Passion And Ambition

Not all that long ago, it was dismissed as an unfortunate rite of childhood.” He then uses logos to further push his ideas. He begins to explain that bullying is not as big an epidemic as expressed. He continues on saying that educators are “divided on how effective they are on actually helping kids.” Cloud then provides statistics that contradict bullying as a growing problem. His essay then talks about how Thirty-seven percent of students do not feel safe at school and how this statistic “remained stable” for decades. His use of statistics helps him use logos, showing the reader his logical reasoning behind what he is saying. He then explains that many students are both bullies and “victimizers” saying that “the Josephson institute’s Center for Youth Ethics Found that 47% had ‘been bullied, teased or taunted’ at school but that 50% had been bullies themselves.” Cloud’s use of logos helps the reader understand and believe his

Many important events in the book would not happen in real life. From my prior knowledge, I know the author is from Canada. Inferring that the events take place in Canada, I believe that many events that happened in the book would not have happened at a normal Canadian high school. For example, the Cage, a place where people get beat up and bullied, surprisingly exists. In a normal Canadian high school, places like this would have been discovered long ago. The Cage is also known by most people in the school yet no one reports the incidents and events that happen there. In Canada and most developed countries, students learn about bullying and what to do when they see someone being bullied at a young age. In the book, not only does the victim not do anything about their situation, there are also many bystanders who just watch and refuse to do anything about the situation of things. In reality, events similar to these would have been known to the staff at the school a long time ago, and bullies and people who take part in activities around the Cage would have received punishments for their

In this book the author talks about The differences between a bully, The ones getting bullied, and The bystander. Also the innocent ones feeling guilty and responsible for those being bullied. The part which caught my intention was when the author described why kids don't tell adults about their problems with bullies. I found all her reasons true especially the

According to the article, Meet the New Sheriff by Suzanne McCabe, “One out of every five students are bullied or are bullies themselves.” This one piece of ground-breaking evidence is enough to destroy our society, and our children’s lives forever. Bullying is a highly discussed topic that American children face every day and it’s near impossible to stop. There are also topics within bullying, like how students become bullies, or how to stop bullying, also which is worse being a bystander or being a bully. And you can’t deny that bullies are almost like mad serial killers, they go around and they don’t stop even if they get into trouble. There are so many topics on bullying that you can’t even count them all. “Everyone has been bullied for

Everyday 160,00 kids stay home from school to avoid being bullied. This is an unreal number to me; it is hard to believe that so many kids are being bullied. In the novel Looking For Alaska, bullying is a major conflict for Miles. I do not agree with how Colonel deals with the bullying situation. First, I do not agree with how Colonel did nothing about the bullying. Second, I disagree with his decision not to tell an adult. Finally, I don’t agree with the idea to use violence against the bully.

Sandy Zimmerman’s “Young Bullies Grow Up” (969 words), written as a short story and/or series, draws attention to the problems young bullies cause in the schools and while interacting with others as adults.

Bullying can drag people down in the dumps at school, especially when their friends have betrayed them to join the ranks of the bullies. People can rise up from these incidents with their family and friends encouraging them, like the protagonists

Throughout the horrendous bullying, and the faults of the school district, Nabozny still found the courage to be an upstander for both his ideals, and the ordeals of other children. (Thesis) Jamie Nabozny was a brave individual who took a stand against discrimination towards sexual orientation. He showed through his lawsuit that the school district discriminated against him because he was gay. Through his actions, children facing the same problems will be reassured. (Strategy: Call to Action) Children like Nabozny face dangerous situations every day; However, with upstanders, people who fight for the underdog, these children can be helped. Imagine if you were to walk into such a situation. (Sensory Details) A person would be hiding for fear they would be harassed, and listening for the sound of footsteps. If you found a bullying incident at your school, what would you

From reading this book it reminded me of a viral video that circulated the internet about a young teen named Casey Heynes who fought back after getting severely bullied all his life over his weight. In 2011 a video was uploaded to the internet of Casey slamming down one of the bullies who was picking on him. The next day the video had touched millions all over the world and Casey became a part of many documentaries and interviews. Casey states that after many years of getting picked on he had to do something about it and fight

Farah Ahmedi, with her prosthetic leg, undertakes a mission to cross the border and take her mother to a land free of war. Cap takes his dead friend miles across the icy land to give him his last request of being cremated. Aengus, a lovestruck man, wandered his whole life, searching for a fantasy girl he saw in the woods. All of these characters were determined to complete a goal, whether it be for love, survival, or for friendship.

An 11-years old boy named, Keaton Jones from Tennessee spoke out about his bullying experiences in middle school. His mother posted a video of him on Facebook and throughout the video, the boy is crying and saying, "just out of curiosity, why do they bully? What's the point of it? Why do you find joy in taking innocent people and finding a way to be mean to them? It's not OK" (Knoxville).

Have you ever been bullied? If so what actions did you take stop it? Just like you may have been bullied a kid names Keaton Jones and a speaker of poem finds ways to overcome being bullied.This essay will state the characteristics Keaton Jones and the speaker of the poem be able to use later in their lives from the experience of being bullied.

I am sure you will agree when I say, Passion drives our actions. Someone said, “Passion is energy. The more passionate you are about yourself, your work, your life, or whatever it is you are doing…the more positive energy you give off. True happiness comes when you do what you are most passionate about. Passion shapes our existence, fuels the fires of inspiration and opens us up to opportunities and changes around us. Passion is enthusiasm and excitement for life.

At some point in our lives we have either bullied, been a victim of a bully, or known someone that’s been bullied. It affects how we encounter the next person, and how we approach our future. I was very touched by this story and it crushed my heart. The child wanted to fit in so bad, and accepted ridicule just to have friends. How can the kids look in another child’s eyes and not see their hurt? Andy had a hard, rough life and I’m sure when he went to school he forgot about the problems he had to face alone. The “popular” boys found amusement in picking and making a mockery of Andy. Who really is the coward? In my personal opinion the coward are the boys who wronged Andy and the leader of the boys who knew it was wrong from the start.

The Twilight Saga, by Stephanie Meyer, has been viewed as a narrative of either teenage lust or romantic love characterized by Bella, a private seventeen-year-old girl, and Edward, a mysterious vampire who goes to Bella’s high school; Yet no one has credited the Cullen’s in the full light they deserve, in the way that they display family loyalty, self-control, and altruism among their family of vampires. The book series infatuated the hearts of teenage girls across the world, and even expanded upon those horizons to reach an audience so wide that the book series became a household name. Critics have endlessly discussed the love, or lust, of the two individuals and are fascinated by the fact that the Twilight Saga falls not just in the genre of romance, but also in the supernatural/ horror category. Maple, in an article that discusses this barrier breaking love that Bella and Edward display, states “throughout the story Bella and Edward share an unorthodox relationship, a love above and beyond all others: something more expressive of eternal commitment” (Maple). Maple emphasizes how deep and rare the love between the two adolescents is, and I would argue that human’s innate desire for this kind of love is one of the main reasons why Twilight became so widespread. However, another basis for the obsession of the books is simply because The Cullen’s, the family in which Edward belongs to, represent vampires in a