Schools: To Implement Bullying Programs?

Despite the anti-bullying campaign that’s been established in every school across America, bullying still happens. For a lot of students, school is an unsafe, uncomfortable environment. Bullying happens in many different forms and sometimes it’s hard to recognize.

Schools are the most well-known settings for bullying. This is the place where students learn and socialize for most of the day. A school is a place meant to feel safe, not afraid. However, studies have shown us this is not the case. More and more students are reluctant to come to school. Why? Their peers may criticize them and abuse of them both verbally and physically. Bullying is more serious than most think. Many people just think it’s a simple hoax that was taken too far but this simple joke can lead to indelible emotional and physical scar that could hunt students for life eventually lowering their self-esteems and even ruining their lives. Schools and teachers have failed tremendously at stopping this.

In a study taken by the American Medical Association it was reported that over 3.2 million students are victims of bullying each year. Out of these 3.2 million they found that approximately 160,000 teens skip school every day and 1 in 10 students drop out to school to escape from repeatedly being bullied. Reading these statistics, you can almost hear them call for someone to step up against this horrid and harassing act known as bullying. However, in a room full of bystanders, not one voice has the courage to stand up and intervene when someone is being bullied. As parents, the main goal to have should be obtaining every bit of information you can on what is happening in the lives of your child and teach them how they are capable of turning things around and stepping up against bullying by becoming an upstander.

Bullying prevention policy has been gone about in many different programs, a couple of the important ones include Steps to Respect, which focuses on schools in California, and Positive Action which targets schools in the Chicago area. Bullying is not an uncommon occurrence, and unfortunately, it is not uncommon for children to be affected by it. “Bullying occurs at all ages. “In 2010–2011, “6th graders being bullied at a rate of 37 percent, 8th graders at a rate of almost 31 percent, 10th graders at a rate of 28 percent, and 12th graders at a rate of 22 percent.”It takes place in a crucial stage of development so being victimized, whether emotionally or physically, can take a major toll on them and shape them very drastically for the

Bullying has been a major issue/concern for kids not only in America, but worldwide. Approximately 9% of all suicide deaths are committed by children that have been/are being bullied. Unfortunately, 1 out of 7 children in the U.S.A are bullies or are being bullied. The whole world needs to take a stand, and stop bullying. Everyone can do at least something to stop bullying. And what are some methods?

The first way is to tell out kids if they are being bullied that they need to tell a teacher or someone that is around. He staff at schools should do assemblies about bullying. The school should also com up with some kind of punishment for bullies. I think one of the punishments should be like detention for the first offense. The second offense should be suspended. The third should be, if it continues, it goes to the police. When it goes to the police they should spend a night in juvenile jail for one night. If it continues after that then it needs to be taken higher to the courts. I really feel this would make our school systems so much better if we can prevent bullying from happening. Kids won't be scared to go to school anymore. Parents would feel safer to let they kid to go to school. It would make the school staffs work so much

An easy way to decrease the amount of conflict among teenagers and children (that could potentially be considered bullying) is by having school administrators be made aware of what type of climate they obtain. Having a positive school climate could easily lower the amount of bullying waiting to happen. In the article, “When will schools take bullying seriously?”, Daniel B Weddle states that “schools that… [changed] the school's climate have been remarkably effective in creating positive, safe learning environments for their students…” (Weddle). Simply establishing anti-bullying or zero-tolerance programs will not do much justice. In order to leave an impactful change, school administrators must attempt to understand what is stimulating the problem. If needed, higher officials should get involved to oppress schools into treating bullying as a momentous matter. Both bullies and victims should be provided with the assistance that they might need to overcome particular

I concur with Brackett and Divecha's claim that public school anti-bullying programs in the United States are unable to support students who are physically and emotionally bullied. Two reasons why I agree with their claim is that these programs don’t always do as intended and can put children in a greater face of harm and that the anti-bullying programs could be vastly improved to be more effective. My first reason has two parts to it, the first part is that these programs are ineffective towards solving the bullying problems and the second part is that these programs put children at a greater risk of becoming a victim. There are many vocal opinions over the fact that these programs are ineffective. Some claim that these programs are ineffective

Despite its recent resurgence into the spotlight, bullying is still a problem in schools across the country. While most states have adopted or enacted anti-bullying policies and laws, bullying incidents occur far too frequently to believe that the problem is under control. Although there may never be a single strategy or program to end all bullying in schools, there are promising approaches that warrant our attention. Anti-Bullying initiatives, such as P.R.E.S.S. and RIPP, which promote school unity, classroom safety and community involvement, are proving to be more successful than the current practices used in schools today. Furthermore, the implementation of these initiatives in every school could possibly be the antidote to the bullying

Bullying is a social aspect of schooling that has plagued American schools for years. Students frequently report that they have been the victims of bullying while attending school (Atlas & Pepler, 1998). While educators and administrators are trying to combat bullying; bullying is still occurring. Bullying can be defined as a hostile behavior that is inflicted upon an individual by another individual. Bullying is a repetitive behavior, and the bully is the one in a dominant power position (Beran, 2006). Bullying either directly or indirectly affects students, parents, educators and administrators.

The things in our economy that happen from bullying are awful many kids have depression and lose lives from it. I think that bully awareness programs should be added to school to help bullies decrease in numbers. Two reasons for implementing school bully awareness programs is so that kids won't get depressed and their grades won't drop.

Bullying is an emotional and physically draining issue that is prominent throughout the world today. School bullying has been recognized as a major problem in many countries, and almost anyone you come across has a story they can tell about it. Bullying can conceive a hard lifestyle for someone who is victimized and can threaten a person’s opportunities in life in the near future. The social climate of a school is a replica of the world outside. All fifty states have passed school anti-bullying legislation, but each state addresses bullying differently. It is equally important that where people advance a large portion of their mortality, their understanding how the world works and how their sense of responsibility goes towards the society they live in. There is more to bullying than you can comprehend, there is a cycle, challenges in preventing it and long term affects that come from it.

There is no way to put a complete stop to bullying. Even if people responded to the issue in an ideal way, which almost no one does, there is not a one-size-fits-all solution to the problem (Whitson). People too often refer to an understood goal to stop bullying. They use terms like prevention and the phrase, “bring an end to bullying.” A smile to a bullied student from the math teacher, contrary to apparent popular belief, will not “bring an end to” the child’s torment. It may lessen the impact bullying has on that student’s emotional state, as the goal should be, but it will not stop the bullying from occurring. Though there are forty-nine states with anti-bullying laws in effect, bullying is still an issue (Whitson).

School bullying is a big problem that most students face in school. The NCES (National Center for Education Statistics) report reveals that most bullying starts happening in middle school rather than senior high school. It begins when a student continuously abuses another by hitting, calling them names, or spreading a false rumor. These hurtful actions may cause many students to suffer from depression, dropping out of school, or even suicide. School bullying has caused many problems to students, but there are ways that parents and school staff can prevent school bullying.

We have learned that ignoring bullying has immediate consequences on student academic and social achievement as well as long-term impacts on the psycho-social development of the bullies, victims, and bystanders in our schools.  Research and practice have demonstrated that evidence-based school-wide systematic bullying prevention/intervention programs are an effective method of dealing with the problems of bullying and peer harassment in schools.  There are positive impacts on safety and security within the school buildings, the morale of teachers and students and improved academic and social learning.  Although implementing Bullying Prevention/Interventions programs require a commitment of time, resources, and a willingness to change attitudes and to learn new skills, continuing to ignore bullying is more costly than addressing it in terms of resources spent, lowered achievement, and poorer social outcomes for our youth.