It's just horrible. Regardless if the kids get help by going to the school counselor or even a psychiatrist, that seems to not always help and that's sad! Dieter Wolke also stated, "In the case of bully-victims, it shows how bullying can spread when left untreated." I couldn't agree more with that statement. Bullying just gets worse and worse the more it gets untreated and continues.
Multiple victims who are hurt from being bullied are starting to fail in school. There are many effects on bullying and some samples are thinking about suicide, scared of coming to school, and beginning to not care about school. There has been a great increase in deaths because of students getting bullied. The bullies scare the students so much that they do not want to come to school
Bullying in Schools Before we can discuss the different types of bullying, we must first have an understanding of what bullying is. Bullying is an aggressive behavior that involves unwanted negative actions; a pattern of behavior repeated over time and involves an imbalance of power or strength. Bullying has many different versions. It can include physical which consists of hitting, slapping, and shoving in a hurtful way, just to name a few. There's also verbal, and some examples of this are name calling, put downs, threats and intimidation.
Bullying in Schools and Online: A Growing Epidemic Proving to be Fatal Kimberly Futrell Harrison College Composition I Stephanie Kurin 06/10/2012 Bullying in Schools and Online: A Growing Epidemic Proving to be Fatal Each day, kids are being bullied in their schools and at home while online. They are bullied because of race, sexual orientation, creed, physical image, or for no particular reason at all. Bullying is not limited to age, but the most prevalent age range is teenagers. Bullying in schools and on the Internet amongst teenagers has greatly increased in the past years; this has led to increased fatalities because so many feel that they don't have anywhere or anyone to go to. These fatalities are not just suicides, but
Research shows that bullying is a very controversial subject that can be seen as a crime to some but not to others depending on the nature and severity of the bullying. It is a widespread problem that unfortunately most children have to go through at some point in their lives. Bullying is a conscious, wilful, deliberate, hostile and repeated behaviour by one or more people which is intended to harm others. What do people in today’s society really think of bullying? What can they do to help these victims?
Many children are being raised by a violent parent making their surrounding a living hell and believe violence is the only way to setting a conflict. The young teen wants attention like everyone else. Sometimes “Acting out” brings attention they desperately needs, like bullies bully children someone younger or quiet for attention or fighting with there peers. Researchers found that violence deaths are similaR School Violence
Physical bullying is anything that would hurt or injure a person; meaning licking, punching, hitting or taking something that belongs to someone else and destroying it (“Types of Bullying” par 1). In elementary and middle schools 30.5% of bullying is physical (“Types of Bullying” par 1). In the web article Types of Bullying, it states that verbal bulling is name-calling, making offensive remarks or joking about a person’s religion, gender ethnicity, socioeconomic status or the way they look. It also states that 46.5% of all bullying in schools is verbal bullying. Also that verbal aggression is when a bully teases someone.
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.
The thought of living in constant fear, with only the expectation of more pain to come has driven some to take their own lives in hope of ending their suffering. In 2011, twenty-two of Clark county's youths were successful in carrying out their suicide attempts(Milliard, 2011). It is also becoming more common for victims of bullying to seek revenge for their injustices by harming mass amounts of students. Not everyone is capable of brushing aside the hurt and anguish caused to them by a bullying, just because they have gotten older. Some victims turn into bullies themselves; preying on the weak, just as they had been preyed
An eighteen page checklist is not the answer. Most examples of “standing up” is not institutionally okay anymore. Post Columbine High, schools seem to be terrified of any specter of violence. If a student beats up his tormentors, or even if he loses, he or she is automatically suspended or expelled from school under the zero tolerance policies. If he or she hurts the bully badly enough, he or she can be tried in a juvenile court.