The Pros And Cons Of Bullying

Sleepless nights, grades dropping dramatically, social outcasts, tears shedding, not wanting to go to school and bruises are just the minor signs a kid goes through when being bullied. It happens every day. It happens at school, in grocery stores, parking lots, work offices, and even at home. Bullying comes in many forms such as verbal, physical, emotional, and cyber. The long term effects can be devastating and can lead to mental illnesses such as depression and suicide.

The bullies in schools never think they will get severely punished, so they don’t stop. They think that they won’t be caught and that bullying isn’t a huge deal, but it is. Bullying causes students to not go to school, to feel alone, and to leave their school feeling worthless. If the bully were to be suspended, he/she would learn quickly that what they are doing is wrong in so many ways. They will realize that bullying can be the reason they don’t get into their dream school or do something they love. On the other hand, victims of bullying don’t come forward and voice that the have been taunted, teased, and tormented because they don’t think the school will help them. 67 percent of students feel that their school doesn’t hear about their bullying and doesn’t do anything that will prevent it (Soard). A great number of bullies in

As stories like Moniques and other people demonstrates, there are policies out there that just simply do not work.. One is called zero-tolerance policies, and while these succeed at sending the message that bullying is not tolerated, there are several problems with them. Nora M. Findlay believes, “ One of the most serious problems inherent in zero tolerance is that it treats dissimilar problems in a similar way” (6). Secondly, “Students and teachers may be less likely to report and address bullying if suspension or expulsion is the consequence” (United States Department of Health and Human Services). Two other policies that are used but never works is called peer-mediation, and conflict resolution. The United States Department of Health and Human Services stresses, “Conflict involves antagonism among two or more people. Whereas any two people can have a conflict (or a disagreement or a fight) bullying only occurs when there is a power imbalance-where one child has a hard time defending himself or herself” (“Myths about Bullying” sect. 1). This difference is very important to be aware of because these strategies can make the people being bullied feel even worse. Not only that, but it sends the message that all children share equal blame, which is definitely not an appropriate message. The message to the person being bullied should be,

Furthermore, since there are no federal laws that address bullying, “bullying overlaps with discriminatory harassment when it is based on race, national origin, color, sex, age, disability, or religion.”(Federal Laws 1) After the 1999 Columbine High School shooting, forty-eight states put anti-bullying laws into place. All of their laws state that a hardcore investigation must take place, along with reporting it, followed by strict punishment. A victim has to report it happening from the same person or group repeatedly before anything is done about it, in order to suspend or expel the bully. Not many students in school are willing to report any bullying activity, they fear that they too will become bullied, for being a “snitch” or “tattle tale”. Students know that if the bully discovers who told on them, then it will make them more hostile and escalate them to find more cruel way to punish their victim. Even if the bully is expelled from school there is other means of torturing someone.

To begin with, bullying happens all around you and yet barely anything is being done about it. No one will stand up or speak up either until its too late or not at all. The laws don’t help enough. The law we have in Florida is the Jeffrey Johnston Stand Up For All Students act. That act states that anyone in the school- students and teachers/ staff member, that is subjected to bullying,

I have been bullied my whole life, from first grade to present day(9th grade). Bullying is not fun, it really hurts. They say “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me”. Well I’m here to tell you that’s a lie. I get bullied everyday about everything; me being overweight, how dark I am, how deep my voice is. Everyday I go through this, but I have learned to deal with this. The only reason people bully you is because they're jealous of you, so that means you're doing something right. So remember ,”Be Happy, Be Healthy”. So Slay till your hair turns gray.(Anonymous 2017)The situation that this person is in is that everyday she wakes up and goes through crap and deals with it because she is already used to and she doesn't

Parents beg their schools to help their poor, innocent sons and daughters who get bullied constantly, inside and outside of school. They plead their cases and ask their schools for assistance, but every time the school says, “Didn’t happen here. We can’t help.” The problem is these children need support, and their schools should be able to give it to them. Educators should be responsible for bullying that occurs outside of school because they are held accountable for the health and happiness of their students, bullying online can be dragged onto school grounds, and a child being bullied outside of school can affect their performance inside of school.

Although some believe bullying should be considered an act that might require legal actions, there are those who believe there are other ways to solve this issue. For example, “some guidelines are emerging to help schools choose the programs that best fit their situation” (Greene, Greene, Elias, & Ansary,2015, p. 30). If these guidelines can provide programs that can get through to the students and get them on a path that decreases bullying, there will be no need for authorities to be involved. Green, Greene, Elias, & Ansary (2015) say that,” Effective programs employ a whole-school approach, ensuring that all school community members are on board with preventing harassment, intimidation, and bullying” (p. 34). Obviously, the staff of the school has to support the program in order for it to be effective, but students also have to stand up for their classmates when they see they are in a time of need. Consequently, it is believed that through this method, everyone is contributing to building a more stable environment for troubled students. Of course, for students to truly change

To start cyber bullying isn't that bad it can be a good method to stop physical bullies and provide evidence for counselors and law enforcement .”Student speech is still protected by free speech laws, regardless of how cruel and unusual it is — especially when They’re off-campus”. In addition ,according to The sacurrent daily, making cyber laws stricter would violate a student of campus freedom of speech . One of the many problems with making the law stricter is, no matter how cruel or mean the students' messages are it is still legal according to the first amendment .“There’s no rule in the First Amendment for speech that causes harm for a minor,” subsequently when minors are cyber bullying it is not as easy to charge them .one reason is If a minor makes a threat it is legal .This is where cyber bullying can be good because then every threat or argument is documented and cannot be changed witch makes for good evidence of the bully .

To start things off, most anti-bully programs only help the bully, not the victim by setting regulations that are easy to work around. One such regulation is a no tolerance policy that most anti-bullying campaigns push harder than a hydraulic press. A common definition of bullying that most campaigns run off for such regulations resembles the California Department of Education’s definition; “Bullying is a form of violence. It can be physical, verbal, psychological, or sexual.” This kind of a policy is depressingly easy for a bully to work around, even with that definition. How so? Anyone who has witnessed an act of bullying will notice that bullies are typically quiet and intimidating about their acts, like a snake hunting for prey.

What happens with bullies and the people that get bullied during school and when they get out of school?” Although most bullies think they're hot stuff and have the right to push people around, others are actually insecure.”says U.S. Department of Health & Human Services “Bullying is 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.”says U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Both kids who are bullied and who bully others may have serious, lasting problems.” bullying needs to stop it’s not good for the bully and the person getting bullied.bullying at school should stop because it can impact someone's ability to learn, Anxiety,and ways to prevent bullying at school and in the community.

OCHR talks about how teachers and school administration address bullying in their schools. Large amount of victims affected by bullying claim that teachers, and other staff members, at schools didn’t do much, if anything, to help stop the bullies. Only 35% of 9th graders believed their teachers were interested in interfering with bullies, and only 25% of administrative staff. Yet 70% of teachers believe that adults get involved almost all of the time.

“Mitchell Johnson, Andrew Golden, and Michael Carneal call complained after the shooting that they were teased, bullied, or ‘put upon,’ but the teachers were either unaware of or downplayed the significance of their torment.” (Newman, 2004, p 96). Prior to social media, bullying has invoked children and teens to commit school shootings or suicide (also could be known as “bullycide”). With the uprising of more social media, bullying will get worse.

Are you aware that many kids encounter bullying as they grow up? As a teenager, I also experienced harassment in school. It was influenced by factors such as skin color, culture, and ethnicity. There are different categories of bullying depending on their nature. The first type is physical bullying. It occurs when the body of an individual and their possessions are damaged. It takes the form of stealing, destruction of property spitting and being beaten up. The second type is verbal bullying. It involves actions such as calling people names. In some instances, people bully others regarding their physical appearance. Other threats regard the social status of the family. The third category is social bullying which happens when individual desires to hurt the reputation of an individual. It usually occurs between age-mates. It occurs in two main ways which are exclusion and loss of trust. Prohibition leads to feelings of isolation and loneliness. Loss of confidence happens when there is the breaking of a long-term relationship. Lastly, there is cyber bullying which occurs through the use of media devices such as phones and computers. (National Centre Against Bullying,2017).

The World Wide Web became available to the public in 1991, which gave the average person an avenue to use the internet and the world has never been the same. The internet is an indispensable source for researching and accessing information; it has also become the major source in the way our society shares information, communicates, and spends leisure time. This advancement in technology has had a positive effect on many aspects of our lives and there is no doubt that this technology has made things easier in our society. Unfortunately, for all of the positive that the technology of the internet has brought to our society, it has also delivered a new venue for negativity in the form of bullying, which our legal system is still attempting to catch up to, by making and adapting laws to deal with the rapidly changing world of technology.