Summary: The Epidemic Of Bullying

Bullying, often labeled as just a part of growing up, is a major problem in America’s schools today. Although it is such a hot topic in our country right now, it is also a long ignored problem that only seems to worsen. The complication with bullying is that no one quite understands it, and it is not taken seriously. The definition of bullying is an overbearing person who habitually badgers and intimidates smaller or weaker people. In more simple terms, bullying is not a onetime incident; it is repetitive and happens among individuals when there is an imbalance of power. Statistically, every one in six children are bullied, and this cannot continue to take place. Every child has the right to feel safe and have the pursuit of being happy in which bullying completely takes those rights away.

Bullying has become a worldwide issue that has evolved over the years. Some people may argue that bullying has decreased as more people are aware and educated about the effects of bullying. Although people are more educated about bullying, it has only increased over the years. Today, every seven seconds someone is being bullied. Every seven seconds a life is ruined. It is horrendous. Bullying rates have gone through the roof over the years and only makes life for teenagers harder now. 1 in 10 people drop out of school because repeated bullying. 1 in 10 lives ruined. 1 in 10 further education opportunities destroyed. Our current society is doing appalling when it comes to bullying.

Society should have concerns about the emotional health of this generation because it makes this generation feel like we will never fully mature to make the differences in society we were created to make. If one look on social media sites, through the halls of many school and even in church families, you’ll see young people between the age of 12-18 that are struggling to find their individuality and appreciate their uniqueness. One of the common problems is low self-esteem, depression, academic failure, and suicide. Research states to determine the leading cause of these issues, the common problem found was that many young people have experience being bullied. Most bullying takes place while students are among their peers at school surrounded and even surround by many adults students are still be targeted, attacked and harmed.

In recent years, bullying has gained attention due to school shootings and the increased awareness of mental illnesses. It has led people wanting to know why people become bullies and why others become victims of bullying. To answer those questions, it is important to look at bullying from a sociological perspective.It shows what behavioral patterns and norms occur between individuals and their society that leads to bullying.

“Bullying occurs in school playgrounds every 7 minutes and in classrooms every 25 minutes” (Bullying Myths 2009). This shows that bullying is no small issue, and it is not going to decrease without community support. When the people who lead our country, say horrible things about its people it is hard to understand that bullying is wrong. How can adults, parents, or teachers expected young people to understand that bullying is wrong when they see the most powerful people in America doing it on CNN. Even though, politicians are saying hurtful things to the American public that confuses America's youth, there are resources working to spread awareness.

Students who are victims of bullying force themselves out of bed every morning with an overwhelming sense of despair because they know one foot stepped inside the institution interprets into a new day and a new game for the oppressor. Even though there has been a nationwide policy adopted by many Institutions in the efforts of putting a stop to bullying, many victims stay unnoticed due to failure of acknowledgment, failure of anti-bullying programs, and failure of catching early discerning behavior. Nonetheless, Bullying has gotten to be such an overused word that those who are in dire need of assistance aren’t receiving the attention needed to eliminate the issue from the start, however, there are solutions that could solve the epidemic

Is bullying an epidemic or is it just kids being kids? Some would suggest that our kids are becoming more aggressive lending to bullying. Others argue that kids are being kids, they need to learn how to survive in a competitive, cruel world. The U.S. Government defines bullying as unwanted, aggressive behavior that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. Actions may include making threats, spreading rumors, attacking someone physically or verbally, and excluding someone from a group on purpose. Dan Olweus, developed a three-part definition outlined in Bully/victim problems among school children to help determine if bullying is

To deny the existence of bullying throughout the nation, especially within the brick walls of school, is to be ignorant. Bullying is a huge issue that is evident in may schools throughout America. Seventy percent of students throughout schools in America have said that they have witnessed bullying. A total of forty-nine percent of student in grades 4-12 have reported getting bullied at least once a month. Parents have to constantly worry about their child getting picked on while at school. One out of every four students, equalling to around twenty percent, are bullied every year. Around fifty-five million children throughout the United States are attending school this year, many whom are getting bullied.

What is Bullying? Bullying is a problem that many children encounter while growing up. It can be a painful experience, both physically and emotionally. Too many news stories about bullying have had heartbreaking endings.

Sticks and stones do break bones but words will never hurt me, when we were little children that is what we were taught. Now more than ever that Mother Goose rhyme is irrelevant. More and more children are being bullied and they are being pushed to their edge of sanity and people do not really take this horrible epidemic seriously. According to a study, the following percentages of middle schools students had experienced these various types of bullying: name calling (44.2 %); teasing (43.3 %); spreading rumors or lies (36.3%); pushing or shoving (32.4%); hitting, slapping, or kicking (29.2%); leaving out (28.5%); threatening (27.4%) stealing belongings (27.3%); sexual comments or gestures (23.7%); e-mail or blogging (9.9%). (Facts

Bullying is on the rise across the nation. According to the National Center for Educational Statistics, 30 percent of students of students were bullied during the 2010-2011 school year. Whether verbal or physical, bullying has a negative effect on the victims. Students who are bullied often experience depression, loneliness, anxiety, and isolation. The common types of bullying in a school setting are physical and verbal. With the rise in the use of social media, cyberbullying has become a big problem among children. Children who bully others are often bullied at home by a parental figure. This is why it is very important to incorporate moral instruction into the curriculum, teaching students about respect and caring for others, instead of bullying them. Schools have started to take extra precautions to eliminate bullying by implementing prevention programs. As educators, it is our responsibilities to prevent bullying from happening in our schools and protect our students. It is important that we model moral and ethical behavior for students to follow. It’s also important that we take precautions and investigate all forms of bullying, instead of only taking action when we witness physical aggression.

Bullying is a wide spread epidemic in our country. Almost everyone will be bullied at some point in their life. Bullying happens for many reasons and can have fatal consequences if it is not handled.

Bullying has been around forever, no matter what the situation or where it takes place in the American Society. This has also been a issue among the years and has been fought but never defeated. Even though it is mostly seen in America or there is no escaping from Bullying and how it affects people. There is also a quite broad history of Bullying and how it has developed or seen throughout the years. Also, there has also been a loophole through al of bulling laws and that’s cyber bullying. Overall bullying can really take a toll on someone and how they feel, that’s why there's Bullying Laws made.

If you are a bully or have been bullied then you should know how bullying feels like.Bullying is very negative and creates major problems in our society, such as causing people to commit suicide, switch up their personality, or don’t go to school.Physical bullying happens when the bully uses physical power or violence to intimidate the person.Bullying has been treated as a part of growing up, or something that will toughen up young people as they grow up throughout life.Research has shown that students in America who are bullied can develop many emotional issues.Recently there have been a lot of suicides blamed on bullying and caused peoples lives over it.These must be stopped and the only way to do so is by installing preventing bullying programs

What would the world be like without violence? At this point, no one has known, and with how things are looking in the present, no one may ever have the opportunity of experiencing a peaceful world. According to the Peace Alliance, violence causes approximately 1.6 million deaths worldwide every year, which is an outrageous amount of preventable deaths. Violence has always been a major sin and issue, but acts such as terrorism and murder, psychological abuse, and human trafficking have become more and more prevalent throughout the course of the twenty-first century.