formulation of more harassers. It is a chain reaction of pestering with no end. With bullying spreading, middle schools adopt this behavior as a norm. Middle school students may decline to understand the importance of these actions because of their immaturity. However, “Students are entitled to their rights. Therefore, bullying is an unacceptable behavior that should never be tolerated.”(Shane) A middle school can become infested and overwhelmed with bullying as quickly as a wildfire can spread. Parents and guardians should caution themselves on how domestically violating their children could possible lead to an amiss outcome. Furthermore, if bullying is part of a minor's behavior, it could reflect on the outcome of their individual character. “Constant, learned behaviors can become part of our lives forever, forming our individuality.”(Shane) If a s student continues to engage in bullying, then it could be extremely hard for them to stop doing so as they get older. Is it hard to view domestic
I never forget what I got bullied by classmates for three years in the middle school. The middle school where I went was small and had two classrooms; there were twenty students in each classroom. Thus, most students knew each other and were friendly. I was friendly with them when I was a freshman. However, when I became a sophomore, some classmates started bullying me every time. For example, team members always hit and shouted at me if my soccer team lost in physical education class: “We lost this game because you acted like a moron!”, and kicked me. Furthermore, some classmates stole my stuff, such as textbooks or school supplies. Thirdly, some classmates hit me since superiority complex to show they were stronger than me because I was short
As the readings so often portrayed, the transition into middle schooling can be quite the rough event for students. Despite this, I was quite surprised to find that in a study conducted by Waxman and Huang (1998) of the three education groups—elementary, middle and high school—middle schoolers were actually identified as harbouring the most negative classroom perception. This semester’s Education readings have repeatedly shown that the more independent structure of middle schooling can overwhelm students who are transitioning from their tight-knit elementary classes. Compound these school structure changes with the onset of puberty and it quickly becomes clear that there are challenges to be had in educating the middle school student. (Tilleczek, 2010 p. 5) After participating in this semester’s Education topic, however, I have to come to the conclusion that an effective educator can thoroughly minimise the risks associated with middle school students through the development of holistic teacher—student relationships.
According to one large study, the following percentages of middle schools students had experienced these various types of bullying: name calling (44.2 %); teasing (43.3 %); spreading rumors or lies (36.3%); pushing or shoving (32.4%); hitting, slapping, or kicking (29.2%); leaving out (28.5%); threatening (27.4%); stealing belongings (27.3%); sexual comments or gestures (23.7%); e-mail or blogging
It all started in first grade, the first day of school, we have assigned seats and I was put on a boys table, I told my teacher that I did not want to sit with all boys because they’re being mean to me, calling me names, Carter started calling me a “big baby”, Ever since, my mom brought me to school and both Johnna and mike chuckled, saying that “I am a mama’s boy” but my teacher, Ms. Rancho sarcastically said “I am sorry, I can’t really change the seatings, maybe I can change your seat next month? I am sure that the boys would not bother you that much and I believed that you can handle it.” So I struggle sitting in my seat, trying to ignore the harassing for 3 weeks. When it was snack time, Carter made fun of the foods that I brought, saying
Bullying can be hard to define, because research has shown that it comes in many forms which makes it difficult to find one set of characteristics that will describe a bully. Conclusively, studies have defined bullying as a set of repeated aggressive behavior that is intended to harm someone, which usually involves an imbalance of power between the victim and the perpetrator (Morgan, 2012, p. 174). Studies have shown that there are two distinct types of bullying, which is a direct form of verbal and physical aggression, and indirect, which often results in name calling, rumors and exclusion (Aluedse, 2006, p. 38). This form of peer victimization can have devastating effects on a child 's academic work and their physical and psychological well being (Limber, 2003, p. 23). In terms of gender, boys are more likely to be involved in physical bullying (direct) as for girls are more likely to be involved in indirect bullying (Wang et al, 2009, p. 371). Previous research indicates, that parents and friends are two important factors of social interaction associated with bullying and victimization among adolescences. Bullying is quite common among middle school children, because it is during this time that children go through puberty and hormonal changes. During this time students are looking to be accepted and fit into a specific group; however, when there is a lack of acceptance and esteem due to victimization, this can cause children to isolate themselves from those around them