Bullying Screaming For Attention: Article Analysis
Mrs. Kaur GRADE = 78/100
WRC 2013
March 2, 2014
Bullying Screaming for Attention
On the walls in his room, Alex created a word collage that represents him. Entering the room, a repetition of the words, music and dancing, and the ones that created the most reaction, show the phrases mounted on his wall screaming “I HATE my life,” “I HATE everyone,” and the most frightening, “I HATE myself.” This is a real story of a boy in the 8th grade in Hunt, Texas, as well as a story of other isolated children throughout the United States. Hate connects to bullying; hate also connects to oppression, and hate (the word) reveals passion, power, and destructive outcomes.
Hate results from a child getting bullied over and over again, and hate …show more content…
Jessica Bennett disagrees on taking action to stop bullying and directly associates self-hate as the main reason of suicides in children and teens. In Bennett’s article, “Teenage Bullying Should Not Be Treated as a Crime,” she argues “Its one thing to hold bullies responsible for their own actions, but it 's trickier to blame them for the chain of events that may follow .” In John Cloud’s article, “Bullied to Death,” he takes a look at four cases that resulted in suicides in only four weeks. Cloud states that bullying is more prominent in schools. The four cases of suicide that occurred resulted in questioning what could have been done to “protect” those four victims (Cloud). The answered to that question gives bullying the attention it requires. President Obama responded by designating an increase in funds of 12% to bullying programs throughout schools (Cloud). For example, if a zero tolerance policy, combined with educational hands-on workshops for students become part of the school’s culture, at least children now “know” what happens . Cloud calls attention to victims; these are the ones that would have benefited from “stronger bullying policies” and “stronger legislation” (“Bullied to Death?”). Bennett’s correctness in stating bullies can’t be held responsible for the “chain of actions that follow” because now the community as a whole might intervene before a child takes their life (“Teenage Bullying Should Not Be Treated as a
WRC 2013
March 2, 2014
Bullying Screaming for Attention
On the walls in his room, Alex created a word collage that represents him. Entering the room, a repetition of the words, music and dancing, and the ones that created the most reaction, show the phrases mounted on his wall screaming “I HATE my life,” “I HATE everyone,” and the most frightening, “I HATE myself.” This is a real story of a boy in the 8th grade in Hunt, Texas, as well as a story of other isolated children throughout the United States. Hate connects to bullying; hate also connects to oppression, and hate (the word) reveals passion, power, and destructive outcomes.
Hate results from a child getting bullied over and over again, and hate …show more content…
Jessica Bennett disagrees on taking action to stop bullying and directly associates self-hate as the main reason of suicides in children and teens. In Bennett’s article, “Teenage Bullying Should Not Be Treated as a Crime,” she argues “Its one thing to hold bullies responsible for their own actions, but it 's trickier to blame them for the chain of events that may follow .” In John Cloud’s article, “Bullied to Death,” he takes a look at four cases that resulted in suicides in only four weeks. Cloud states that bullying is more prominent in schools. The four cases of suicide that occurred resulted in questioning what could have been done to “protect” those four victims (Cloud). The answered to that question gives bullying the attention it requires. President Obama responded by designating an increase in funds of 12% to bullying programs throughout schools (Cloud). For example, if a zero tolerance policy, combined with educational hands-on workshops for students become part of the school’s culture, at least children now “know” what happens . Cloud calls attention to victims; these are the ones that would have benefited from “stronger bullying policies” and “stronger legislation” (“Bullied to Death?”). Bennett’s correctness in stating bullies can’t be held responsible for the “chain of actions that follow” because now the community as a whole might intervene before a child takes their life (“Teenage Bullying Should Not Be Treated as a