"It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies but just as much to stand up to our friends." -J.K. Rowling. According to Source 1, students are bullied because bullies think they are bigger, faster, stronger, or just better than the victim. According to www.stompoutbullying.org, kids bully because they don't get enough attention at home, or they are raised to think it is okay. Bystanders are worse than bullies because they encourage the bully, they cause the victim's pain, if there weren't bystanders, there would be less bullies, and the bystanders will have to live with immense pain and guilt if the victim commits suicide.
To begin with, bystanders encourage bullies. According to Source 2, bystanders are people
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Whether bystanders throw the first punch or not, they are now involved. While bystanders can't be punished for witnessing bullying, Dustin O'Field, vice principal at Barboursville Middle School, states that they can be punished for helping in any way. Your first offense will be punished with a one day suspension. If you are caught bullying or helping a bully again, you will be punished with a ten day suspension. Finally, if you do this a third time, you will be suspended for ten days and have to attend an expulsion …show more content…
According to www.bullyingstatistics.org, suicide is the third leading cause of death in young people. In addition, a research project in Britain revealed that at least 50% of suicides are a result of bullying. Bystanders could've stopped these deaths. For example, there were 41,149 suicides in 2013, according to www.cdc.gov, that means about 20,500 of those were caused by bullying. Bystanders could have stopped those by reporting the bullying. Now, all of the people that witnessed those 20,500 victims being bullied have to live with the guilt knowing they could've stopped the pain and saved their
The bully is normally very well known; someone who is just as, if not more, guilty is nearly undetectable. This person is a bystander, and according to Tales of Bullying, being a bystander is just as bad as bullying. Bystanders just join in on the laughing. They don’t even help; they just watch bullying like it’s some sort of comedy show. Bystanders can also be people who are just in the wrong place at the wrong time. They can just as easily turn into a person who stands up to bullies, but they don’t. In the end bystanders are just as, if not more, guilty than the
When allowing it to happen, the person getting bullied could end up killing themselves. I mean, why would you allow such thing to happen? Also, the victim may feel like the bystander is supporting the bully because they’re allowing that to happen.
In the article Big Bad Bully by Hara Estroff Marano she discusses the main components of behavior that make up a bully, who can be a bully and why people choose to bully others. In the beginning of the article she focuses on suicide victims who could no longer take the mental, physical and emotional abuse of bullying. Marano (2017), “Months later, in Cherokee County, Georgia, 15-year-old Brian Head grew tired of the same teasing and deeds. The denouement was only slightly more remarkable. He shot himself to death—in front of his classmates. He walked to the front of the classroom and pulled the trigger.” The same teasing and deeds Marano is speaking of is being tripped in the hall, various name calling and being physically bullied. The article goes into depth of how the Western society treats bullying. We are prone to often dismiss bullying as kids being kids and, teachers are in denial that any such behavior exist in their class. However, the sad truth is that more times than not there is always a classroom bully. Because we often overlook the severity of bullying choosing to close our eyes we get a harsh reality when someone commits suicide. It forces us to acknowledge the hard truth with open eyes that we have chosen to close for too long.
People may not realize it, but bystanders play a huge role in bullying. By not stepping in or telling someone about it, they are making the problem worse. A bystander intervening could stop someone from getting hurt, and even prevent bullying from happening in the future. If a bystander does not say or do anything about it, they are contributing to the issue. There are more bystanders than there are bullies, so it is their choice to help or hurt the situation.
It is up to everyone to be aware of kids who are getting bullied in order to stop it. If students at school held the example that bullying is not at all cool it would reduce greatly considering many of them copy their friends. As it is obvious many of the kids who commit suicide are so young more help should be sent out to them in order for them to escape the torment. Being that suicide happens more with younger kids that is why I feel like what we are doing now to stop bullying is not enough because many still have to do with it. If bullies saw the serious punishments it came with they would surely stop. All the kids need is someone there for them guiding them and telling them they are worth living. Some have no one in their life they can count on so giving them that love and caring would boost their
According to Source 2, this usually happens when the bystanders stand by and watch. When they do this they are telling the bully that it's okay that they are doing this. They can make an audience for the bully. Sometimes they can even laugh and join in. This encourages the bully to keep hurting the victim in different ways. That is how bystanders can encourage the
Million of people committed suicide to be no longer a victim of bullies. Without seeking for help . A bully only picks on those who looks weak just for entertainment, but there another reason, such as feeling threatened, the lack of respect or envy. Bully only want the center of attention make an assumption to their victim.
Those bystanders are horrible don’t be like them be the person that helps the kid and who takes up for the kid. Because when you just stand there you aren’t helping a thing. And bystanders laugh along so they won’t just be standing there and when they do something they get attention. Being a bystander is worse because you have no reason to be bullying the kid the bully’s normally
Bullying has become a major issue in the United States and around the world. What brought the attention to people about bullying is the number of suicides that are committed by adolescents and the stories they share online or live television. Bullying is categorized to be direct verbal, direct physical, and indirect forms. Not every person has an idea how terrible bullying can be and how harmful it is to the victim. Bullying has driven students to commit actions they have never done before such as cutting themselves, suicidal thoughts, health disorders, and bad behavior. Bullying must be taken seriously, because it results in negative effects on its victims and may drive students to commit horrific actions. Lawmakers should draft anti-bullying legislation, students should stand up for one another, and society should work out what can be done to combat this problem.
The bystander effects face to face bullying in many ways and that have negative effects. Those who watch bullying or happen to hear about it are not helping the victim. The opinion of the bully is biased against their target. They are hurting the victim’s feelings by name calling or insulting them. About 21% of students report that they have been bullied, (http://www.pacer.org/bullying/resources/stats.asp). They also hurt the victim by hitting, kicking, threatening, or even punching
If a bully is being mean or doing harsh things to people don’t just be a bystander go and help that person and stand up to the bully. We are on this Earth for reason and I’m pretty sure it’s not to be mean to other people. There is kids who get bullied but no one does anything about it because they’re scared, and sometimes them kids think no one cares. So guess what? They commit suicide because they think no one cares or cared because they keep getting bullied and no one did anything about it. So the bully wins and goes to pick on a different kid because well hey the kid who he used to bully killed herself/himself and did just what he wanted him/her to do. Just think that bully might become a better person, but he still has to live with that for the rest of his
Never be a bystander if someone is being bully anybody you should tell a teacher.
Experience of being a victim of bullying can finally damage the mental health of students and motivate them to commit school violence. "According to statistics in two-thirds of cases of the recent school shootings, the attackers had previously been bullied" (Sampson, 2009, p.1). For most children learning process itself may already be a daily struggle and being a target for bullying at the same time can become "the straw that broke the camel's back", after which they consider suicide as the only possible solution. "A study in Britain found that at least half of suicides among young people are related to bullying" (Detlor, 2010). So, due to the fact that problem of bullying negatively affects students' learning ability, their health and the entire school climate society should take definite and urgent measures to solve it.
Bullying is the cause of many suicides and deaths (Home n. pag). In McCormack’s article, he explains how many students are bullied each day and harassed to the point where they question their own self-esteem. They are no longer
Many people do not realize how serious bullying has become. If you look at statistics suicides due to bullying have increased over just a few short years. This has become a very big problem for not only the victim but the bully as well as it affect both of them. School bullying is mentally destructive to not only the victims, but bullies because of the harmful words, harassment, and physical violence involved as well as the consequences for the bully.