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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.

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