The Negative Consequences Of Bullying

Bullying among school-aged children is regarded as a widespread problem in the United States and there is no one-size-fits-all solution to the problem. According to the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES), over one third of students in elementary and middle schools are impacted by bullying (Klein, 2012). Bullying is defined as “unwanted, aggressive behavior among school-aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time” (Klein,2012). Studies show that the consequences of bullying not only include students who are bullied, but the effects extend to those who bully and

A bully is 5 times more likely to have a serious criminal record when he grows up.

Bullying in schools is believed to be a normal part of school life, however, when people begin to have this mentality, they forget that bullying is physically and psychologically harmful to both the bully and the victim, therefore, bullying must be eradicated from schools by raising awareness and increasing supervision. The act of bullying or the fear of being bullied underlies almost everything kids do these days. No longer can students leave the gossip and self-doubt at school and go home for an overnight respite. Now, with internet connections thorough cell phones or computers, they never get a break from the drama. Research indicates that bullying can have some long term psychological effects.

I grew up in the 1970’s, when acts of bullying were considered more as a rite of passage. Today, we recognize the act as a type of violence. More scrutiny has been focused on this issue than it ever has been in the past. There are rules in schools, churches, as well as anywhere children or young adults interact. One might presume that this would show that this act of domination and humiliation would be on a serious decline. This is not the case. While some of the increase in bullying is because it was not considered a serious problem, nor tracked when I was a child, the means of bullying has never had greater for humiliating others.

Google’s online dictionary defines bullying as using superior strength or influence to intimidate (someone), typically to force him or her to do what one wants. Many define bullying as physically, mentally, emotionally, and psychologically degrading another living being.

No one wants to be bullied. No one deserves to be bullied. However, this is still happening every day everywhere, in society, in schools from elementary level to the University but most are in high school. One day your child suddenly insisted transfer without understanding why, they ask, the prevaricate, you know, maybe they have concealed their causes are victims of bullying problems.

The world today needs to understand that bullying is not something that happens just on the playground anymore where the bully stole your lunch money. Bullying has evolved just like everything else in the world. It has taken over the social network that today’s teens have seemingly become obsessed with. Social media websites such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram allow users to insult, bully and threaten other users without any fear of punishment. Along with the social network, bullying has taken over majority of today’s technology, such as smart phones, tablets, and computers. Although the bullies themselves remain to be peers, they have just become more malicious than ever. According to the United States Department of Health and

Have you ever felt unsafe going to school, have you ever been bullied, or have you ever just had negative thoughts about how to go on with life? When people are bullied they feel unsafe and without them feeling safe it makes them in a unwanted environment and have negative thoughts about life. It is very important for teachers to take a bigger approach on bullying because it can go undetected, be harmful to students, and have a negative impact on families. This also will make the environment where the bullying is taking place a negative place for others. Other people may say that they should just move then they can have a fresh start. However it is absolutely critical for schools to take a bigger approach towards bullying because it can

One of the problems that we are facing today is that we have entered a century in which a brave new world is emerging where every day millions of teens around the world wake up afraid to go to school. Students are not just picking on other students anymore. Not surprisingly, even teachers are currently being bullied by teens as well. No matter the situation or approach utilized to execute the bullying it has developed into a problem that has been rapidly extending thus affecting millions of students across the nation and globe. As a result, bullying has generated concerns amongst many not only the children in the receiving end. Not to mention that bullying did not exist beforehand; it is different now. Lately, this worry has been

Although both secondary and primary sources describe the impact that bullying has on the victim as being negative, there are still differences between them. Natalie, the fifteen-year-old victim, says, “‘Soon I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety. I lost all self-esteem and became paranoid about people’” (Sawer). Depression, anxiety, and the other effects Natalie experienced from bullying are all harmful. She also said she considered suicide and would perform self-harm by doing things like tearing out her hair. The personal side of what bullying can cause a person to do/feel are revealed through what Natalie described. Although not as severe as Natalie, the other bullying victim, Eric, also had a damaging experience with bullying while it was occurring. Eric says, “’I think it's fair to say that bullying never affects the victim positively at a young age. It made me very shy and scared. I always felt like I had to be on guard’” (Goldman). The bullying had a negative impact on Eric’s life while it was occurring. He felt shy and scared which could be averse to his mental and physical health. The perpetrators made both the victims feel desolate. Feeling grim led to short term mental and physical issues such as being fearful and suicidal. The problems that Natalie and Eric faced shows the damaging impact that bullying had on the victim. The personal experience that is discussed is what makes the difference between the primary and the secondary source.

As the development of technology ,people could keep in touch with each other through internet. All kinds of social media makes people have opportunities to communicate with friends,family,even strangers.Internets are good most of time,but there’re also a lot of people using internet to attack others. Bullying becomes not only physical but also a serious problem in society.

School can be very harsh, to some it easier than others, for me it was extremely hard especially as a overweight, depressed and anxious person. Around the age of twelve years old I was an overweight, shy and tomboy, but not any tomboy, I went through a stage where I dressed in all black and baggy. My acne was horrible and I would try everything, it was all over my face and kids would point it out all the time. Not only that my acne was horrible, I had no confidence and while I was struggling to find products to fix my skin, as you could imagine I was an extremely easy target for bullying, nobody deserves to be bullied, but that doesn’t mean that they still won’t do it. I remember the fear of going to school, the name calling was enough to keep me from going anywhere, I would beg to my mother for I could stay home from school. To make matters worse for me, the school I was going to was consider to be ghetto compare to other schools, kids would call me names calling me fat, ugly, a man, and even call me mean for no reason, especially since I didn’t talk to anyone cause I was so shy . I wasn’t mean, but they made rumors that I would scream at anyone who would talk to me, that my mom didn’t love me and it sounds ridiculous now, but back then I felt broken and I was only in sixth grade, not even a teenager yet.

What is bullying? Bullying is what almost every human has experienced. Bullying is something that everyone cannot stop. There is someone always saying something or doing something that is making people cry, to hate themselves, or even to the point of pushing them farther than some know. This topic is hard to talk about considering the fact it is still happening. We have tried to stop it, but we cannot stop people, but we can try.

As bullying continues to rise amongst children of all ages, it is absolutely crucial to not only find out what implications being victimized have on a child, but also find possible ways to eliminate the negative outcomes they endure. Current research has already gathered an abundance of information surrounding the effects bullying has on its victims. One area of current focus on bullying and victimization is the health effects. Serious negative mental, emotional and physical health outcomes have been discovered. Now based on this information, researchers need to push forward and try to find ways to decrease the negative outcomes not simply look at what the effects of bullying are.

In order to solve a problem in a school or elsewhere you need a plan, additionally, you need to find out the cause or causes of the problem before constructing your plan and this is where research comes in. Research conducted to solve issues or problems in schools or educational systems are termed Action Research. After sitting and discussing issues and problems in our education system we decided to tackle the issue of the psychological impact of bullying. The purpose of our action research was to attempt to improve students’ academic performance by trying to lessen or eliminate the occurrences of bullying at J.P Eustace Secondary School. The J.P Eustace Secondary School is labelled by the Vincentian public as being an unruly school