Anti Bullying Essay Part2

In today society the topic of bullying has grown in rapid cession with everybody from athletes to major stars all the down to politician’s showing their stance on bullying. while some states have laws against bullying most states do little to enforce it, prompting most people to have vary views on anti-bullying programs and their effectiveness to help cease the rapid rise of bullying. In his article Prof. Fox explains why anti-bullying programs fail.” Despite the range of promising tools for bullying suppression, there are significant hurdles to their successful application in school settings. Most of all, the school climate must be amenable to changing norms surrounding intimidation and aggression. Intolerance for acts of bullying must be the perspective widely embraced and shared by both faculty and students, not something merely imposed upon students by administrative decree.” Prof. Fox article on anti-bullying programs counter acts in a way with my own assumptions on why anti-bullying programs will if not end bullying but will help reduces the number of victims that are bully. Prof. Fox’s assumption on anti-bullying programs is that regardless of the approach to prevention and enforcement, it remains extremely difficult to convince bullies that their actions are disadvantageous for themselves, besides being injurious to the targets of their abuse. Even with threats of punishment, some students see bullying as a positive thing, and that how the American culture of today such as in sports and corporate America we admire aggressors and pity pushovers. Another Article on anti-bullying programs is written by Fox, Hahn Bryanna, Farrington, David P., Ttofi, Maria M., and their work from the University of Bielefeld and takes the collective stance that” bullying prevention programs have been shown to be generally effective in reducing bullying and victimization. However, the effects are relatively small in randomized experiments and greater in quasi-experimental and