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Persuasive Essay On Cyber Bullying

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Cyberbullying. How often do we hear that word? Pretty often you would think considering how serious of an issue it is now a days. But no. Our society now does not emphasize enough how critical bullying has now become. Throughout the past several years many kids have been bullied. Over 3.2 million students are victims of bullying each year, and it’s sad to say that 1 in 10 students drop out of school because of repeated bullying. Even if the statistics might be low it still doesn’t mean that it is not a serious problem that needs to be addressed in better ways. First off, how critical do we take bullying? According to CDC suicide is the third leading cause to death of youth between the ages of 10-24. The 21st century has come to the point …show more content…

This demonstrates that parents play a big role in this as well, because if their kids feel that they can’t talk to their parents or if they do tell them it won’t end well then they clearly do not have a good relationship. Which then causes kids to commit suicide because they feel that no one loves them and they have no one to talk to so they want it all to just end and that’s the only way they know how. Additionally, there have been a some good outcomes of bullying and people were not only able to overcome it but they learned from the experience and got stronger. Hailey Ellis’ experience is the perfect example of this because she was able to not let the bullying get to her. After sharing her experience she said “I was cyberbullied got my first two years of college by someone I had never met before. Let me repeat- I did not know this person at all in any way. But that doesn’t prevent cyber bullies from attacking their victims...Behind the screen they don’t care what they say or who it’s about. They feel invincible because no one can immediately stop them. Their victims become somewhat powerless and start to feel hopeless” (Ellis 2). In other words Hailey is talking from previous experience. Luckily with the help of her friends and family she was able to overcome this and not let it get to her and ruin her life. Ultimately, every situation in our lives have only two possible outcomes: to end in a good way or a bad

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