The Rise Of Bullying In America
Have you ever been bullied? Bullying happens every day in America. Everyday someone is being made fun of, or harm physically, emotionally, and/or mentally because of their skin color, religion, social economics, culture, and many more. Because of the social impact of the increasing numbers of bullies, there should be more education for the victims and harsher consequences for the bullies.
Bullying is on the rise. “Bullies are aggressive people who repeatedly physically or emotionally abuse, torment, or victimize someone else.” (Wells). A bully is a person who uses strength, popularity, or power to harm another person to make they feel better about themselves personally as a person. A bully is a person who purposely tries to harm others …show more content…
The way in which we view bullying today is much different than years ago. A “bully” in the 1950’s would have been defined as someone who singles out weak classmates and picks on them, in a physical way. For example, hitting, kicking, and punching, stealing another person’s lunch, and /or dumping cafeteria trays. (break.com/topic/bullies) As time progressed, it became easier to identify and recognize what we considered a “bully”. Needless to say, years ago, the outward appearance of a bully usually consisted of the kid with larger statue, stronger and visually a much scarier looking individual that terrorized everybody else. Although bullying consisted of physical behavior during that time, there was a safe zone where the victim could escape the bully, it was home. Today a victim can be bullied in his or her own home and it may or may not ever be recognized …show more content…
Today five out of ten children are bullied (Peagream). This number is most likely to increase not decrease. Bullying has been engrained in America society since the country’s founding. Bullying has remained a relevant issue through the years; with no bully prevention this will bring greater problems to this country” (Donegan). The biggest struggle for cyberbullying prevention in the future is matching the fast pace of technological innovation with effective preventable techniques (Donegan). With that being said there should be someone or something to put a halt to bullying or bullying will surely
Bullying is on the rise. “Bullies are aggressive people who repeatedly physically or emotionally abuse, torment, or victimize someone else.” (Wells). A bully is a person who uses strength, popularity, or power to harm another person to make they feel better about themselves personally as a person. A bully is a person who purposely tries to harm others …show more content…
The way in which we view bullying today is much different than years ago. A “bully” in the 1950’s would have been defined as someone who singles out weak classmates and picks on them, in a physical way. For example, hitting, kicking, and punching, stealing another person’s lunch, and /or dumping cafeteria trays. (break.com/topic/bullies) As time progressed, it became easier to identify and recognize what we considered a “bully”. Needless to say, years ago, the outward appearance of a bully usually consisted of the kid with larger statue, stronger and visually a much scarier looking individual that terrorized everybody else. Although bullying consisted of physical behavior during that time, there was a safe zone where the victim could escape the bully, it was home. Today a victim can be bullied in his or her own home and it may or may not ever be recognized …show more content…
Today five out of ten children are bullied (Peagream). This number is most likely to increase not decrease. Bullying has been engrained in America society since the country’s founding. Bullying has remained a relevant issue through the years; with no bully prevention this will bring greater problems to this country” (Donegan). The biggest struggle for cyberbullying prevention in the future is matching the fast pace of technological innovation with effective preventable techniques (Donegan). With that being said there should be someone or something to put a halt to bullying or bullying will surely