The Pros And Cons Of Bullying In School

Schools are the most well-known settings for bullying. This is the place where students learn and socialize for most of the day. A school is a place meant to feel safe, not afraid. However, studies have shown us this is not the case. More and more students are reluctant to come to school. Why? Their peers may criticize them and abuse of them both verbally and physically. Bullying is more serious than most think. Many people just think it’s a simple hoax that was taken too far but this simple joke can lead to indelible emotional and physical scar that could hunt students for life eventually lowering their self-esteems and even ruining their lives. Schools and teachers have failed tremendously at stopping this.

Every day parents send their children to school, assuming they will be safe. Although many are safe, there are also many that are bullied on a daily basis. In reviewing the definition of the word “bullied,” it fundamentally is unwanted aggressive or harmful behavior with a perceived power imbalance that is directed onto those individuals that are weaker to intimidate them to gain something they want (www.stopbullying.com, 2012).

Every child has the right to a free and uninterrupted education — but all of that is taken away if they are being bullied. Even worse than the bullying itself is that these children feel like they don’t have an advocate. Teachers tell them not to worry, that it will come to an end as they get older. Administrators push parents to the side, telling them that kids will be kids.

A reason why schools should take a stronger approach on combating bullying is because harassment does indeed affect the students. Other than it being a leading cause of suicide and sometimes homicide, it can also negatively impact the lives of the victims and even the bullies themselves. Bullying has negative consequences on both ends of the spectrum. “Both

Whether bullying concerns you or not, it is a topic that happens world-wide and should not be ignored. You or someone you love could be suffering from this and it is in everyone’s best interest to pay attention to what is happening around them. Being well informed about this topic is imperative because although there are endless amounts of programs supporting the cause, getting those being bullied to speak up is still a great issue. In a study done by the National Bullying Prevention Center, 64% of children who were bullied did not report it; only 36% reported the bullying(2). We have all fallen into the hands of a bully at least once in our lives and I’m tired of listening to the phrase “ make the world a better place” when that should first start by making the people that live in it kinder to one another.

Bullying is defined as, a person or group of people who attack a person or groups of people because of a sense of superiority. Bullying has been a vastly spread epidemic, which has taken on many new forms such as bullying over social media otherwise known as cyberbullying. Cyberbullying has added new elements of bullies being able to follow their victims even after school hours. Most schools have programs such as anti-bullying to stop all forms of bullying, however, some people may not see the impact it has until it has hit you or someone that you care about. Bullying is not being effectively addressed in schools to stop the epidemic because the bullying that happens online can follow both the victims and perpetrators to school, bullying can affect the victims grades and drive in school, and schools have means to deal with more than just one side of the bullying they also have less bias than the parents.

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Over 3.2 million students are victims of bullying each year? Out of those students, 17% of American students report being bullied 2 to 3 times a month or more within a school semester. Approximately 160,000 teens skip school every day because of bullying. Many students report that they are bullied for being different or for simple stupid reasons. This fact tells us that many students will skip school because they are afraid of coming to school. Most people who are bullied do not report being bullied because they are afraid of the repercussions that follow. 1 in 10 students drop out of school because of bullying. Studies have shown that boys are less likely to feel sorry for victims of bullying. They are, in fact, intrigued by this and will

How can people feel safe if every day, they are being bullied, or treated badly by others to the point where they feel like they want to commit suicide. Bullying is something serious that affect the safety and security of humans and that needs to be stopped. I believe in the USA some states have an anti-bullying law, such as New Jersey, in hopes to stop all the bullying happening around their kids. While most states just see the positives part of being bullied, some choose to just focus on problems of their states and believe laws will not help their states with bullying issues. Bob Ingle of the Daily Record in his article called "In War on Bullying, We've Gone Overboard" he said that '' laws only hurt the issue more than help'' (Ingle). To me, his point doesn't help or make any sense. Bullying is a serious issue and it shouldn't be taken any easier or treated as if it's nothing.

As humans, we feel the need to believe in something greater than what’s in our control. Believing in a just world gives people a sense of understanding and security. Research will show that people have a tendency of believing in something that seems justified and fair. Belief in a just world describes a world that’s fair where people who do bad get what they deserve, while the people who do good will receive goodness in return. For example, victims of rape are often blamed because of the way they dress or act and/or someone with lung cancer is blamed because they smoked all their life. At what extent is this to be true though and how many people actually agree with this worldly theory.

Andy Biersack once said, "When people hurt you over and over, think of them like sandpaper. They may scratch and hurt you a bit, but in the end, you end up polished and they end up useless." As children, our parents try to teach us how to handle certain situations we might get into, but who teaches us to deal with bullies? Bullying is any type of unwanted aggressive behavior done to a person constantly (“Effects of Bullying.”). The administration at schools usually are the ones that have the authority to implement the laws and regulations against bullying. As I recall from high school most of the students have to participate in the awareness campaign but as they play the videos for us to watch most of the student body would just fall asleep. With laws such as Title IX, there should be less bullying happening around the younger generations. There are three ways to try and help our younger generations stop bullying through implementing the law Title IX, teaching the parent and students the signs of bullying, and by holding the parents accountable for their child’s actions.

In this world of negativity, I believe that you should stay positive. When I was in elementary school, I used to get bullied for being bigger than all the other kids. I didn’t understand why was I getting bullied, but I was still nice. I did what I was supposed to do to maintain good grades and pass all my classes. Staying positive in a world full of mean people can take you as far, as you allow it too.

“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.

Bullying has been escalating to a certain degree that it has affected as many as 160,000 students that reported staying home from school every day, because they were afraid of being bullied (www.stompoutbullying.org). Bullying does not only stops one from wanting to go to school, it also makes one feel anxious, insecure, and unhappy at school, isolated and at times severely depressed (Young, Shin Kim, and Leventhal). Schools must have better resources available to students; this includes the victim and the bully. The victim should have both better counseling and stricter laws to protect them. Bullies also need counseling due to research which states “that many bullies tend to come from families where parents are more

Every day, on every playground and hallway in our American schools, children, youths, and teens are harassed, tormented, made fun, physically and mentally abused and embarrassed by bullies. Is your child one of these bullies or a victim of bullying? This bully behavior is not only happening in the United States but all over the world. Many children and youths observe miserably as other school children get bullied at school. Bullies usually pick on personalities and individuals who are weaker than themselves, so they can build themselves to feel better about themselves. Sadly to say, many individuals have witnessed bullying or been a bully themselves. As parents, school administrators and citizens of a community