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Ana Correa
ENGL 113
4 February 2015

Stop Bullying Now

In the generation we are living in, criticism has become harsher than ever. People
feel the need to judge others by their appearance, attitude and their social economic
status. These are some of the common reasons why some peers seem to bully an
individual. According to stopbullying.gov bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior
among school-aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The
behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated over time. Both kids who are
bullied and who bully others may have serious, lasting problems(Stop Bulling). Bullying
should be a crime; it is cruel and unethical. With the help of many professions like
psychology, sociology, public health, education and other social sciences from the
modern world, research on bullying has become broader.
There are many ways bullying can influence and drastically change an individuals
psychological origin. Bullying can affect everyonethose who are bullied, those who
bully, and those who witness bullying. Bullying is linked to many negative outcomes
including impacts on mental health, substance use, and suicide (Stop Bullying). Not only
will the victim of bullying be dramatized but the one witnessing the problem will carry in
their conscious that they should have helped the victim. In general, Bullying has a
negative impact on everyone involved; the target, the bully and the bystander (Education
of education and training). The target will most likely have low self-esteem because they

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feel worthless and incapable of being liked/ loved by someone else. Although the victim
may have not felt like this in the beginning, all the negativity from the bully gets stuck in
his head. Along with no self-esteem, the victim will be less accepted by peers, would
avoid conflict and be conservative. The next complication for the victim will be high risk
of substance use, depression, anxiety, and the feeling of being isolated or lonely. Which
then can lead to suicidal thoughts. According to the Suicide Awareness Voices for
Education, Suicides among 15-24 years olds is the third leading cause of death for
youth. One of 65,000 children ages 10 to 14 commit suicide every year. Over 16% of
students seriously consider suicide, 13% create a plan, and 8 percent have made a serious
attempt (Nonbulling). Bullying is an increasing issue in the school system. What people
dont know is that the individual may get affected at a young age until becoming an adult.
Studies have been organized to determine whether a short or long period of time of being
bullied has a higher risk in affecting someone. The results were frightful, and it seem like
bullying is more drastic then originally thought. Attendance seems to be declining due to
bullying, more than 5.9 percent of students missed school due to fear. Kids that get
bullied tend to have more health problems than the ones not getting bullied; victims of
bulling take more trips to the doctors office as well. Mental health is also at risk when
bulling someone; they have a higher chance in getting depression, anxiety and other
serious mental issues. Lets just put it this way, if you have nothing nice to say then you
should just keep it to yourself.
Younger age bulling is a topic that needs to be reconsidered. Many believe kids
that are in kindergarten to six grade have no intention in harming another individual, but
in reality they are smarter then we think. Kids will be kids, the saying goes, so warning

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signs of bullying are often overlooked as a natural part of childhood. However, although
playground bullies have been around since time immemorial, such behavior should
neither be considered acceptable nor excusable(The Impact Of Bulling). Children that
bully consider such a thing because they want to overpower people. Usually when
Younger kids bully it is normally name calling, teasing, or making fun of them by the
way they look, speak or by how smart or not smart they are. According to study,
Children who are identified as bullies by the time they are eight years of age are six
times more likely than other children to have a criminal conviction by the time they are
24 years old. Bullying behavior may also be accompanied by other inappropriate
behavior, including criminal, delinquent, or gang behavior(No Bullying Expert Advice
On Cyber Bullying School Bullying).
Older age bullying is another topic that needs to be discussed because it is getting
very popular for teenagers to bully others. Older age bullying can define from kids that are
in middle school and high school. Usually bullying in the adolescence years are drastic,
hurtful and can ruin their reputation. Most of the bullying done in these years is false
statements to make the bully look cool and belittling the victim. Although many of us
may remember bullying in high school to be a physical aggression, it has now become
broader with different ways of harming the victim. According to bullying statistics, There
are many different types of bullying, including verbal and emotional bullying. These types
of bullying, though more subtle than physical bullying, can still have a large impact on a
student. Additionally, with the Internet now becoming a huge part of many teens' lives, it
is no surprise that cyber bullying is seeing an increase(Bullying Statistics). As you can
tell, with the technology growing extensively, teenagers are spending most of their time on

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social media. Although social media is a great source to get rid of boredom it can lead to
complications. As we all know, once something is put on the Internet, there is no way of
removing it form the network. That is why it is best advised to think twice when posting
something on the Internet. It is quite tragic when things are post on the Internet and it
affects someone else state of being. Cyber bullying is a bullying in which happens
through text messages or emails online. This is where someone posts rumors on social site
such as face book, Twitter and others will attempt to conceal the identity of his/her self by
making fake profiles or websites and share pictures having defamatory messages and even
share private information that embarrasses the person being bullied. Bullying will be done
through teasing, talking to make someone to get hurt, and spread rumors. The person
being bullied will feel Alone, powerless, different, unpopular, sad, feel sick or may even
make the bullied to bully others too. This can happen anywhere depending on the
surrounding environment, learning institutions, towns, cities, suburbs or rural towns.
Groups such as youth, bisexual persons, lesbians, gays, disable people and socially
isolated persons are mostly subjected to this kind of bullying. Bullying can also affect
those who witness as it is linked to negative outcomes such as mental health, drug abuse
and even cause suicide(UCS green campus). Bullying can start small but can then be
created into something big which can affect the victim in multiple ways. Cyber bullying is
considered one of the most hurtful ways in bullying an individual. The reason for this is
because people that dont even know the individual, now know everything about them and
some of this information can make people think poorly of the victim. The information
might not be true, but since they dont know the victim they will believe anything and
everything the bully says.

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Bullying should be taken more into consideration. There is various ways in
bullying an individual. One of the most common bulling is cyber bulling. According to
Cyber bulling statistics from the i-SAFE foundation, more than half of adolescents and
teens have been bullied directly and through cyber bullying. One in three adolescents
have encountered cyber threats online.