Shaidle On Bully

Bullying is very common in most schools in the United States Around three million United States students miss class every month just because of bullying. When Alex Libby shared his story he gave a voice to millions of children who suffer from bullying, because he shared his story it changed the way most people think of the effects of bullying. An example of bullying is there was a girl named Kelby Johnson who was mocked by teachers and students because she was a lesbian, she had to stop playing basketball because her ignorant teammates didn’t want to be near her. Alex Libby is one of the 13 million school children in the United States that is being bullied. Alex’s mom said “ Kid’s back in the day, could go home and be safe you can’t do that a lot now, now you can get bullied online.”

Many people believe bullying is a part of growing up. Some believe every kid will experience bullying at one point or another in life. The time is not taken to think about how it might affect an individual in the future. Bullying shows to affect people’s mental and physical health overtime. When someone is bullied overtime it would have a larger impact on their later life. Bullying can deteriorate both an individual’s mental and physical health in a alarming way. The community should help to learn and provide information on identifying bullying and the affects of bullying. Bullying is extremely toxic to an individual, it may later negatively affect physical formation and function of the brain and how an individual may deal with stress. As a society this topic needs to be more discussed.

Historically, bullying is seen as a natural process that is part of the growth and development of children and students. This view was particularly strong within the public’s

“70.6% of young people say they have seen bullying in their schools”, says the American SPCC. Loads of people are subjects to bullying within their schools, and sadly many of them are neglected. This epidemic has falsely lead numerous people into the belief that there is one underlining answer to this issue, anti-bullying programs. These programs are made up of well-intentioned groups of people trying to prevent bullying, however, rarely does it work. Many anti-bullying programs end up working in favor of the bully, because they set regulations that are easy for the bully to work around, they eliminate any guarantee to the victims’ protections, and they don’t protect those who can’t standup for themselves; those who hurt.

The bully project is a national movement to stop bullying and spark awareness through the award winning film Bully. The film was created by the national movement to help prepare educators to lead a discussion with their students that focuses on developing empathy and taking action. The DVD kit includes many materials designed to ignite honest and meaningful dialogue. Individual donations and partners contributions help fund the creation of the DVD kits. The original goal of the national organization was for one million students and educators around the world to see the film. The organization has way surpass that goal, with the new goal set to 10 million kids. The national organization through their educational DVD helps create safe, caring

Bullying, specifically teen bullying, has become a worldwide predicament. Nearly “30 percent of teenagers in the U.S. have been involved in bullying, either as a bully or as a victim of teenage bullying” (Bullying Statistics, 2015). Bullying makes individuals fearful and feel unsafe in their own environment. Often times, the media discusses bullying frequently. It has become a topic that has influenced the public perception. Bullying in the media has had some negative and positive effects. It has positively shown people that bullying is not inevitable nor unstoppable. The media also shows that it is not going unnoticed in society. The negative aspects tend to stereotype individuals who are bullied have a weakness predisposing that individual to bullying because they are flawed. Furthermore, the media and literature portray bullying in movies and books to let others feel as if they are not alone in this bullying epidemic, which pushes them further into isolation. I personally find myself believing that the exposure to bullying in the media gives society a chance to understand the harmful effects it can have on individuals. Furthermore, the media gives society a chance to understand how to prevent it and provide a safe environment for those exposed to bullying. This targets audiences of all ages because all play an integral part in halting bullying.

To understand the crooks of this paper you must first understand the action of bullying and/or what scholars view as bullying. Dan Olewus, a leading researcher, defines bullying by saying “A person is being bullied or victimized when he or she is exposed, repeatedly and over time (1994, p.98). However, researchers believe that bullying can be any act to another that is intentional and deliberate in nature in efforts to taunt, tease, or be little. The person who receives such treatment is the victim whereas the bully is “The individual who commits the act of bullying (Olweus, 1993). Despite all the research and information on bullying, the systematic harassing and tormenting of children in schools still affects an estimated 50–80% of young people (Department for Children Schools and Families, Special Educational Needs, 2010). Those affected by this nearly life threating situation are all to include: the victim, the victim’s families, the schools, and even the

Bullies in School Kathleen Berger 1 Bullying was once commonly thought to be an unpleasant but normal part of child's play, not to be encouraged, of course, but of little consequence in the long run. However, developmental researchers who have looked closely at the society of children consider bullying to be a very serious problem, one that harms both the victim and the aggressor, sometimes continuing to cause suffering years after the child has grown up. 2 One leading researcher in this area is Dan Olweus, who has studied bullying in his native country of Norway and elsewhere for twenty-five years. The cruelty, pain, and suffering that he has documented in that time are typified by the examples of Linda and Henry: Linda was systematically

and articulating the operation of that form of power. That is, the bully represents themselves as the embodiment of which bares the responsibility to reinforce dominance. This action in itself is achieved through the disembodiment of the targeted aspects (as object,) from victim’s oriented positioning (as subject). As the bully exercises themselves in a privileged position as a means of empowering stature, the victim then is a targeted threat in consolidating the bully 's sovereignty. If the victim is not repressed, the bully’s authenticity in relation to in/direct oppressive behaviour counterfeits their own sense of belonging within group mentality.

Bullying happens everywhere, whether it is at work, school, or home, This is Where It Ends, evidence in the schools, and adult psychiatric health problems later on in life, are some supporting evidence to show that this is an ongoing problem. According to stopbullying.gov bullying is described as “An Imbalance of Power: Kids who bully use their power—such as physical strength, access to embarrassing information, or popularity—to control or harm others. Power imbalances can change over time and in different situations, even if they involve the same people.” Bullying helps someone have dominance over another, it can boost their confidence, and self-esteem. Although bullying has been around for as long as anyone can remember, it is just recently in the 2000s that is has received serious attention and research (Hymel). There have been many recent events that have focused on this subject.

In America there are a lot of problems that don’t get full attention from people in power. One of the problems that are affecting the youth as well as adults is bullying. To find out more about this issue I will be looking into six articles that explain what bullying is, who is affected by bullying, the effect on LGBT children and what can be done to solve the problem of bullying. On this paper first, I will talk about what bullying is and the history of it. Second, I will talk about policies that exist regarding bullying, and how it affects LGBT families. Finally, I will talk about programs that help prevent bullying.

Bullying is defined as “verbal, physical, or psychological abuse or teasing accompanied by real or perceived imbalance of power” and is usually targets what children perceive as different (Olweus, 1993). Bullying is prevalent across the nation. It has devastating effects on students each day. Bullying is a problem for all students, regardless of race, gender or class. The National Education Association reports that 160,000 children are absent intentionally from school each day because they fear being bullied whether it is an attack or just intimidation by other students. This accounts for 15% of all school absenteeism (Hunter, 2012). Dan Olweus (1993) from the National School Safety Center tells us that bullying includes three parts: (1)

In “Overusing the Bully Label” (Los Angeles Times, March of 2013), author, school administrator, and clinical social worker Susan Eva Porter suggests that adults commonly define minor difficulties that children have with one another as “bullying”. Porter begins by stating two examples of bullying that went extreme once the parents got involved, then shares how the extreme situation made the parents seem like heroes/victims, even though they were the ones escalating the situation, and then insists that "We do have a problem, but it's not with our children. It's with us, the adults.”. Susan Porter is trying to get the point across that in order to fix the situation on hand with bullying we need to stop labeling the kids that were mean once or twice as “bullies” and the kids on the other side of that aggression as “victims”, because once they are labeled they will start to believe they can't change. Porter wrote this article to Los Angeles Times, and throughout the article she tries to relate to the audience with stories of past proof of parental influences intensifying the situation along with stating her expertise in the field of working with children. The article tries to prove her stance that the cause of bullying is started by the students, but is effected by the adults/parents in today’s society.

Bullying tells us something about how a society lives and how our youth interact. Bullying is directly related to the social conflicts that a given society is facing whether they be sexual and racial discrimination, or sexual harassment based on gender or sexual identity. Schott (2014) seeks to define bullying as a social experience rather than a negative

Currently there is a growing awareness of the prevalence of bullying and how this serious issue significantly impacts a substantial amount of adolescents worldwide.