The Relationship Between Bullying And The Results Of Those Students ' Academic Performance

Bullying is unwanted behavior that causes a child to feel isolated and alone. In order for an act to be considered bullying the act has to be, or be able to be repeated multiple times. Bullying can be done verbally by teasing, name-calling, taunting or inappropriate sexual comments directed at someone to purposefully upset them. Bullying can be done socially by isolating students on purpose, telling other students not to play with them, spreading rumors about students or attempting to embarrass them in public. Bullying can also be done physically by hitting, kicking, spitting, tripping, breaking property or making rude gestures. Most bullying is done during unstructured times such as recess, lunch, in the hallways, before school or after school. There is typically less adult supervision during those times. All of these things are meant to bring down the self-esteem of others. Bullying can have very serious effects on both students being bullied as well as the bully themselves.

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.

To expect greatness in any field of life, it all starts from a place of quality education and that's what America has constantly strived for. School is the place where everyone is given equal opportunity to learn and shape himself or herself into contributing members of society. At the same time each individual’s academic success defines what it means to have a good life. Unfortunately, schools face lots of problems trying to do the right thing. Among major challenges that schools face, bullying has a strong attribution to the poor academic experience among student victims. Today, students still risk being bullied everyday. This paper studies bullying in secondary school with

If bullying was truly a problem for the student’s environment, then there should be a strong negative correlation between the amount of bullying reported in section one, and the psychological behavior responses indicated in section two. Therefore, as bullying witnessed or experienced increases, the mental stability of the student decreases. It is then expected that if bullying is causing psychological damage to students, then a strong negative correlation between bullying and academic performance should also appear. As the number of bullying instances increase, the student’s ability to focus and perform well in school decreases. By not being able to function properly within the school setting and being unable to perform well academically, it can be inferred that individuals who are struggling the most with bullying will find it harder to study, which would make it more difficult for them to perform well on their final

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.

Bullying is one of the largest public health problems in the world today. Bullying involves the use of force, threat, or coercion to abuse, intimidate, or aggressively dominate others (Wikipedia). Children and adults are bullied in school, work, and even on the internet. Bullying can cause physical and mental health issues as well as a decrease in academic performance. It may also cause depression and anxiety and could lead to alcohol and/or drug abuse. The effects of bullying can also cause physical harm in kids and teens by disrupting their sleep, causing gastrointestinal issues and headaches (CNN Wire, 2016).

Bullying in Australian primary schools has become an epidemic, having a negative effect on children’s learning and development (Lodge, 2014). Therefore, it is crucial that schools and teachers are aware, understand and educated on how bullying can impact children’s learning and development; to be able to effectively implement policies, respond, educate and eliminate bullying in the school environment.

The final result that they have received from the students were that children who were bully had a higher chance for depression compared to children who were not involved in bullying behaviour. It also mentioned that “Children who were being bullied had a higher risk for psychosomatic complaints such as headaches, sleeping problems, abdominal pain, anxiety, feeling unhappy, bad appetite, and bed-wetting”. (Fekkes, Pijpers, & Verloove-Vanhorick, 2004). This proves

In the United States, there is an increasing amount of Bullying of various types among school-aged children. Bullying has not only become worse it is also more evident and proven now of the horrible affects bullying has on children causing long term psychological or physical damage and in some cases even ends in death as in the case of Phoebe Prince in 2004. (J. Holladay, 2011, par. 5) The chances and ability to inflict constant bullying or torment on a victim has increased as the internet and social media has come into children’s lives. This reduces the amount of time victims have without this negative influence on their lives and increasingly drives down their self-esteem raising the risk for them to do just what

High school can be the best of times, but for many, it is the worst experience they will ever face, and they may not even make it out alive to tell their tale. Teens, all around the world, are being subjected to torment that most adults will never know about, nor will they understand. This torment is classified as bullying and affects way more people than society cares to acknowledge. It is a form of abuse that goes unseen, leaving the victims emotionally and physically drained with a horrible outlook on life. Most people, unless directly affected, do not understand the true horror that comes with this treatment. Life can go downhill considerably for the harassed as bullying lashes out with its ever taxing effects. Things like mental illness and suicide, school shootings, and a completely doomed future are some of the many new realities teens will deal with as a result of the bullying. Ultimately, bullying takes an extreme toll on these afflicted, with catastrophic effects in its wake.

According to Horne, Stoddard, and Bell (2007), “Recognizing that bullying and aggression result in negative academic, emotional, and behavioral consequences, a number of programs have been developed in the last century to address the problem of bullying and aggression in schools” (pg. 264). This argues that there are ways that students can find the help that they need to reduce their feelings that they may have against another student. If students attend these programs that are set up specifically for them, then there could be a huge improvement in reducing bullying in school systems today.

Bullying can be hard to define, because research has shown that it comes in many forms which makes it difficult to find one set of characteristics that will describe a bully. Conclusively, studies have defined bullying as a set of repeated aggressive behavior that is intended to harm someone, which usually involves an imbalance of power between the victim and the perpetrator (Morgan, 2012, p. 174). Studies have shown that there are two distinct types of bullying, which is a direct form of verbal and physical aggression, and indirect, which often results in name calling, rumors and exclusion (Aluedse, 2006, p. 38). This form of peer victimization can have devastating effects on a child 's academic work and their physical and psychological well being (Limber, 2003, p. 23). In terms of gender, boys are more likely to be involved in physical bullying (direct) as for girls are more likely to be involved in indirect bullying (Wang et al, 2009, p. 371). Previous research indicates, that parents and friends are two important factors of social interaction associated with bullying and victimization among adolescences. Bullying is quite common among middle school children, because it is during this time that children go through puberty and hormonal changes. During this time students are looking to be accepted and fit into a specific group; however, when there is a lack of acceptance and esteem due to victimization, this can cause children to isolate themselves from those around them

According to research, children who bully are more likely to end up with criminal records as adults (Lazarus & Pfohl, 2010). A combination of influences and experiences shape the bully 's thoughts and actions. The family life of the perpetrator holds a lot of weight when considering a bully 's actions. In addition, school and community situations such as poor teacher-student relationships, lack of engagement in school activities, negative or unsafe neighborhoods, and modeled violence all potentially have negative impacts on a student 's demeanor (Swearer & Hymel, 2015). Regardless of how a bully is

Before stating the mains findings of the study it is important to mention that the researchers’ hypotheses were, that the victims of bullying in 10th grade will have lower achievement in 12th grade regardless of their race/ethnic background and that high-achieving black and Latino students, as indicated by 9th-grade GPA, will be more vulnerable to bullying. In contrast they expect that low-achieving Asian students, as indicated by 9th grade GPA, will be especially susceptible to bullying. Their main focus was to examine how bullying affects academic achievement. After conducting their research, the researchers came to the conclusion that although family background and school characteristics notably affects students’ performance, bullying also have significant influence in students’ educational achievement. As stated in the research article their studying found that bullying decreases 12th grade GPA after considering key student and school characteristics associate with achievement. Moreover, they concluded that the impact of bullying has an abiding effect on students’ academic achievement even after the bullying incident. The second finding of the study gave partial support for their second hypothesis which suggested that Asian, Black, and Latinos students were going to be more likely to experience bullying when they did not meet their stereotype. According to research Asian students are perceived to be high achievers, thus the researchers’ theory suggested

Educators and administrators in West Coast public schools have begun to initiate an imperative discussion on the occurrence of bullying in grades three, four, and five. The purpose of the cross-sectional study was to expand upon a past study, which had examined the correlation between rates of bullying involvement and an individual’s perception of academic achievement in students in grades six through ten. The current study being assessed sought to gather objective evidence between academic successes in correlation with self-reported levels of self-esteem in addition to identifying personal bully involvement. In the end, students’ academic success lies not simply in the score on a standardized test, but rather on the positivity of their social interactions and learning environment. Results of the survey have the potential to be utilized to create more effective bully prevention programs in order to foster long-term academic success for students.