...In today’s society many young students have been bullied. Children nowadays are crueler than ever. Scholar don’t feel any sympathy with the one that is being bullied. Some may have a tendency but never enough to stop the bullying. The same goes for Elizabeth. She is a young girl with no special talent. Everything in her is in fear of being the bullied. “I knew deep in my wretched heart, that were it not for Celia I was next in line for humiliation.” This is where the tendency is shown, Elizabeth is scared that she might become the bullied one if she doesn’t bully Celia. The way Elizabeth deals with the guilt of bullying Celia is by telling her that she is not the worst bully. “I’m nicer to her than anybody else” Celia is the one student everyone is bullying. She is at the lowest part of the hierarchy, but as the story goes on she moves higher up the hierarchy but not among the classmates. Celia moves up the hierarchy because she has a heart of gold. She forgives Elizabeth for bullying her, even if it’s only to get a friend, it still shown how kind hearted little Celia is. There are different reasons why she is being bullied, one is that she suffers from diabetes which makes her an “easy target”. Everybody wants to be at the top of the hierarchy and Elizabeth is no different than the other children. Even after Elizabeth is being punched by her mother she still thinks more about the hierarchy and continues to bully Celia. This is basically what can be said about the relationship...
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...provoked raw emotion. I've never been so angry reading something. I think I picked it because it stood out to me, because although I'm straight, I've been bullied, I think everyone in one point or another in their life has been bullied. After reading this, it just made me think how mean society can be to people that are just a little different. I've been bullied for many different things, but mostly for things I can change and I had a hard time dealing with it at the time. I can only imagine how hard it is for someone to get picked on and essentially harassed for something they can't change, that's who they are. I guess I picked this passage for the sole fact that it brought out the inner emotion in me, then the rest of the story. 2. Like I had previously stated, I chose this particular passing because it brought out the most emotion in me while reading. This whole story, I had mixed emotions of sadness, confusion and joy. However this part had me outraged and furious. After reading this, I have never been so mad, I felt sick. It's crazy to me how so many people take their own lives due to bullying, I can't fully wrap my head around it. It breaks my heart to think that CHILDREN are going through this. I'm a 21 year old, straight woman, and even now when I get bullied it hurts. I can't even begin to imagine how someone can handle the being bullied for something they cannot change! I think if society was better educated, they would understand, we...
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...defiantly least of them all is Lacy Bourne and as you can probably tell by the way I introduced her she’s the one out of them all who made me feel as though I shouldn’t of even had the right to be on this planet. “Right! You were all bad out there today guys, but at least we weren’t as bad as some.” Ms Dessen shouted and I can still feel her hawk eye glare straight at me when she was talking about ‘but at least we weren’t as bad as some’. “Go on in I hope to see better of you next time, especially you Reynolds” “REYNOLDS!” shouted Lacy in a tormenting way. I turned to go into the toilets where everyone else was. It usually didn’t help but that week we had a new girl and well I thought naively; you never know, if she saw someone getting bullied she might tell the head teacher, but that usually didn’t happen with me. She never did tell. She just stood there watching with a guilty look on her face as if she wanted to do something but knew if she did then she would get the bullying as well. “Do you know how pathetic you looked out on the field today? I mean why do you even bother coming...
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...Anthony was on his way home from school. Mondays were the worst for him mainly because he knew he had to go to school for the rest of the week. Anthony wasn’t your typical 12 year old, with the brown buzz cutted hair, and those blue eyes. Everyday Anthony would get bullied by Kevin Dumply, the meanest, baddest, kid at the Frankfort Middle School. Kevin had long blonde hair with a tint of brown, all the ladies loved his hair. Meanwhile, Anthony sat at home on his bed that was covered with pillows and blankets that were as blue as the sky. He thought about not being bullied and what tomorrow would be like. Anthony didn’t know if tomorrow would be like today or if tomorrow would change in a good way. Soon, Anthony fell asleep and never awoke...
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...they've set punishments, but the threat still remains. I know that fully eradicating bullying will be a very difficult thing, but there are ways to avoid its cases from worsening. First of, we need to address the fact that bullying only happens if there are “bullies”. They are the ones who start the abuse, weather physical or emotional. According to psychology, the reason they’re like that is because they too were abused or bullied in the past. It’s a never ending cycle. Those who are abused are the ones to abuse in the future. The solution to this problem is to address the problems of the bullies. They need more attention than the ones being bullied. I’m not saying that they’re not being prioritized. It’s just that we have to deal with what’s causing the problem. Next, we should help the bully victims regain what they lost. It may be self-respect, confidence, an old talent or material things such as clothes, accessories, etc. we could help build them up again. Their issues should also be dealt with, because if not then they’ll end up being bullies as well. Lastly, let it be a rule to always be nice. Because we are all fighting our own battles and your battle is just as hard as the next guy’s. We should also know how to respect each other, because bullying is also a result of lack of respect. We should respect their beliefs. Their traditions and we should respect them as actual living persons who have feelings, goals and dreams, just like me and you. Bullying...
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...Bullying Essay Bullying is not a case anybody wants to experience in their life. Believe it or not – I’ve been a victim of this sort of case before. Bullying is not something to joke about; it’s a very serious case. People, of all sorts, get bullied because they have their own disabilities, disorders, or weaknesses. If you ask me, it’s ridiculous! Why do people bully others for being different and expressing themselves out toward the world, nobody knows… Maybe these people feel empowered and have an ambition to make other feel less about themselves so that they can feel more about themselves. For instance, a friend of mines, let’s call her ‘Alex’, was always picked on in a Christian school for expressing her ideas and was marked at the ‘Under-lord’s daughter’ because she has different tastes in music and different types of clothing – trying her best to stand out. She felt uneasy and unwelcomed with the girls around her that disrespected and hurt her (emotionally, of course). Now, you may think that I’m talking about myself since I admitted I was bullied before, but no, my story is a little different. I was almost bullied for no reason. 5th Grade was the hardest year for me, being preteens and getting ready for middle school. I used to be an outgoing and happy-go-lucky girl until 5th grade popped up for me… I was immediately judged as I stepped in the room with my striped purple shirt and baggy jeans and right away nobody liked me. Every day I was picked on because I wasn’t...
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...belong in school. I felt like there was no place for me in school with all the other people. When you’re being bullied sometimes you’re afraid to speak out or tell a teacher or your parents. I let every little thing anyone said about me get to me. It hurt; not just in an emotional way, but a physical way as well. When you’re being bullied you can’t help but feel helpless. I was too scared to tell anyone about my problems. I never told my parents, friends, or my teachers. I was too afraid of being judged even more. Even after the bullying stopped all the words and things people said to me got stuck in my head. The bullying went on for like a year or so and then it went away because I started fixing everything that other people thought were wrong. I got skinnier, I grew my hair out, I just started to try and “fit in”. The things people said to me still float around in my head sometimes. Mostly when I’m lying in bed at night, it all comes back to me. I did struggle in school for a while and I still kind of am, but it’s getting better and I’m a lot more focused on the important things in life, like school. What I’ve learned is that you can’t let the pointless, irrelevant things people say get to you. Sometimes letting those things get to you can really mess up how you think and all your major goals you set for yourself. I let that happen and I didn’t do so well in school, but I’m slowly but surely getting back to where I used to be in life. I don’t want all the things people say...
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...The Human Effects of Childhood Obesity Ashford University ENG 122-English Composition II The Human Effects of Childhood Obesity I wanted to write about this topic because it is something I believe strongly in. I might regret it later down the road, mostly because I feel like I should challenge myself with one of the topics I am less familiar with, but this one hits close to the heart and I feel like writing about it may help someone. For my paper to narrow down the topic, I’m going to stick with grade school kids age 6-11. “The percentage of children aged 6–11 years in the United States who were obese increased from 7% in 1980 to nearly 20% in 2008("Childhood Obesity Facts," 2008, page 1). When you look at that specific age group they are not only a physical risk to themselves but also a target for bullying. That can cause mental damage to the person as well. Researchers found that obese children had higher odds of being bullied no matter their gender, race, family socioeconomic status, school demographic profile, social skills or academic achievement. (Bauza, 2010, p. 1). In this paper I want to show ways that kids can become a normal size, how to prevent bullying. What are really at the core of this problem are the other problems that develop. You start with a normal child, who has parents with bad habits. The child puts on weight, and not the normal healthy amount. Then goes into a school environment, where they start to get teased, the child usually turns to food for...
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...How Does Bullying Have a Positive and/or a Negative Effect on Mental Health? EDF3610 Education in a Multicultural Society Florida Atlantic University Brooke Garber How Does Bullying Have a Positive and/or a Negative Effect on Mental Health? Issue: Does bullying create any psychological effects? How does bullying have a positive and/or a negative effect on mental health? Position: I do believe that bullying has psychological affects to a person's well being. I believe that bullying has a negative and a positive effect on mental health; therefore, I straddle the fence on this issue. Bullying is a growing epidemic that could lead to suicide, self-harm, and self-hatred. On the other hand, a person that is bullied might be able to build tolerance and stand up to that bully. Some children may possibly “bounce back,” but we hear countless stories of bullying gone to extremes, of teasing that ends tragically. According to Beck (2014), "Research shows that bullying victims have higher rates of self-harm, anxiety, and depression during childhood and adolescence" (Problem section, para. 1). Bullying comes in the form of either verbally assaulting face-to-face, direct hitting, indirect or other means that used to gain superiority. Good and bad comes from bullying, however I believe that bullying is more negative than positive on the effects of mental health. Today forms of bullying of escalated drastically due to the development of technology, which has become known as cyber bullying...
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...Inspirational Book One book that has changed my outlook on life is The Skin I’m In by Sharon G. Flake. It’s a story of a seventh grader named Maleeka Madison who is bullied because she is tall, skinny, and dark skinned. To make her life easier, Maleeka befriends the toughest girl in school. Then life for Maleeka just gets harder until she learns to stand up for herself and love the skin she’s in. This book is very inspiring to youth all over the world. This book has changed my perspective on life in three ways. First, it has taught me to love and appreciate myself; second, it has given me an understanding of why bullies treat people the way they do, and, lastly, it has taught me to believe in myself and what I can accomplish. As Sharon Flakes said in this novel, “Gotta realize that all you are is all you got.” (Flake 23) Maleeka use to be proud of her skin until her father died and kids started picking on her. Maleeka wanted so bad to be light skinned so that people wouldn’t tease her. In the end she realized that regardless of whom she is, she will have some type of flaw and not all of them can be seen by the eye. Sharon Flake also quoted “To look in the mirror and like what you see even if it's not your idea of beauty”. (Flake 33) I can relate to Maleeka because I have always had bad skin and struggles with acne. Now I have learned to accept my flaws because I know it’s something that I can’t change. Because Maleeka’s family was poor, her mother had to sew their clothes...
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...It’s always, ‘Oh, talk to you online”. It seems, that nowadays, there are very few conversations without using technology. No one calls anymore. If a call occurs, someone might assume it must be urgent matter or a telemarketer. As technology has increased there has also been instances of internet harassment, which has caused dilemmas for the recipient. As technology continues to advance, it becomes difficult to survey those who are is being bullied for an accurate account of it frequency and trend. As communication modifies, people have been vulnerable of becoming victims of cyberbullying and are losing the ability to think for themselves. Nicholas Carr in “They Say I Say” states that the increase of technology might actually be making us stupid. Everything is at the tip of our fingers and with ease we can locate any information that we need. We don’t have to...
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...when embarrassing others. People believe that if they send or post something on social media it can be deleted and no one else will see it, but people can share what they’ve sent or posted and then everyone can see it. Finally, they have constant access to social media through computers, cellphones or tablets to insult others. The 2011 movie “Cyberbully” is a prime example of bullying over social media being one of the main causes of teen attempted suicides. In this movie Emily Osmet plays a girl named Taylor who is bullied by one of her friends through a fake profile. On this fake profile her friend fronts as being someone names James who spreads a rumor about Taylor that she slept with him. People begin calling Taylor vulgar names like “slut” and “whore”. She eventually tries to attempt suicide by overdosing on pills when her friend finds her. Taylor’s mother did what more parents should be doing, and fought to make cyberbullying illegal. The 2013 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey states “15% of high school students (grades 9-12) were electronically bullied in the past year.” (stopbullying.gov) And this is only the reported cases. There are many more cases where individuals do not say anything because they are ashamed of what people are saying about them. Some cases are not reported due to fear of only making the bullying worse. In Taylor’s case, she did not want to tell her mom what was going on because she did not...
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...pain this is causing people. Ask yourself this: How would you feel if you were in the victim’s position and could see no end to your pain? Bullying can happen in school, so it is the responsibility of students to protect their classmates and to show everyone the dignity and respect they would like to be treated with. The first line of defense in bullying is in student’s own behavior. But when that fails, it must be brought to the attention of someone in authority, like a teacher. The concept of someone in authority fail-ing to address the problem is simply not acceptable. This is why you must speak to a teacher you trust and know will do something to stop the bullying. According to recent studies,twenty percent of kids have been bullied. fifteen percent of stu-dents report not showing up for school out of...
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...cyberstalking. A quick look around the internet, and you can find the a range of definitions, somewhat similar, but none too encouraging. We've just got a couple here. One site defines it as an attack for revenge, control or just simple anger. Another defines it as the use of electronic means to harass people. * If anything, then cyberstalking is a more severe form of cyberbullying and thus it should well be noted, that cyberstalking, in itself has the ability to absolutely demolish self-esteem, mental peace and general happiness of an individual. * So why is cyberstalking so very complicated? Simply because if someone is being bullied or cyber-bullied, they can seek help. However, what if you're being cyberstalked? With cyber-bullying, you can talk to someone about it and gain encouragement, courage and be better prepared mentally to deal with being bullied. But in the case of cyber stalking, you can definitely talk to someone about it, but just talking to someone won't help you get over or counter the problem, because there is in fact, a threat to your safety. It is well worth noting that there is no global legal protection against cyberstalking. Apart from controlling the extent of information you post on places such as social-networking sites, you can't do much more. This can be a massive problem, and really, cyberstalking is far from just a simple concept, it is quite complex in itself. * Intimate partner: this stalker, the most common type, is a partner or more usually...
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...School Name: __________________________________ Please take some time to complete this questionnaire. It will take approximately 45 - 60 minutes to complete. Your responses will provide important information to help your school plan ways to support your health and well-being. Thank you for helping your school become a healthier, safer, and more caring learning environment. Confidential Purpose of the Survey This survey provides an opportunity to share your thoughts on what you feel is needed to ensure that you and your school can be as safe, healthy and supportive as possible. You do not have to fill out this survey if you do not want to. However, everyone’s views are important. Please understand that this questionnaire is completely confidential. |Do not write your name on the questionnaire. | When you are finished, place your questionnaire in the envelope or box provided. All questionnaires will be compiled together so individual questionnaire will not be identified. The results of all questionnaires will be added together and reported back to the school without any individual student ever being identified. Instructions • Please read each question carefully and answer as accurately as you can. • There are two types of questions. One type requires you to look at the answer key provided with the question to choose your response. The other type of...
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