“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.
This loss of humanity symbolizes her loss of artistic inspiration and a sense of her own unique identity. Yolanda - she is the tomboy amongst the four girls in the family and she got in trouble most of the time when she was a child. She felt the fear as her family struggled to leave the Dominican Republic. Once in the United States, she had difficulty interacting with men in sexual and romantic situations, and eventually divorced her husband, John. This heartbreak led to a mental breakdown and the
The worst thing she passed was when she got raped. Melinda survived being bullied throughout her 9th grade School year, and then became popular; Bullying does not only happen in this novel, but can happen in the real life, as what happened to the kid in The Everest School last year. He was kicked out of the school because of the bullying situation, and it was the end of his life. Melinda’s situation with bullying was different but it was worst because she was the one being
This caused the children to see differences within each other, which would cause them to become exposed to the real world’s problem of racism. Miss Elliott began to openly tell both groups of children that blued eyes children are smarter than brown eyed children. This kind of verbal abuse would continue for days, poisoning the children’s minds. Miss Elliott made best friends become moral enemies within minutes. The brown eyed children began to feel frustrated and upset because of the names they were being called by the blue eyed children.
"(source) Says a girl who was being consistently cyber bullied through her freshman year. She became depressed and suicidal by the end. This shows how hate speech can become a physical harm to someone. People sometimes attack not just a single person, but a whole group. A bunch of homosexuals are cyberbullied and are too afraid to get help.
In reality the people surrounding her were probably just worried, but depression has a way of cycling the good into the bad. Often times when battling depression, a sense of hopelessness goes hand-in-hand. After experiencing what she has, Melinda lacks optimism in her life, especially for herself. Nothing is worth the time. “Nobody really want to hear what you have to say” (ANDERSON, 9).
Having my mom see my bedroom a complete mess made me feel terrible about myself. She would always yell at me for the dumbest reasons anyway so I just stopped listening at a very young age. But like always, I got grounded for not cleaning my room. Typical of my mother, but my dad couldn’t care less if my room was messy or clean. It was my room after all.
According to, The National Association of School Nurses, corporal punishment is defined as, “intentional infliction of physical pain as a method of changing behavior. This can include hitting, shaking or slapping, either with a hand or with an object, such as a paddle or belt. Corporal punishment becomes abuse if it causes injury to the child” (NASN). In one case, Taylor Santos, a high-school sophomore at Springtown High School, opted to take a spanking rather than serve another day in school suspension. However, she was left bruised badly blistered after her male vice-principal spanked her.
A secret I felt like I couldn’t tell anyone because of the fear that if I told my whole family would hate me. I know what a terrible feeling it is to have to hide from the truth. To have the fear of being judged for someone else’s actions. Melinda had to try to turn invisible and ignore people laughing t her. She had to go through the struggle of a home, school, and social life.
Growing up in rough times means rough times in some schools. In Columbine High School Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were the victims of bullying throughout high school (Moore). People probably ridiculed them and picked on them because they were considered weird. The bullying and anger got to them and that is probably what caused them to breakdown. Growing up I was bullied plenty of times by insensitive students.