Cosmic Cyberbullying

Cataclysmic Cyberbullying Everyday, millions of children, from ages 8-18 are feeling traumatized or depressed from being the recipient of online bullying. With social media being such a crucial part of modern 3society, it is so easy for one hateful tweet on Twitter or one detestable comment on Instagram to have so much power over young impressionable minds. According to a DoSomething.org study, “Nearly 43% of kids have been bullied online. 1 in 4 has had it happen more than once.” With that statistic in mind, should high schools suspend cyber bullies in an attempt to make the school safer for all children? To begin with, schools interfering with cyber bullying have a potentially complicated outcome for not only the school, but also for the
For most students, suspension will cause the bullying to cease, as their repeated acts of harassment are abruptly brought to their attention. On the other hand, some students may feel as if suspension is just another day home from school, therefore indirectly giving them an excess amount of time to be unfocused on their schoolwork, an out from the consequences of their actions and plenty of time on social media. To explain this adverse effect on students, The American Federation of Teachers states, “Students often return even further behind than they were, and they have little or no support to catch up. Also, during a removal from school, students often engage in even more negative behavior, which results in contact with law enforcement and the juvenile justice system.” The quote plainly concludes why it is illogical to remove students from school when the consequences are so easily recognizable. Instead of banning children from school and essentially rewarding malicious behavior, schools and parents should insist on teaching students how their social footprint destroys other's self esteem, creates a bad reputation for themselves, and how what they say will never be erased from the