Thesis: Many pieces of literature reveal the theme of bullying such as; Please Stop Laughing At Me by Jodee Blanco, but people should look for something good in others instead of the bad will make differences. Bullying has been going on for years and not only in school but also all over. When is it ever going to stop and look for something good in someone instead of the bad things? Going to school should be exciting, seeing your friends and learning new things, but for some it’s the worst part of their day. Going to school shouldn’t be a punishment.
Bullying Bullying in schools is a normal part of school life, or is it? Many have believed over the years that bullying is a rite of passage, something normal and acceptable. This mentality is harmful, physically and mentally to both the victim and the bully. Some people argue that bullying is just a "rite of passage," but that certainly doesn't make it acceptable. Growing up, we all go through these situations where we are the victims of hurtful situations.
Like I have mentioned in the previous paragraph, schools only have limited power when it comes to bullying. This is because many schools don’t always know what happens and if they are also just making it up. Most kids may do this in order to use as an excuse for lack of academic performance. It’s difficult for a school to take action if the bullied students don’t speak up. This is why I believe that it’s not the schools fault.
The Not So Controversial Elements of Ordinary People Ordinary People by Judith Guest is an intriguing novel that has been banned in one school, and challenged in many others for several controversial topics including language, teen suicide, parental conflicts, sex and graphic descriptions. I don’t feel this novel should have any restrictions or censorship because of its importance and value as a work of literature. This novel indeed does have some potentially offensive material, but its reading level is high school, and I feel that by high school, people reading this book will be mature enough to handle serious topics and controversial material. Ordinary People harbors an important message and theme regarding personal re-growth and forgiveness. Judith Guest’s novel, Ordinary People, follows a high school boy, Conrad, throughout his junior year.
Statistics show that 20% of bullying is verbal. Students say a lot of hurtful things to one another, but can we even say that is bullying? Sometimes we do not intend to hurt other with our words, and some children do not understand that. A onetime situation should not be considered bullying either. We have all done something hurt to someone else at least once in our lifetime, and if that was the case wouldn't we all be considered bullies and not victims?
When you are just acting on personal wants, and gains, the result is selfishness. Learning morals is the simple lesson on not being selfish and having integrity. The kids in the essay The “Values” Wasteland were applauded for the arrest of an alleged rape towards several early teen girls. They say the school never taught them the rules about sex. I find that hard to believe, and that no one can blame the schools for the illegal allegation towards the kids.
In the movie's world, these social cliques not only have an impact on how students are going to be viewed during their high school years, but also how they can have profound emotional and physical effects on young girls. Mean Girls shows young women criticizing each others looks and weight, while gossiping about what one said or did. All of these practices have been recently studied by social scientists, who believe the movie was extremely accurate. Throughout the film the screenwriters showcased its actors portraying negative behaviors of bullying in schools amongst teenage girls. And a recent study stated that statistically this movie had a significant impact on how teenage girls treat each other, the results proved to be negative.
College police received second-hand information that one of their students may have been assaulted and contacted the El Cajon Police Department, which in turn located the student, he said. ( www.sandiego6.com/news) This event has made a lot negative attention on college campuses
Most students today know little to nothing about Vietnam thanks to the lack of photographs, as well as coverage. Some of the students Loewen had interviewed did not even know who fought in the war. A student of Loewen’s even wrote that showing the images of Vietnam during the war (specifically of the naked little girl running from the napalm attack) would completely change a student’s view of the war. However, because textbooks choose to leave out these stirring images, students still do not have the right outlook or sufficient knowledge of what happened in
The killers were also thought to be bullied victims or jock haters since this stereotype was also often associated with school shootings. Also when the shooters were killing students they were asked by one girl why they were doing this and the killers responded with “it was because we were bullied last year” which wasn’t true because the killers