Persuasive Essay About Hazing In College

Students in Hollister High School hold their heads up high with pride. They are the stars of the school with the most friend and attention. While they are getting all the attention no one notices the students in the background. The ones getting shoved to the ground for being “annoying”. Things like this lead students like Tyler Long ,from the movie Bully, to commit suicide. Hollister High School has the chance to stop things like this from happening. Based on the student handbook and the way the administration acts it makes you wonder. Who would Hollister High School protect? The quarterback of the football team or the quiet girl at the back of the classroom who gets picked on? If this high school really wants to protect the harms of bullying then why don’t they have a proper bully policy? One of things that is good about the student handbook is are the consequences, but there are still some flaws in the policy. Such as the Report form, this form is helpful in some cases, but a waste of time. Lastly, one of the other flaws is the teacher's role in letting kids know about the bully problem, and giving teachers more of a opportunity to inform their students about bullying, and how it affects the people around them. If Hollister High School wants to improve their school then there are going to be some changes to be made.

Imagine a world without hazing. I believe organization could be creative and find new exciting ways to make students work to get into the club. Academically, community service, a drawing, or donates to the organization. A world without hazing would reduce lives, value morals, no stress, no humiliation, and no unwanted done to the human body. “Statistics show 1.5 million high school students are hazed each year; 47% of students came to college already having experienced hazing, 40% of athletes who reported being involved in hazing behaviors report that a coach or advisor was aware of the activity; 22% report that the coach was involved, Nine out of ten students who have experienced hazing behavior in college do not consider themselves to have been hazed, and 36% of students say they would not report hazing primarily because "there's no one to tell," and 27% feel that adults won't handle it right. Hazing should be banned because of what the pledges have to endure. Hazing is indeed a serious issue, particularly in the schools and colleges, and will have serious repercussions. Even survivors of hazing are not safe from it; the scars, psychological or physical, will not fade completely. We as a nation have to come together and banned hazing from our

government would have to spend a vast amount of money to control hazing and try to prevent

College; some look for the experience to open their minds in extending their educations; as others look at it as the first step towards adulthood and running away from home as fast as possible. Sororities and fraternities have been around for decades with America’s blind eye turned towards the injustices that encompass the stigma. Student hazing deaths are climbing and something has to change to prevent these actions. What will it take to change fraternity culture?

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

First, people may say hazing is okay because it strengthens a person mentally. It teaches boys to be men or girls to be women. Donna Phillips, whose son experienced severe hazing at the Citadel in Charleston, SC, said “There’s no need for hazing. It destroys people” (Preventing). It is fine that a person may feel like that because they may have experienced it, but it was not as severe as the people in other cases. Others may kids will be kids, so someone is going to get hurt. But it should not get to that point.

As prevalent as hazing is among male college athletes, many people are surprised by the statistics surroundings this controversial topic. For instance in 1989-1999, of a survey of over 350,000 athletes, 250,000 plus said they had experienced hazing of some sort during their time with their associated team. One in five of these students experienced potentially illegal hazing including binge drinking, sexual acts, and destruction and vandalizing of property. Half of these men were involved in drinking contests or other alcohol related incidents, and only one in five experienced positive initiation practices such as team trips or team building exercises. When the geography of college campuses was evaluated, it was found that western and eastern schools participated heavily in alcohol related initiations, whereas southern and Midwestern campuses had a larger prevalence of dangerous or potentially illegal rituals (not to say binge drinking isn’t dangerous). Clearly hazing amongst athletics is not just isolated incidents of serious outcomes that happen to make the news due to their outrageous natures, but is a rampant practice that affects over half of every male athlete in college.

Later, Snell was forced to place a space heater next to his face because the group said that his skin was not black enough. Snell was hospitalized due to the incident. He remained scared and despondent after his release. He had even called a suicide hotline because of the mental anguish that was caused ("Former Student Wins $375,000" 23). The hurt and confusion of a victim of mental and physical hazing can remain for years after the abuse.

The only times that these groups, who subject individuals to hazing activities, are caught or penalized is after the damage done to an individual is so horrible as to result in death or hospitalization.

In the article, “Effects Of Bullying Are Still Felt In College”, is about the emotional abuse afflicted on students in high school and how it carries with them through to college.Universities are frequently seeing students with depression due to bullying. In fact, 6,078 deaths between the ages of 15-24 occur every year. Children who are bullied are 7-9 percent more likely to commit suicide according to a study by Yale University. In my opinion, many people go through bullying and not enough action has been put forth to end it. Bullying is an epidemic across the country and the numbers continue increase, according to the American College Health Association. Students fear their chance of being bullied while attending college because

It’s harmful, hurtful, and it can sometimes ruin a person’s life. This is a quote saying “A person’s a person no matter how small”- says Dr.Suess. This quote says a lot because, a person's still a person no matter who they are and no one should think wrong of that. Another quote that says a lot is “Biggest lie told in public schools bullying will not be tolerated”- says Demi Lovato. This quote just says that anyone can realize that if a school teacher or a staff member of a school doesn't do anything it’s noticeable and it’s not okay that no one does anything about

I think that bullying is not acceptable. Some reasons I think his include how bad the effect on the victim or victims is, the effect it has on witnesses or others around, and reasons why individuals are bullied or bullying. In the point argument from “Bullying in Schools,” he/she claims “Students who are bullied can often become very stressed. They can have trouble sleeping and begin to do poorly in school. Furthermore, victims are at risk of suffering from low self-esteem, anxiety, and depression.” I understand why people agree with coach Will Martin but what I don’t understand is why he didn’t just teach the football team to be tougher by making the practice football. I also understand the reason for zero tolerance but I don’t agree with

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.

Hazing has often been thought to exist primarily in fraternities and sororities; many people are starting to realize the pervasiveness of these harmful rituals. In fact, a recent study by Alfred University and the NCAA found that approximately 80% of college athletes had been subjected to some form of hazing. This total comes to more than 250,000 athletes during the 1998-99 school year alone. Half were required to participate in drinking contests or alcohol related initiations while two thirds were subjected to humiliating hazing. The majority of hazing occurs during the initiations to club sports and fraternities/sororities.

High schools are dealing with a matter that should never be a problem: players bullying their own teams or in other terms, hazing. Many times freshman or junior varsity players will be made to carry pads or cones for dills by the varsity players, but that plas in comparison to what some high school team do. In New Jersey Sayreville high school six players were raped just because they were freshman while coaches did nothing but. Also as seen many times players and teams don't receive hard punishment the six players who competed the act have. to do 50 hours of community service, but avoided sentences of juvenile detention. This