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Have you ever been bullied? Yes? Well you are not the only one. One of every seven kids from primary school to high school has either been a bully or a victim. An estimated number of 160,000 kids of all ages miss school daily because of bullying (makebeatsnotbeatsdown.org). Teen activists want to put an end to bullying because of: low self-esteem, negative and suicidal thoughts, and abuse. Except, what then happens to the bully? The bully: gets off with a warning - which cannot be good enough sometimes, the bully could also come back and continue to bully the victim, finally there can also be consequences. Teen activists despise bullying. For example, the ones that link between …show more content…

Alex got aggression from his peers in school. Most of the bullying happened in the bus and by lockers in school - 29% of middle school students have experienced or been a witness of bullying in hallways and by lockers. Coming back to Alex, he tried to commit suicide, but he did not succeed – he would try and cut himself, for example on his wrist. According to a documentary, Alex said “Most of the kids on that bus I knew from elementary school. We were good friends then.” Alex got most of the aggression and negativity on the bus. “But then in middle school, everything changes, and it's all about popularity and who dresses the best and who's the most athletic and who has the best hair. I was not the kid with the best hair.” Alex said. Alex is correct in this situation because people should never be judged by the way people dress, the way people look, or the amount of friends. It should be judged what is on the inside. Since he did not succeed he wanted to get his voice heard and he wanted to do something to solve his problem. After Alex got his voice heard he did all kinds of things. For example: he went to the white house, he also went to tons of interviews with all kinds of people, and he also went to an interview with a beauty pageant winner and many other famous …show more content…

When students get bullied it can often mean that they get punched, kicked, and pushed etc. A girl named Sarah Ball got sexually abused by her own boyfriend. Sarah Ball was 16 years old when her and her boyfriend broke up. Often Sarah was cyberbullied, meaning that she was bullied online. Leading onto the break up, it happened because her boyfriend sexually abused her, even before Sarah decided she wanted a break up. Sarah refused to tell anyone about her problem. Sarah decided to break up with her boyfriend and she assumed that the problem would go away. Except it didn’t. It lead to more cyberbullying, more teasing, meaner comments, and more abuse from her peers and her x-boyfriend. Sarah decided to keep the problem to herself. According to hernandotoday.com, Sarah said, “I thought it would never go away. I thought I could handle it on my own.” Sarah finally decided to find her voice. At the age 19 years old Sarah travelled the United States for 10 months, bringing awareness to students across the

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