The Importance Of Bullying In Education

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.

Their eyes met from across the room, and any student paying close enough attention could see the loathing in the teacher’s eyes as the principal walks into the room for the bi-semester teacher evaluation. In the blink of an eye the teacher returns her focus back on the students, but the obvious exchange between the two individuals makes those of us in the classroom that understand the source of the icy gaze extremely uncomfortable. My teacher hates the principal with a passion. Ever since the principal assumed control of the school three years prior to this particular evaluation, she terrorized my band director. Through micromanaging, criticizing relentlessly, organizing meetings incessantly, and sabotaging schedules, my principal fostered a hate from not only my band director, but also from the majority of teachers in my high school. The attitude and leadership techniques utilized by my former principal directly contradicts current theories of the scholarly community on how to effectively lead a school.

Most kids say that they don’t see bullying around school. In just Minnesota alone there is talk about bullying and how to prevent it. Sen. Franken states, “Nine out of 10 LGBT kids are harassed or bullied in school. One-third report having skipped school in the last month because they felt unsafe” (Shah 14). Kids should not feel unsafe to go to school. School is supposed to be a safe place to go and if someone needs help there are supposed to be people there to guide them. Franken adds, “But the sad fact is that our federal laws are failing” (Shah 14). Laws have been made to try to stop bullying, but bullying continues to exist. This shows how out of control bullying is becoming.

The author, Joanne Lipman, wrote this for a vast audience from student to teachers to parents and more. Mrs. Lip man made the article a lucid topic. By using past experience with a band teacher, Mr. Kupchynsky, called students "idiots" or yell "Who eez deaf in first violins?" the author proved these specific memories since one could relate to being called out by a teacher. Although many could also relate to having different teachers using different teaching methods. For example, a fourth grader at one of the worst schools in LA explains "When I was in first grade and second grade and third grade, when I cried my teachers coddled me. When I got to Mrs. T's room, she told me to suck it up and get to work. I think she's right. I need to work

Bullying is all over the world. Each year there is over 3.2 million victims being bullied. Approximately 160,000 teens skip school every day because of bullying.17% of American students report being bullied 2 to 3 times a month in a year. To many within a school semester. Since 2002, fighting behaviour has increased, especially in grades six to eight. Boys are more likely to start bullying because of being bullied in their past. Girls are most likely to cyberbully. Nearly 43% of kids have been bullied online. According to Gale, cyberbullying is the use of the Internet, smartphones, or other electronic communication devices to spread harmful or embarrassing information about another person, such as talking about people, telling other people’s

The public school system has been governed by landmark cases and school law throughout history. One of the early cases was Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 where the Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional for states to have separate public schools for black and white students (Hubbard, 2014). Since 1954, the public school system has had a series of landmark cases which effect educational law such as Tinker v. Des Moines (1969), New Jersey vs. T.L.O. (1985), Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier (1988), and Individuals with Disabilities Act (1990). The State and Supreme Courts have ruled on everything from Freedom of Speech to Special Education.

I think bullying is a big deal here in the USA and here at my school. Bullying can effect everyone, those who are bullied, and those who bully. Negative bullying can mess up your mental health, or lead to substance use, and/or suicide. I asked Lenda how she felt and she said she felt, “unimportant, unnecessary, unwanted.” That’s a terrible way to feel. I know personally how it feels. It makes you feel like your life means nothing. It made me feel like I should bully other people to make myself feel better and doing that hurts everyone. When you are bullied, it hurts your self-esteem and breaks you down to feeling like a nothing. It could make a person turn violent to other people and to their self. Bullying mitte seam like a game, but a game

For some people school is fun, exciting and boring, but for others, it terrifying knowing that something may happen to them if they go to school. Bullying is one of the biggest problems, some schools has right now. But that, 'not the reason some people are supposed to not speak out when they see this type of things happening. Bullying is turning into a big situation in our community and it’s causing people to get depressed and even committing suicide.

When minors throughout the United States visualize bullying, they generally envision a substantially larger child physically picking on a much smaller individual. However, when asked about what harassment looks like, the majority of adolescents are unsure of what it is. Many times teenagers get bullying and harassment confused or assume they are the same. Harassment and bullying are related because they each have to do with someone hurting another person, but nonetheless, they are utterly different. Bullies put in great thought to who they will bully because bullying portrays a sense of power and they need someone who will satisfy this need. Harassers do not choose individuals who are smaller than them, but an equal. Harassers victims are peers

In the world today it is hard to find a kind heart. With all the violence and hatred that surrounds us, I thrive to be a humanitarian and optimistic individual. Quotidianly I see kids around school who are being treated unjustly by others. It hurts to see a person being treated abysmally. Knowing the obstacles one has to face to get through school while being bullied, I take the time to get to know the students who are cast aside or pushed away. It brings joy to my heart to make the students who go through the same struggles I do smile and feel accepted. Bullying is not just limited to the school environment, it also discreetly occurs in the workplace. It is dismaying how unnoticed the bullying is. Employees have to deal with cantankerous and unsatisfied customers as it is.

Would you rather have a black eye or a broken heart? Bullying can be started by anyone, but most importantly, it can even happen to anyone. It affects many people, even in today's society. For example, in politics, Donald Trump, The President of The United States, puts out a variety of tweets that some people take offense to. Bullying hurts the victim, and some even lose their lives as a result of bullying. Cyber-bullying is worse than physical bullying, because it is publicly posted out on the internet, it stays with the victim consistently, and the bullies are a lot harsher because they have the option to be anonymous.

The current definition of a “bully,” is listed as “a blustering browbeating person; especially: one habitually cruel to others who are weaker,” (Merriam-Webster, n.d.). Over the past 15 years, the term “bullying” has changed from a word that describes what was once perceived as children and teenagers making and playing harmless jokes and pranks on each other, to a word that describes the relentless harassment and sometimes violence that individuals are subjected to at various life stages. Despite the fact that bullying can affect and involve more than just students, it is most prevalent among the school age population. Unfortunately, this also means that there are deep rooted ties to violence and suicide amongst youth in America. There are many contributors to such behavior, some of which have only yet to be explored as we are at the forefront of what is considered to be the digital age. However, bullying is not a new age idea exclusive to the 21st century.

According to the online dictionary, a bully is someone that uses superior strength or influence to intimidate another person typically to force the bullied person to do what the bully wants them to do. Bullying, whether in person or in the cyber world, has become an extremely large issue in society. I live in a very small, rural community where life is very laid back and everyone knows each other, but bullying still exists. I find it very interesting that each public school in Pennsylvania has an anti-bullying system that is practiced, anti-bullying is consistently taught in media and in religious institutions but it doesn’t seem to have impacted the rate of bullying issues. Most teenagers, whether they are the bully or the bullied, think the programs that they must participate in are a joke, and the media plays on the stories of those that

The central idea was they were trying this system called stop,walk and talk to stop bullying and stop it from hurting from hurting other students. For example in the text it said " All teachers and students are trained in a program called "stop,walk and talk." Another example is "In the past, schools didn't deal effectively with bullying. Now, dozens of school districts across Illinois have anti-bullying programs. Equally important,though, is teaching students to respect each

Bullying in Australian primary schools is a current issue affecting children’s learning and development (Ladd et al., 2012) The impact of bullying and how it effects children’s learning and development is based on the findings discussed below; bullying, types of bullying, factors contributing to bullying and the potential effects of bullying in relation to children’s learning and development in the primary school setting.