STOP BULLYING! STAND UP SPEAK OUT
WHAT IS BULLYING?
Bullying is when someone is being hurt either by words or actions on purpose, usually more than once, feels bad because of it, and
has a hard time stopping what is happening to them.
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Bullying can be:
Emotional
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name calling
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making fun of someone
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laughing at someone
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leaving someone out on purpose
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starting rumors or telling lies about someone
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sending mean messages on a computer or cell phone
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trying to make someone feel bad about who they are
Physical
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hitting
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pushing and shoving
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fighting
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tripping
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yelling at someone
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making rude gestures
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taking or breaking another person’s things
Where Does Bullying Happen?
Bullying can happen anywhere. It can occur in your neighborhood, while going to school, at school, and while on-line.
Bullying is never okay, cool, or acceptable.
No one EVER deserves to be bullied.
WORST BULLYING ISSUE
Ateneo de Manila University said it would not hesitate to expel one of its junior high school students for alleged bullying amid public outrage generated by viral videos showing the teen’s aggressive actions that also triggered disputes over how to handle such behavior.
In three separate videos that began to spread on the internet on Wednesday, the teenage taekwondo gold medalist is seen kicking and punching a fellow student inside the school toilet, beating a second student in a fight and forcing a third to kneel in submission and touch one of his shoes.
Senators and the spokesperson for President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday expressed alarm and urged school authorities to investigate the incidents and impose the appropriate punishment on the erring student.
An officer of the Philippine Taekwondo Association also condemned bullying by any martial arts practitioner, saying the group teaches respect for others.
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Effects of Bullying
Bullying can affect everyone—those 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. It is important to talk to kids to determine whether bullying—or something else—is a concern.
*Kids Who are Bullied
Kids who are bullied can experience negative physical, school, and mental health issues. Kids who are bullied are more likely to experience:
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Depression and anxiety, increased feelings of sadness and loneliness, changes in sleep and eating patterns, and loss of interest in activities they used to enjoy. These issues may persist into adulthood.
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Health complaints
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Decreased academic achievement—GPA and standardized test scores—and school participation. They are more likely to miss, skip, or drop out of school​
*Kids Who Bully Others
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Kids who bully others can also engage in violent and other risky behaviors into adulthood. Kids who bully are more likely to:
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Abuse alcohol and other drugs in adolescence and as adults
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Get into fights, vandalize property, and drop out of school
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Engage in early sexual activity
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Have criminal convictions and traffic citations as adults
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Be abusive toward their romantic partners, spouses, or children as adults
*Bystanders
Kids who witness bullying are more likely to:
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Have increased use of tobacco, alcohol, or other drugs
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Have increased mental health problems, including depression and anxiety
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Miss or skip school
The Relationship between Bullying and Suicide
Media reports often link bullying with suicide. However, most youth who are bullied do not have thoughts of suicide or engage in suicidal behaviors.
Although kids who are bullied are at risk of suicide, bullying alone is not the cause. Many issues contribute to suicide risk, including depression, problems at home, and trauma history. Additionally, specific groups have an increased risk of suicide, including American Indian and Alaskan Native, Asian American, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth. This risk can be increased further when these kids are not supported by parents, peers, and schools. Bullying can make an unsupportive situation worse.
WHY SHOULD WE STOP BULLYING?
Bulling has been an exceeding issue over the years… it is about time to make it stop! Bulling affects everyone not just the victims of bulling but, the bully’s and everyone surrounding them. The numbers of kids that are starting to become victims as well as bullies are increasing. Nobody like’s a bully and being one just makes matters worse. Bullying is a major problem that we haven’t been able to stop, every year more and more people become bullied at school and online, if we take a stand against bullying and not encouragedit I believe that we can put an end to it!
Bullying has gone viral. People have been bullying over the internet on social media sites such as Facebook and even twitter. As well as social networking sites people have also used our new technology of texting to harass people. Cyber bullying is what its called when you bully someone over the internet. “Dharun Ravi was accused of having so viciously tormented his Rutgers University roommate named Tyler Clementi, that in September 2010 he committed suicide.” (Cloud 2) Clementi jumped to his death off the George Washington Bridge. (Cloud 2) “partly because of the bridges proximity to the nations media capitol and partly because of his gut ranching Facebook sign off.” (Cloud 2) “Jumping off the GW bridge sorry” Tyler Clementi posted just mere hours of his suicide.
The matter was he used his Facebook, which was the same thing his roommate Dharun used to bully him in which to state his suicide. Bullicide is the act of killing oneself because of being bullied and that is exactly what he did. People should not bully over the internet or at all for that matter. Yet at least at school not everyone can see it. On the internet the victim and the bully has the whole world watching as their audience. Not everyone forgets.
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Bullying has always been wrong. Some people support it which makes them wrong. Yet people let peole get away with bullying everyday. Bystandards you need to stand up because if you don’t it could lead to another byllycide. Or mabye not but we will never know! Yet are we going to wait to see the day it happens again? Are we going to let the suicide rates go up because of this!?!? Is bullying going to be another statistic in this world? I hope not so far hope has not helped the victims but one day it will.
