They can hurt themselves, and they can lose interest in school, friends and activities that they used to enjoy. Now there are also warning signs when someone is the bully and these are; they become violent with others, they get into physical and verbal fights easily, they have extra money or things and they cannot explain where they
In the past years hazing has considered harmless pranks or comic antic associated within different groups. Hazing takes place in different areas such as college students who join a group and even in high school. Hazing can be a difficult social problem that can be shaped by leader who is operating the group or the organization. While hazing is occurring many people would tell the victims not to tell anyone or they would be hazed longer than others in the group, which can be called the “code of silence”. Hazing doesn’t only apply to men; it applies to women and teenagers.
“Bullying is a big problem that effects millions of students, and it has everyone worried, not just the kids on it’s receiving end” (Lyness 1). Bullying does not just affect kids, but the parents too. It affects the parents because a lot of their children begin to be afraid attending school. In the novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, Melinda was affected by being bullied lead her to think about suicide, scared of coming to school, and victims like Melinda begin to not care about school and fail. Melinda was affected by being bullied and led to many things and one of them is thinking about suicide.
When kids are being pushed around or picked on all the time, most cases it could lead to thoughts suicide or in some time they can follow through with committing suicide. Because they feel no one loves them. Victims of bullying experience high level of depression; anxiety and they may even feel empty. Victims of bullying sometime have abnormal eating habits, the see food as a comfort; it lead to weight gain. If a student is being bullied at schools they may start to missed school as well as skip classes or even dropped at of school.
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.
Bullying does not just affect the victim, inadvertently; it affects everyone the victim is associated with too. Bullying should be seen as a crime because it ruins the targets chances at a normal and happy childhood, which everyone is rightfully entitled to, it destroys children’s and adolescents self-esteem, puts them into a depression, they may stop attending school which will in turn lower their grades, and it can even lead to self-harm and suicide. Usually children look forward to making friends at school and playing games with others, but if a child is bullied, they then become an outcast and slowly start reproaching socializing with society. The ones who have been bullied are usually the more subdued and quiet children. They probably do not speak in class or in a group and usually tend to avoid team sports and activities because they do not want to be chosen last.
Every student experiences some sort of bullying; however, some social groups experience harsher and more frequent bullying. Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual students (GLB) often face many obstacles. High school is often considered a jungle for any student but what about students that are GLB? These students face many psychological outcomes such as depression, drug and alcohol abuse, lower GPA, hate crimes and suicidality. The study by Elliot and Kilpatrick examine how homophobic victimization in school influence the above factors and possible outcomes in middle school.
Lastly is the target themselves who are those students that are targeted for bullying by repeated acts of violence. Whether you are the person actually causing the intentional pain to others or not, if you know about it and stand around and watch it you are just as guilty as the bully. I know during my high school days that there
Drug abuse is extremely destructive to a student’s education, health, and finances. Students who abuse drugs may believe that the only effects of using occur while they are high. They do not think about the long term effects drugs may have on his/her education. In his article Duerte says, “Drug abuse leads to higher rates of truancy, school failure and dropouts” (Duarte 90). The effects are not only with issues leading to dropouts but also with general, everyday occurrences in college life such as study habits.
Younger children believe that cheating is wrong but that it is acceptable in some instances. In elementary school children break or bend the rules to win games against their peers. But as they get older- around junior high- they begin cheating on academic work. “Cheating peeks in high school when about 75%of students admit to some kind of academic misgivings”. In schools cheating has become so socially acceptable that students think that it is okay to cheat.