Persuasive Essay About Bullying

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

Furthermore, since there are no federal laws that address bullying, “bullying overlaps with discriminatory harassment when it is based on race, national origin, color, sex, age, disability, or religion.”(Federal Laws 1) After the 1999 Columbine High School shooting, forty-eight states put anti-bullying laws into place. All of their laws state that a hardcore investigation must take place, along with reporting it, followed by strict punishment. A victim has to report it happening from the same person or group repeatedly before anything is done about it, in order to suspend or expel the bully. Not many students in school are willing to report any bullying activity, they fear that they too will become bullied, for being a “snitch” or “tattle tale”. Students know that if the bully discovers who told on them, then it will make them more hostile and escalate them to find more cruel way to punish their victim. Even if the bully is expelled from school there is other means of torturing someone.

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.

Bullying has been a problem for schools for a long time and has continued to be so. It has increased dramatically, taking everything that happens at school and moving it to the Internet. Pre-teens and teens are the most likely victims because they do not fit in a certain group or the bully just wants to show them that they are better than anyone else. While, the school focuses on only the academic part of the students and not the social, they cause students to build barriers between everyone in order to keep their problems to themselves. Bullying can range anywhere from verbal insults to physical abuse which can include pushing, shoving or even hitting. The verbal insults include name-calling, teasing or using derogatory words. Bullying can also be emotional which may include ignoring the friend or leaving and not including in group activities. It also exists over the social media, face-book, and even at the mobile texts. There might be people who believe bullies are not dangerous because they see it as a game that kids play in order to get attention, with no intention of harming anyone. They might as well believe that every children passes through the stage of “bullying” in order to become what one day they will be. But what happens to those students who are physically abuse at school and that give the report to the school but instead of helping, they ignore the situation and move on from them? Those students are the ones we must consider helping because they are pleading

About 160,000 kids per day do not attend school for fear of being bullied. Teen bullying has become a huge issue overtime. Many people don’t take responsibility for their actions or their children’s actions. Parents of bullies should be held responsible because they are the ones that raise them and teach them what’s right from wrong.

More than half of children in America will be victims of bullies while they are in elementary school. Bullying is so serious; it will affect schoolwork of victims and will leave scars for life. Many parents aren’t aware of the signs their children are either bullies or victims.

Whether bullying concerns you or not, it is a topic that happens world-wide and should not be ignored. You or someone you love could be suffering from this and it is in everyone’s best interest to pay attention to what is happening around them. Being well informed about this topic is imperative because although there are endless amounts of programs supporting the cause, getting those being bullied to speak up is still a great issue. In a study done by the National Bullying Prevention Center, 64% of children who were bullied did not report it; only 36% reported the bullying(2). We have all fallen into the hands of a bully at least once in our lives and I’m tired of listening to the phrase “ make the world a better place” when that should first start by making the people that live in it kinder to one another.

Since the early 2000’s bullying has been on the rise. Just about every school has had a bullying problem at least once. Parents are unaware and children don’t want to speak up. The rise of bullying has been caused by the upbringing of new social media sites. Physical bullying has went out the window and cyberbullying is here to stay. Making the community and schools more aware than the amount of situations would go down tremendously. Bullying is caused by numerous things but some of which are easier to suspect than others. There are two main types of cyberbullying; and most importantly, cyberbullying must be stopped before it leads to suicide among its victims.

Most kids at some point are bullied, abused physically or mentally, but not always by family and friends. I am a seven-year-old little girl without her father and bullied constantly, I feel hopeless and only want it to stop.It never stopped, even when I move to a new home.I struggle with depression at the ages of 10 through 12 later on at the new home.I always wonder if there is something wrong with me or that it is my fault and that I should just take it. It all begins when I move to my Grandma’s because she needed help with her health and my mom wanted to help her.

 Among Amercian elementary, middle, and high school students bullying is a growing problem. People been defined bullying by many ways. For example, people define bullying as, " unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived imbalance of power"(stopbullying.org). Bullying honestly needs to be stopped because it is a very negative act. Bullying is usually an unfair fight where the person doing the bullying has an advantage over the one being bullied.

As a parent, one sends one’s child to school and expects the school to provide safety for the child. Yet, in many cases, children often experience bullying in schools. Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. Both children who are bullied and who bully others may have serious lasting problems. Usually, for it to be considered bullying, the behavior must include an imbalance of power and repetition. Social workers often work with children who are experiencing problems at home, but they also work with children who are experiencing problems in school. Many children attend school and experience bullying, but there are not many solutions available to solve this problem. The three most common aspects of bullying are verbal, physical, and cyber bullying. While social workers help many children with issues at home, bullying in schools is a problem that must be solved. If many more social workers are able to implement methods to decrease bullying in schools, they could help reduce and greatly impact suicide rates, high school dropout rates, and mental health issues.

I stood up and I watched the people eyes filled with tears and the environment impregnated with cry of mothers, fathers, cousins and relatives while I looked in awe and shamed, this was the same guy that tried to start a conversation with me three weeks ago that I ignored because other people labeled him a wanker and a weirdo. I had nothing against him after all its not a crime to be selective in choosing one’s friends so why should I neglect that moral logic and principle and moreover talking to him will lead to a drop in my reputation of being the coolest kid in high school. But standing close to the ground where is body is about to be laid, I realized that a crime is not punishable only when an individual commits it

Nothing is more irritating than when I hear about someone who is either getting bullied or being the bully. Active bullying is not something that should even be a thing in this world, but it is, and it is inevitable to happen. Imagine going to school everyday and not hearing about any drama for your whole high school career. Yes, it is very hard to imagine because almost every school has dealt with some sort of drama, but think of how much more would get accomplished and how many more people would succeed in this world without taking their own life or needing help for everything. Everything in life would be so much simpler and students, teachers, workers, etc., could probably learn more and have a much better lifestyle if no one had to

The bullies in schools never think they will get severely punished, so they don’t stop. They think that they won’t be caught and that bullying isn’t a huge deal, but it is. Bullying causes students to not go to school, to feel alone, and to leave their school feeling worthless. If the bully were to be suspended, he/she would learn quickly that what they are doing is wrong in so many ways. They will realize that bullying can be the reason they don’t get into their dream school or do something they love. On the other hand, victims of bullying don’t come forward and voice that the have been taunted, teased, and tormented because they don’t think the school will help them. 67 percent of students feel that their school doesn’t hear about their bullying and doesn’t do anything that will prevent it (Soard). A great number of bullies in schools go unnoticed because of this which will in turn, make them continue to do these hurtful things. Punishments that bullies receive are not harsh enough and need to be reconsidered if we want a change in our lives.

This 17-year-old teenager was being bullied by his classmates because he was a transexual. On December 30,2015, he took his life taking pills mixed with alcohol. It was not the first time he tried, since he had been admitted on numerous occasions because he had suffered for years. As in other cases, Alan had been changed from school but that was enough. Over 3.2 million students are victims of bullying each year. Approximately 160,000 teens skip school every day because of bullying. Anti-bullying strategies used by schools are not successful because there always bullying in schools due to one who feel superior, it would give a child unrealistic perception of power and control, and will try to deflect attention from the