Persuasive Essay On Bullying

Bullying is such a difficult topic to grab a hold of. Children may experience bullying and not say it to their parents. Parents may suspect something wrong with their children but don’t know how to pro[per address the issue. I was bullied a lot. I remember being smashed against a locker in 7th grade. My brother was bullied during this middle school and high school years. Yet, my brother learned martial arts as a way to defense. However, I was more of an resorted in listening to music and keep all my emotions to myself. I learned over the years the power of speaking out and having a great support system.

To begin this essay, it is essential to define some key terms. The Nature-Nurture debate argues whether our behaviour is as a result of our biology (such as our genes or neurochemistry), or if our behaviour arises from learning from others. For the purpose of this essay, a bully is defined as “a person who uses their strength or power to hurt or frighten people who are weaker” (Oxford Student’s dictionary, 2007). It is essential to investigate why bullying occurs and how to prevent it as bullies as well as their victims are likely to develop mental health problems. Children and adolescents who bully often develop increased levels of negative mental health outcomes in adulthood, as shown in Copeland, Wolk & Angold et al’s (2013) study; 9.4%

I was 11 years old when I started getting bullied at school. A group of ten girls made comments about everything from my facial and body structure to the way I walked down the halls. I would come home only to lock myself in my room and cry. It did not take long for the bullying to take its toll on me. I became incredibly lethargic, miserable, anxious, and antisocial. I started to fake sickness to get out of going to school, my grades slipped, and my appearance became sickly. Slowly, I started to despise the girl who looked back at me in the mirror. These characteristics did not fit my usual self and the people closet to me started to

When classes were out for the day, my cousin and I walked to her house. At home, I had to tolerate physical violence. There were days where I didn’t want to go home because I was afraid of my brother; hoping he wouldn’t become violent

When a person hears about bullying or physical abuse, they normally think it couldn't happen to them or at least that is what I thought. I had this illusion that people were compassionate and would see everyone around them as their equals, as human beings. However, I was being naive; I had painfully learned others could be cruel and manipulative when I was six on the verge of seven. I had barely started my first year of school, but by the end of that year I never wanted to go back.

A few years later I became a golden glove champion, and won 29 out of 30 amateur bouts and gun violence, murdered Damon in Brooklyn we had become close friends by then. Obviously, after my fight with Damon nobody ever bullied me again, I simply wouldn’t allow it. And one strategy, I know from hands-on experience that won’t work is talking to the parents of the bully. My mother tried that and until I stood up to Damon it only made matters worse! If more people would stand up to bullies, bullies wouldn’t have anyone to pick on. My prevention program would target the victims of bullies. I’ve coached and mentored hundreds of adolescents in boxing and although boxing is violent by nature. It is a sport and a defense mechanism against people that want to inflict harm on the innocent. And although I don’t promote abusing other people in the street with it, I always encourage my fighters to use what I teach them to their advantage should they ever feel a bully backs them into a corner. Unfortunately, violence begets violence and on occasion, you must fight back to prevent it from occurring again on the grounds that absolutely no child should ever fear another. Consequently, running away from bullies only worked for

This article shows some cruel comments that took me back to the time i was bullied. The article made me realized that i wasnt alone. there are lots of people out in the world who are being bullied and can't do anything about it. This kid name Alex Libby from the documentary “Bully,” has been having a nightmare for a long time. He’s only 12 years old but has been bullied at Sioux City, Iowa for being called “fish face.” Alex Libby was premature and was diagnosed with a mid version of autism and attention deficit disorder. The cause of this caused him to have difficulty and socialize with others and in the class. Jackie (Alex’s mom), believed that his premature birth was the reason why he was bullied. In the documentary, it showed that on his first day of seventh grade, Alex was already receiving death threats from the students that was waiting for the bus, “people think that I’m different. I’m not normal. Most kids don’t want to be around me. I feel like I belong somewhere else”. This quote shows that, no matter what you like you will still be bullied. With the mean comments being made, it can lead the victim (person being bullied) to depression which can lead to suicide later

I peered through my window at the gang of children; four of them were kicking and clawing another child curled on the asphalt — his knees to his face, covering his head from their pummeling feet. My chest tightened knowing that there were too violent and too many for me to stop, being a child myself I knew that I has no chance of pulling them off without being hurt as well. The reason for this attack escaped my knowledge as I was isolated inside my room, detached from the outside world. I contemplated what I could do and something inside me instinctively pulled for me to run for help but the beating stopped as quickly as it started, I watched the others disperse. The victim got up and walk away, jeering fists at the retiring children, spitting

I haven’t been bullied since but it still left emotional scars considering the only person I told about was my teacher, she fixed it but I still felt a large amount of fear of older kids. That fear has since gone away but I still am affected by it. However, home for me wasn’t all that good either. My mother had bad anger issues and usually snapped at the littlest of things, but when she wasn’t angry she was great. I dealt with it however and tried to maintain a relationship with her even though things are

I was in a “math enrichment” class, meaning that it was just an assistance class for kids struggling in math. Horrifyingly enough, the same kids that were trapping me outside in the cold, were also taking the same math assistance class as myself. As the year progressed, I soon found myself becoming a scapegoat. This means that whenever kids needed someone to threaten or harass, they had me. I was just the kid easy enough to pick on, and I let myself become an easy target. As years went on and I left middle school, I began to realize that all those kids that made me feel bad about myself probably had many problems in their home life, and were just insecure about themselves and their situation. One night however, I did decide to look into some of the kids that bullied me in middle school, and what I learned was shocking. Some of these kids were under a tremendous amounts of stress at home, and it turned out that one of the guys that bullied me the most had a father that was shot and killed in San Juan, Puerto Rico for pulling a gun on a police

I am super lucky that I have a family that supports me to no end, but how much can one person take. No longer is it one on one, this is many people on one. I don't know how much more of bullying and name calling i can personally take in before I reach my breaking point, as well as my family can handle hearing. It truly upsets me to no end on how the victim of a bullying situation has to step outside of the building rather then the group of people that are making others feel terrible about themselves. I can't wear clothing that i find cute because I'm called fat or told I look stupid, when I wear makeup I'm told I look like I'm cake faced or emo, when I do my hair I'm told I am just trying to impress people, when I wear short sleeve shirts everyone stares at my scars and calls me crazy, attention seeker. This has affected what I wear, and how I overall look on an every day basis, my self confidence for myself is so brutal because of bullying that's not just happening outside of school but as well as inside of school.. Tonight along with many others is a night where I am up past 12:30 AM trying to relax myself and stop thinking about what school the next day is going to bring, for long enough for me

Bullies, they are everywhere. They can be people you know, like your siblings, cousins, people from school, workplace, or online. They are everywhere. They are ruthless, they will do anything to make sure you are miserable. Sucking every happy emotion out of you so they can feel good about themselves. And what is worse, is to be surrounded by others who would do nothing but watch as you are being publicly humiliated. No one, not even teachers, other kids, the principal, no one to help make these bullies stop their reign of terror. Your parents and your best friend try their very best to put an end to their tactics, but they won’t stop; the bullies will always be around, or stalk you from wherever you go. They will find you. However, when you

As the years went by, the feeling of emptiness grew stronger and stronger. My sisters were older than me, so i received hand me downs. I watched others in class come in with the newest name brand clothing sit by and ridicule me. The question that haunted me once more was a perfect outlet for my anger. One day I found that outlet. This outlet was through violence. If i felt like i was disrespected, i would get very wild. I knew it was wrong, but i kept up my act thinking it would take a burden off my mom’s back. She didn’t have to see my sad face when i asked for something she couldn 't afford or hear me cry from the jokes students made. She didn’t know what i was doing. My brother caregiver for us and really didn’t care what we did. He never relayed the messages.

Back in the past many have focused on drug and alcohol use in school students along with students carrying weapons to schools, and it seemed as if no one was recognizing the significance of school bullying. For victims of bullying, they go to school every day facing harassment, taunting, and humiliation. Kids today come home and kill themselves or never want to go back to school because of BULLYING. “Studies show that 25-35% of teens encountered some type of bullying in their lifetime (Nansel et al,).” Bullying is a form of violent behavior that happens not only in the schools but everywhere. Kids everywhere have been exposed to bullying in school for generations and ages . Although bullying has always been a factor the consequences for

What if you were terrified to go to your school every day? 160,000 students miss school each day because they get bullied and are scared of what will happen (“Bullying Statistics”). Bullying has been a major problem in schools for far too long. Students should not be scared to go to a place that is supposed to be safe and where they can express themselves. Students that bully never get the punishment they deserve, which causes them to continue to act. When you go to school, you should know that if you are getting treated in a horrific way, the people who were treating you that way will get punished. Students who bully should be suspended from school.