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Kristine Casala

Ms. John

Consumer Science

29 March 2019

Bullying

Bullying includes behaviors that focus on making someone else feel inadequate, or focus

on belittling someone else. Bullying includes harassment, physical harm, repeatedly demeaning

speech and efforts to ostracize another person. They are different ways you can bully someone:

verbal bullying, cyber bullying, physical bullying, and emotional bullying. These effects a lot in

teenagers they deal with this almost every day.

This type of bullying hurts the person by using foul language to hurt someone, and it’s

called verbal bullying. It can aggravate problems that a victim may already be experiencing at

home or in other places. In some cases, verbal bullying can reach a point where the victim is so

depressed, and wants to escape so badly, that he or she may turn to substance abuse or – in some

extreme cases – suicide. In the end, words have a power all their own, and the realities of verbal

bullying can have very physical consequences, even if the aggressor never lays a finger on the

victim.

Cyber bullying is bullying that takes place over digital devices like cell phones,

computers, and tablets. Cyberbullying can occur through SMS, Text, and apps, or online in

social media, forums, or gaming where people can view, participate in, or share content. It

includes sending, posting, or sharing negative, harmful, false, or mean content about someone
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else. It can include sharing personal or private information about someone else causing

embarrassment or humiliation. Some cyberbullying crosses the line into unlawful or criminal

behavior.

Physical bullying is a serious problem, affecting not only the bully and the victim, but

also the other students who witness the bullying. There are many types of negative physical

interactions that can occur between young people, including fighting, practical jokes, stealing,

and sexual harassment.

Emotional bullying is by far the most complicated form of bullying to understand. The

bully attacks the “emotions” of their victims. The bully aims for the victim to feel isolated, alone

and may even lead to depression. Sometimes they let the victim feel intimidated and force them

to do things that they do not want to do, the bully is manipulating the victim. This starts to

influence the victim, he will start to feel alone and have low self-confidence.

These types of bullying led to some serious effects on certain people. Some of the victims

became so depressed that they tend to attempt suicides. Most of the time the people who were

being attacked were they think are different or generally weak, bullies feel they are superior due

to their aggressive attitudes and manipulating skills.

Some stories from teenager who were constantly bullied. One of them is Josh, during his

first time in middle school he was taunted and spitted by the kids in his school they do that for no

reason. He was so afraid that he could not even say it to his parents and teachers, “when a group

of 20 kids threatened to beat me up at the carwash the next day, I told my older brother, who

in turn informed my parents”. Josh said this in an article.

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Sixteen-year-old Snezana Dzogovic vividly remembers when her classmates started to

bully her. She was in sixth grade at her school in Mitrovica, northern Kosovo. “I went ‘into’

myself and did not talk to anyone about it. I started avoiding school. My grades fell because I

did not go to school. I could not study at home,” she says. The bullying started when she starts to

dress differently and listening to rock music. She was bullied verbally and physically, they also

took her things and damaged it. Snezana will never forget the pain of being targeted by bullies,

but she says she has moved on.

A fourteen-year-old Will was bullied because he has a disorder called Aspergers

Syndrome, a minor form of autism. Since when he was in first grade his classmates, they called

him a nerd and a young weak boy. He tends to have friends, they have the same interest, but

when they start to grow up his friends started ditching him. They start spreading rumors about

him, stealing his lunch and let him chase his food. Then he told his mother about it and his

mother said to find a new friend. He found a new best friend and he always help Will every time

he gets bullied.

According to statistics from Family First Aid, about 30 percent of teenagers in the U.S.

have been involved in bullying, either as a bully or as a victim of teenage bullying. Data suggests

that teenage bullying is more common among younger teens than it is among older teens.

Physical bullying is more common among boys, and teenage girls often favor verbal and

emotional bullying.

Here some other statistics: “Over 3.2 million students are victims of bullying each year.

Approximately 160,000 teens skip school every day because of bullying. 17% of American

students report being bullied 2 to 3 times a month or more within a school semester. Take a stand

in your community by hosting a Bullying Policy Makeover event customizing your school’s anti-
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bullying policy”(11 Facts About Bullying). These are just some statistics that bullying is really a

serious issue today.

Reducing teenage bullying is a difficult to address. However, there some things that can

help to discourage bullying situations. Teens should be encouraged to seek new friends, in

person or online. Try to avoid the bullies if possible. And it is also important that adults

discourage this type of behavior.

Bullying can cause a lot of damaged to a person. It is not only making the teenager

stressed but also makes them question their abilities that they start to lose hope about their

selves. They lose their self-esteems and confidence, the meaning of life for them becomes

nothing because of the pain they have been experiencing from the bullies. Stop bullying it will

help not only the victims but also the bullies.

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Works Cited

https://www.greatschools.org/gk/articles/combatting-bullying-or-is-this-just-the-new-normal/

https://www.unicef.org/eca/stories/snezanas-story-being-bullied-ending-conflicts-school

https://www.noplace4hate.org/real-bullying-stories/

http://www.bullyingstatistics.org/content/teenage-bullying.html

https://www.dosomething.org/us/facts/11-facts-about-bullying