Bullying in today's society should be taken seriously
Have you ever been bullied? Has it happened to your peers or have you just seen or heard about it on TV? Most people don’t realize how big of a problem this is. Bullying is intended to cause harm, distress or even death and bullying is so common in today’s generation that we don’t even realize that it’s happening when it does. We believe it to be something normal, when it’s not, not even close. Adults always say “They’re kids, they’ll get over it.” They thought those bullies thrown to a person makes them stronger when in fact that becomes a barrier for the person to be more socialized and know that life is full of beauty.
According to recent studies, among the 20% of kids that is being bullied, 15% does not want to go to school anymore having a fear of being bullied. Over 10% of these kids believe that the only way to get away from harassment is to change school where they can start over again. Do you think changing the environment and stop from going to school will end the bullies you are getting? Think twice. In our generation today, bullying is everywhere whether in person or in social networking, 42% of teens have been cyber bullied. Teens of a variety of ages hide behind computer screen and think that they can do whatever because no one can catch them.
Telling someone that they’re fat doesn’t make you any skinnier. Telling someone they’re stupid doesn’t make you any smarter. And telling someone to die definitely doesn’t make you better than them. It takes one second to say these things but a lifetime for someone to get over it. We are all different and that’s what makes us unique and special in our own ways, that’s what makes life exciting. Stereotypes are another thing that is part of this, having a
