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Download Bullying Essay In my words bullying is a form of harassment ... and more Slides Art in PDF only on Docsity! \' Bullying Essay In my words bullying is a form of harassment, verbal and physical. Sometimes leading to self doubt, depression and suicide as the bullying continues. Bullies use hurtful words and actions on purpose to discourage others. Anyone can get bullied, even adults and anyone can be a bully. In some cases, the bullies are stressed or angry and don't know how to express it. Making someone else suffer with them. In my point of view, insults are considered bullying. Even the little things hurt a lot. It's hard to understand what the bully is going though, we all just assume that they are disrespectful. When most of the time, they were hurting too. An example of bullying was when my friend got shamed because of her body size. I didn't know about it until later on. I know it has happened multiple times and I have witnessed it. I'm not proud of being a bystander, being honest I was scared of standing up and getting bullied myself. We don't always recognize bullying, sometimes it's unnoticeable and other times it's right in front of us. It's challenging to get over words that come out of anyone's mouth, frequently you go days with thinking about it. My friend was hurt, I could tell. It's hard fixing someone's thoughts about them self, once something is said to make them think it. We can't stop all bullying, but we can prevent it from happening so often. Like I said, most of the time bullies just need someone to talk to. It's anger kept inside for so long they need someone to express that anger out on. I truly don't I 1 know all the reasons why someone would bully, but I do know anger is something that is hard to keep in. We can always get a school counselor to monitor kids behavior. Try to make kids know its okay to talk to someone about bullying. It's challenging to tell adults about what's happening, kids feel like they'll always get in trouble. So when it comes to telling an adult, it's not in option. Instead of being a bystander, there is always the option of being an upstander. Reporting bullying is always a way to stop bullying. In situations, J reatize that for some people it is challenging, including me, to stand up but this is the one of the ways bullying will decrease. I will talk to people about how they are feeling, letting them take their anger and sadness out before they do in a negative way. I can't get to everyone, so it's important that we all ask and ask yourself if you are doing the best you could. Bullying is one of the world's issues, and everyone's support in it will help us all. I 2 Things that can kinda stop bullying is, stand up for yourself. One other thing you can do is, ask the bully why they are bullying you, maybe have an important conversation. If you see someone bullying, then don't be afraid and tell the teacher, but don't lie. Lying is something, that will cause more trouble. If you are a bully, you can help yourself too, ask yourself ," Why is the person i'm bullying deserving this?",. If you are the person getting bullied, you should act smart. Fight them back? NO, If they are harming you, go to an adult nearby, and tell them what happened, don't be afraid because, it is for your own good. I know why they are afraid to tell though, because they think the bully is gonna hurt them more, by telling a teacher, they'll get angrier. But for your own good, you should really tell an adult you know, and is trusted. For people who see their friend getting bullied and just ACT like nothing is happening, or you just laugh at it. WHAT ARE YOU? A FAKE OR A FRIEND? For people who is always on the bullies side. PICK THE RIGHT SIDE, NOT THE WRONG! Can we just take power away from a bully instead of giving the bully more and more by being on their SIDE! What I can do to help is, maybe make the person getting bullied feel better. I can become their friend, if they want. I am just one simple person, so I can't do much, I usually don't really see people getting bullied at our school. We all are humans, not animals, not aliens, not insects, not trees. If only bullies knew how the person, they are targeting felt. I can try to stand up to the bully, and maybe help out on some stuff. Also I can tell someone, and they might help, i can 5 also call teachers to tell their parents, because parents are people who loves you very much. They can call 911, or they can have different choices. I know the targets can tell their teachers, parents, and their friend, but please just make this bullying thing end. I hope that when it is like 2021 at least comes to a peaceful community. 6 ,., Essay Contest Fear. Malice. Hatred. Betrayal. Abhorrence. Repugnance. Revulsion. These are words that can describe bullying, however, these words are not bullying. Bullying is lack of friendship, longing or sadness, simply expressed with cruel intent or with physical eruption. But at its core, bullying is simply a sadness, a longing for a friend. Deep, deep within the soul of those who are so vile and repulsive, there is a part, no matter how small the fraction of a fraction may be, there is a part that wants a friend, a shoulder to cry on, a lifelong companion, a person that wants nothing more than care, and care can only be provided by those who are willing to look past the darkness, to find the light at the end of the tunnel. For those who are not afraid of the dark, will find light in one who was dark. I, being someone who lives in a peaceful area with people who support one another, do not know the unfortunate circumstance of being bullied. I will, however tell a story. One of many shapes and sizes. There was a time when humans and creatures did not exist. Only shapes. These shapes were all that existed at the time, just shapes on a white background. There within the blank space were 6 clans. Circle, Triangle, Rhombus, Oval, Trapezoid and Square. These shapes were at war with one another, shouting "You're too sharp!" and "You're too round!". 7 Contest Essay Bullying is a bad way to get amusement or anything that you want. It is a terrible thing to do and it will sometimes get you in terrible trouble with yourself or others. Bullying is having someone tell you something that hurts. It makes you not want to be there because you're afraid of that happening again. It can really bring you down to your deepest level of sadness and embarrassment. It might even make you not want to do skills or improve on them if the bully bullies you about that skill. Or if they are there with you at that place, you won't want to get bullied again so you will just quit. Two years ago one of the people that was in my class in fourth grade was bullied. She was not bullied face to face, but still bullied. First she got weird notes like meet: me at the pool or meet me at the tetherball poles. Then one day, she got a huge wad of chewed gum in her book box were she keeps all her stuff. It eventually got so bad she had to leave our class for the rest of the day. Ways to stop bullying include to telling someone, not reacting or being very sensitive about it or telling yourself that whatever they say is not true. If they shove you around and use violence on you, tell an adult because that is not okay. A way to prevent bullying is to stand up for yourself. If you see someone being bullied, don't be a bystander. Be an upstander, stand up to the bully and if they bully you, then stand up for yourself because no bully likes hard targets. They just like easy pickings. Actions you can take to stop bullying are to stand up for anyone getting bullied. Tell a grown up because if you don't it will just get worse. Well you also could ask the bully why they are doing this and maybe help them not bully people any more. 10 Contest Essay I would define bullying as any negative way to make the bully feel superior than the person that is being bullied and make the target of the bullying feel hurt by the bully. Another form of bullying is cyberbullying where the bully sends mean messages about the target of the cyberbullying like you stink at playing this game ect. Bullying comes in many different forms but there is always a thing that the bully does repeatedly and on purpose to make the person being bullied feel hurt or feel negative emotions. I know what bullying is like because my little sister was buHied by her own classmates who said stuff like that she was ugly and she only cared about herself, she was so sad and she didn't feel like she had any friends. So my mom signed her up for karate so she could protect herself if she ever needed to and we told her that "she should know that the mean things that the kids that were bullying her said where not true". Even if she knew that the mean things that they said where not true, she said that it "didn't hurt any less". She still felt like she didn't have any friends. Once people in her class stopped bullying her, it was still a long time before someone started playing with her at the playground. Sometimes someone starts bullying her again and I cannot believe that people are bullying her. She's my little sister and it makes me so angry and sad that she's getting bullied so often. I think the best way to stop bullying is by alerting an adult that you know and you can trust. If you are getting weird messages or notes show them to a adult if they know what is happening then they can try to help you. One way we can try to prevent bullying is by talking frequently, talk about our feelings and the consequences of bullying. 11 Sometimes bullies bully other people because they don't want to be bullied. I think the best way to deal with that situation is to again tell an adult. If you're the one doing the bullying you should stop and think think about how the other person feels. You could find a hobby that makes you happy and calm so you can have better control of your emotions. What you should do if you or your friends are being bullied. First, you should try to stand up for yourself or your friend. If that does not work, tell an adult. Most of the time they can do something about it. One thing you can do to feel better is talk about your feelings or find a hobby that you enjoy. If mean rumors are spread about you or a friend, try to talk to people and say they are not true. Also you should talk to a trusted adult about the situation. (. 12 someone always kept getting called elephant. For myself, back in preschool nobody wanted to play with because I was colored and everyone else was white but I only had one friend in preschool and her name was Teddie but she didn't come often so I was very very lonely at preschool. Also, me and my friends got bullied and the bully would always call us name like cry baby, chicken, stupid and weak and the bully would sometimes always tell on us for no reason sometimes and once she honked our heads together. We can do stop it or prevent is tell somebody what is going on and what can they do to help and tell that person who is bullying them or what is that person trying to do is make them feel sad, little mad or unsafe to make that person not want us to go that place anymore and stand up for that person who getting bullied. Also, is cyberbullying we also still could tell an adult that a person is saying really hurtful words. Also, a way to stop that is to block them or unfriend that person that's doing it or report them to the game. Another thing we can do to stop bullying is write essay or you can be nice to that bully instead of say anything mean because sometimes they will be confused why that person is saying nice thing instead of fighting them or saying mean stuff to them because they will also think I am their bully like why is that person saying mean things also and maybe they will change. Also, they will think why am I bullying this person because they're not even to me there really nice to me and that bully well think, I feel so bad for I did to this wonderful person and maybe they will say sorry i did to you and right now I feel really bad for what i did because most bullies can change into a wonderful 15 person and some can just always be the same old person they always will be when they grow up. Yes, I could say "what did I to do or you can example what did to do you that you made you what to bully or hurt me". Also can try to ask the bully what did I do to make you upset. To persuade people to stop bullying and tell am why to stop the bullying and say why it's bad for you or your education or even your future too and to tell other people from different grades why to stop bullying too and tell other kids too like in other different countries or in another place where there are kids. Also, what I could do is to instead of saying mean stuff about that bully even though it hurt when your getting bullied but it's best to say nice compliments about the bully instead of saying mean stuff because you can get in more fight with that bully if say mean comment about that bully. What I could do for cyberbullying is block that person or report them to the game that I am playing but sometimes it really hard to know who that person is in real life because sometimes they can go to your school or they can be in your state that you live in but don't the location where they live or what there name is or what they look like. 16 Contest essay Bullying is when someone makes someone feel bad, hurts someone's feelings on purpose, saying mean things, saying bad words, making people furious. "Hey you are trash" or "you suck at this." Bullying is bad and there are multiple of ways to do it. Once there was a two kingdoms one was the Ice king, and the other one was the Fire king. They fought about who is the strongest kingdom, the elders from the ice king wanted War, and the Fire king elders wanted peace, fighting between war and peace. It all started with the Fire king saying that will give the people what they wanted, freedom, etc, and people from the the ice king started to go to the Fire king land. The Ice king just wanted riches, and that everyone obeyed what he said. The elders didn't like him but they needed to obey him. The Ice king was jealous at The Fire king because he wanted to feel superior, he started to say mean things to the fire king, but the fire king stood still, and kinda felt bad about accusing him for nothing just because he had a weird face. The Ice king wanted to start a war, a war that will destroy the Fire king forever. The fire king heard him "So he is starting a war" the fire king didn't what to start a war, he wanted Peace, but he had to choice he needed to be prepared, they both set the war. A war that will cost millions of people, but they still wanted war. After a couple of days, later the ice king was ready, the Fire king was ready". The war ended and almost everybody died, this war should not started because of the Fire king, and the Ice king. The Fire king didn't resist the Ice king bullying him for having a weird face and the Fire king rage. 17 Yes, there are actions like help someone who's getting bullied like telling a teacher then stopping the fight or making a group to stop bullying. When someone is getting bullied don't stand there help them a he or she just help however it is just help is act of kindness is how you are. 20 '' Essay Contest For me, bullying is hurting someone purposefully just because they think it's cool. They have to stop now. Bullying is very bad I have experienced it myself. It was a couple years ago when I was at a summer camp and the students and i went to a nearby park with everyone and three people came up to me and pushed me and starting acting mean au I did was run to the teachers and told them. That was a very bad experience. I hope it never happens again. We have stop bullying. We have to tell an adult if we witness it. If you see it happening tell them to stop or tell an adult. All bullies want is to get a reaction don't fight back or they will keep doing it to you. They just do it because they want you to counter them back so they have a reason to strike again If you are the bully you have to think why are you doing this what did they do to you so that you can hurt them.Why did you choose that path of being bad. If you bully doesn't make you cool. So please help me stop bullying. 21 I J. I would define bullying as when a person or group of people discriminates another or make them feel lesser. It can pop up in life or on the internet ( cyber bullying). I feel bullying is hurtful and wrong. It is meant to be mean and hurt people. I haven't ever been bullied because I go to a safe school. But I have been cyberbullied. On a website called animal jam me and another jammer were trading. They said it was a "beta plush" so I traded my rare sparkly boa and it turned out to be a normal plush. I was infuriated. They had robbed me of my favorite clothing item. They logged out but not before I blocked and reported them. I also unfriended them. You can stop bullying by being an upstander. If you or someone you know is getting bullied, tell a teacher or a trusted adult. If you are being cyberbullied, copy the message and print it, then block and report the bully. Show the printed message to a trusted adult. You can learn about what bullying looks like, and then educate others. The best teacher ever, Luis estrada once said, "You must have the courage to stand up against indifference, injustice and oppression." It is important to stop bullying because it can physically and mentally harms people. 22 BULLYING IS MEAN NO BULLYING ALLOWED! I would define bullying as making fun of kids or adults and being mean to them. Not stopping when they ask you to stop. Trying to get a negative reaction. Maybe having troubles at home, in their life, are jealous of you and hate that. I was bullied for being small. Kids would want a reaction out of me people want me to chase them. One day, my mom told me, "being small is the best and I should enjoy it and stop reacting to it." So I stop letting it get to me and enjoy being small and it stopped. You can tell a teacher a trastin adalt a friend. Don't respa say yes I am and this has worked for me so maybe it can help you. Don't respond with a m mean comment. Ask them to stop it and why are you bullying me? Ask them to stop first. Don't react to them and say, "yes" I am when they say stuff about you. Second, I would tell the teacher. And if you want you can ask them, "How can I help you and why are you bullying me, what did I do to start this." Another way to respond is 3 strikes 1.Tell them what they did and that hurt your feelings and you don't like it. Please stop by the way I like your shoes. Compliment them because they may be having a bad day and it could make them feel better. 2.Hey I told you before that I didn't like what you are doing because it's bullying. This is the 2nd time I'm asking you to stop and if you don't I will tell an adult /teacher. 3.Now I have asked you 3 times to stop and now I'm going to git a adult. It is about being yourself and how you are and that is all that matters. Being comfortable in your own skin. The End 25 lS I define bullying as treating someone different by hurting their feelings in a bad way and not safe. You are hurting them and for bullying them you could make them suffer from depression. Bullying can make someone try to kill themselves without anyone knowing until someone finds that they're dead. If you cyberbully it is bullying on the internet like saying mean comments to a video or if you are playing a video game and you lose and someone tells you that you are a bad gamer and keep talking mean thing to you then that's cyberbullying. Someone who got bullied that my sister knows is her friend. She got bullied for a long time and she has got affected by it and tried to commit suicide without someone knowing. I would prevent bullying by making a school rule that if you see or know you are getting bullied you would go teachers after school that help people who are getting bullied. Actions to stop bullying are not to fight back or it will get worse and tell a trusted adult like a parent or a teacher to help you with what is going on. Actions to stop cyber bullying are to block and don't talk back and show a trusted adult like a teacher or a parent the message so it doesn't get worse. It is good to stop bullying because then no one gets hurt or no one goes by depression and doesn't try to suicide themselves without someone knowing. 26 I I. Essay Contest I define bullying as somebody doing something that harms you or hurts you.That can be emotional or physical. It's funny because it happens every day but you can never completely stop it. It happens on media, text, email and games. It happens pretty much everywhere. Everyone at some point has been bullied or cyberbullied. [Cyberbullying is when you bully someone on a electronic.] Even I have been bullied. I was in fourth grade and this girl kept on being mean to me like teasing me even taking my pencils in class. Then one day, I talked to my parent and it got much better. After that I talked to the girl and now we are friends. If you are being bullied you should talk to a trusted adult that can help the most. The best way to prevent bullying and or cyberbullying is to inform students about what bullying is. Some students just don't know what bullying is. We learned about bullying in the media center with the librarian, Ms. Burgoyne. And we now know how to prevent bullying. One of the biggest reasons why people bully other people is because the bully wants to feel better about themselves. Either they have been bullied or something is happening to them. Let's stop bullying once once and for all. 27 Bullying Bullying: an act that harms others, verbally, physically, and mentally, but there are more ways to bully someone. Physically bullying someone is like hitting or pushing , anything that has to do with touching someone in an abusive way. Verbally bullying someone is saying mean things out your mouth like "You're FAT!" or "You're not important!" Mentally bullying someone might be like one of the worst ways possible to bully someone. It's like verbally bullying but it messes with your head, it can be very harmful as it can cause depression, anxiety, self harm, probably some suicidal thoughts it's pretty sad, to be honest. ,, I myself have been a little bullied, it was basically cyber bullying. Cyber bullying is a way to bully someone through a screen, it's just as bad as regular bullying. I was made fun of because our family was going through a rough situation. They talked about one of my family members. They also talked bad about me, like how they didn't like me and that I was weird and ugly fat and more. The bad part was that these people once were really close to me but I told my mom and dad about it they told the school. What can we do to stop and prevent bullying? We could stop bullying by making a law that makes bullying illegal but. ...... Sadly, bullying is hard to stop. We could prevent bullying if parents, guardians, or family members talk to children if they don't feel safe or they need a little more attention. They need to be more cautious about their actions or even the things they see on tv, kids who are victims or are getting bullied need to take action as well! It can go to extremes where eventually a person could commit suicide. A thing I heard about bullying if someone is getting bullied they have to tell a police officer. Bullying has gotten even worse throughout the years, it's even worse now than back then. If I could do something, I would but it takes more than one person I believe one day we can stop bullying. 30 Actions, some actions we could take to stop bullying, protest against bullying, children can take action like I said before. They can report if they see or are a victim of bullying they need to report the actions to an adult. Taking action is important before something bad happens. Bullying honestly needs to stop. People like us can do that but it takes more than twenty people, bullying wasn't a really big problem for me growing up. I've heard really bad stories about bullying and it's never fun knowing that a family has suffered because their child has been through something like this, or even lost them because of bullying hope one day bullying isn't a big problem it needs to STOP!. 31 BULLYING I would define bullying as when someone else would try to make the other person feel bad for themselves. A bully can try to fight the target, they can say rude things about the target, they could try to take things away from the target. One time when I was in 2nd grade, my friends and I were bullying these 4th graders and the 4th graders were bullying us back, but nobody got hurt we were just doing it to have fun because there was nothing for us to do that we liked. We weren't hurting each other we were just saying random things like "What are those? Did you get them shoes from Goodwill". But at the end we were all friends [kind of, not really]. To stop and prevent bullying you can welcome others and be friends and be nice, but I mean like you can still be friends with your best friends, but watch out who you hang with because you never know they can be teaming up to do something bad to you. If you're getting bullied, you should tell a trusted adult. You could tell your parents or guardians, the principal of your school, your Grandparents or your neighbor about what happened. 32 everyone around you, and keep the Golden Rule in mind. You don't know what might be going on at home that causes someone to act a certain way. You don't know if someone is suffering inside. So why bully? Think of one good reason. To get back at someone? To prove something to your friends? Is that how you would want to be remembered? The person who caused someone to commit suicide just because you were being ignorant and selfish. I'll ask just one thing: Think before you act. Save a life before you save your reputation. Kids are dying. In fact, 65 thousand kids a year. Is that how you would want to end your life? Of course not! So take a stand. Stop bullying. 35 'Words Will Never Hurt Me ... " Only 1 in 10 teens tells a parent if they have been a cyber bully victim. That's why we must stop bullying, because otherwise 1/10 of people might never have there problem solved. Bullying is when someone is picking on someone constantly and never leaving them alone. When the person is bullying someone they won't stop by just asking please. Human rights are needed for so many things like fairness in votes and just doing everyday things. There's also the UHDR which means the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We need them because otherwise we couldn't do most of the things we can do today. This is my story of when I witnessed bullying. Once I was in the hallway because, I had just got back from a doctors appointment and I saw this kid tripping this shorter kid and I was like 'they are probably playing around then the next day I looked in the hallway and I saw it happening again but this time the little kid had started crying, and I didn't know what to do so I never told anyone. The kid could still be being bullied because I never told anybody. I feel bad because I never told anybody that it was happening and it happened almost every day, I just wish I had done something more because, the kid that was being bullied could have just stopped showing up to school because of the bullying. And I just realized that nobody did 36 anything about it because it happened for like 2 years. Then one day the bully just never showed up to school again. Here are some things we can do to stop bullying. We could just in general treat kids better and, raise them with more respect and raise them more discipline. We could create better programs for people who are bullied or are the bullies. We could raise our children with more manners and, empathy towards others. Bullying needs to stop because it is causing young children and teens to commit suicide. And we need rights because otherwise the world would be a lot different because human rights give us the RIGHT to do stuff. 37 What nobody deserves "Everybody is their own genius. If you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree it will live its life believing it is stupid." This was said by the genius Albert Einstein. It's the same with bullying. If you mock someone about something they can't do then they'll feel they can never do it. That's not the only way bullying happens. Bullying is anything that is done that is hurtful to another person. Anyone can be a bully and anyone can be a victim. Bullying can be saying something mean to someone, physically harming them, or cyber bullying which is bullying done on the internet. Bullying is something that goes against human rights. Human rights are the rights that everybody deserves. The Declaration of Human Rights is a document that states human rights as people of political power agreed upon on December 10, 1948, led by Eleanor Roosevelt. This essay will talk about how to stand up against bullying. When I was in first grade I was walking out of school with one of my friends and I said something to her when some older kid came up and started mocking me, telling me what I was saying was wrong, and just making me feel bad. I'd been the victim. When she'd said that it made me feel kind of bad, like I didn't know anything. I'd said that no, I knew I was right, that my teacher had said it earlier during the day. We kept going back and forth and the girl said, "you can't know." Like because I was younger I couldn't know what day it was: (Yes the whole thing was just about what day it was.) I argued back, saying that I did know, and the girl started mocking me again like she'd been doing pretty much the entire time. My friend didn't say anything. This 40 continued until we got out of the school. Being a first grader | thought it was just a normal thing, even though | felt bad about it, so | didn’t say anything. | think she did it one other time, but | don’t really remember it. Something we can do to help stop bullying is stand up to bullying. If you see it, step in and HELP. One other thing we can do to help those who are being bullied or have been bullied is to be understanding and kind to, well, everyone. If everyone decides to stand against bullying then there won't be any bullying because there are no more bullies. Or, if you see bullying but are to afraid to step in, tell an adult who can do something about it. Bullying is wrong, harmful, and can leave a mark on someone for the rest of their life. It goes against human rights. Nobody deserves to be bullied. Nobody. No matter who they are, or what they wear, or where they're from, or anything else that makes them them. Bullying is what nobody deserves. 4 He Wondered Why· He wondered why. Google dictionary defines bullying as "to seek to harm, intimidate, or coerce (someone perceived as vulnerable)", but to me bullying is when someone who can't handle the thought of not being in power or having attention, manipulate and embarrass you in front of as many people as possible. To me human rights are very important because there are certain things that every person should have the right to certain things. He wondered why. Many lives have been changed majorly because of bullying. The story of this eighth grade boy will change your view of bullying for ever. In second grade the bullying and teasing started. First because of his teeth and then because of his hair, glasses and size. As Peyton got older the reality of bullying started to really sink in. He would he wondered why "can't people just be nice•. In 2013 Peyton had his first suicidal thoughts and events. He started telling his parents he thought they would be better without him and that he didn't know why he was even alive. His mother didn't think much about it. They brought him to the ER, but they sent him to a therapist. He started going to therapy sessions weekly and he seemed like he was feeling better. Eventually his mom switched school districts and he was forced to switch schools. At this new school he made a new friend and seemed happy. But the the bullying started again. This time they would call him a loser and a geek. His mom tried to help but he told her there was nothing she could do about it. After school one day he ran up to his room. He was up there for about twenty minutes when she went to check on him. \/Vhen she came in she was shocked. He had hung himself from his ceiling fan. They rushed him to the hospital where he was flown to a 42 When I was in 1st and 2nd grade, many of the girls in my class hung out in a group during recess. They were constantly together and played games like "house" and "ponies". If any one of them decided one day that they wanted to do something else one day, the next day they wouldn't be allowed back in the group. Newcomers were rejected as well. I myself wanted nothing to do with this gang of girls, but at the same time I felt bad for some of my friends who would wander about the playground, dejected, convinced that no other group of kids on that playground would be as fun to play with as the one they were once in. Sometimes, I'd engage with them, but other times, I'd just watch as they made their lonely rounds. There were days where there would be fights and teachers would have to intervene. Words would be exchanged that could never be taken back. In the classroom, out teacher would have serious talks with us about friendship and kindness- but they never classified it as bullying. Looking back on it, though, I believe it definitely was. Whenever I saw the incidents happen, I'd feel like I had seen something I shouldn't have and quickly leave the scene. Then, I'd hear about it later and feel bad that I hadn't done something. I could have told a teacher about the things that I heard so less damage could be done. When I saw girls without playmates, I could have invited them to play with me. Sometimes I would, but there were many instances where I would just sit and watch. I was a bystander in the situation, and it makes me guilty. Lots of feelings were hurt in those days, and I know that I could have made things a lot better if I had stood up, even if it was just one time. 45 There are multiple things that could be done to stop bullying. One is to drastically limit the amount of bullying, physical, verbal, or cyber, that is shown on television. When movies have instances of bullying done by protagonists, especially when it is a movies targeted towards younger audiences, viewers may find it as an acceptable thing to do. Perhaps, in movies and other programs, it should be made note of how many instances there are of bullying that may not be looked at as bad, and change that view on it. Another thing that could be done to prevent bullying is to report it right away. Just 20 to 30% of victims of bullying report it immediately. For bullying numbers to decrease, students need to not be afraid to speak up for themselves. They could be assisted by being able to fill out anonymous forms and having an adult they are comfortable talking to to consult in. One other way to prevent bullying is to have positive role models leading our country. The political campaigns as of late have been hateful and insulting, which is the wrong message if we are trying to stop bullying. In order for bullying to be stopped, we can't have out youth getting the idea that if our country's leaders say something hurtful, they can too. Bullying is getting worse and worse. About 160,000 teens skip school each day because they don't want to face bullying. This unfortunate statistic just proves the point that bullying is a serious problem for students everywhere- and it needs to be stopped. 46 ar Bullying “CARES - Cooperation, Assertion, Responsibility, Empathy, and Self-Control,” we chanted in elementary school! at every assembly. From Kindergarten through now, | feel my schools have prevented a lot of bullying by us learning about others’ differences, empathizing with others, and being respectful to all. Without these measures, | feel bullying would increase at my schools. Bullying for any reason is wrong and should be stopped. It is the act of unwanted teasing, harassment, or humiliation on a frequent basis. The act of bullying emphasizes inequality: teasing because of differences to joking about culture to making someone feel scared and frustrated. We all need human fights, why you may ask, because we are all humans and deserve to be treated equally. Even with the anti bullying tools my school gave us, bullying still happened, most frequently on the bus. In 3rd grade, my friend and | were sitting together on the bus. An older student started calling us names, teasing us, and exhibiting other bullying behaviors. This went on for several weeks. The name calling, teasing, and behaviors were embarrassing and frustrating. | didn’t want to ride the bus anymore and would ask my mom to drive me into school. Once | explained what was happening to my parents, they wrote my teacher an email to talk with both me and my friend about the happenings on the bus. With the school’s help, the student stopped bullying. 47 a4 “There can ke no positive result through negative attitude. Think positive. Live positive.” -Albert Einstein It’s funny how millions of innocent people live by this quote and get shamed for it everyday. I’ve always wondered why this problem keeps happening. It’s not hard to be-nice to someone and accept their views, and who they are. I’ve seen so many people get bullied throughout my life and I don’t stand alone. Over 70% of young people in America say they have seen bullying happen in their schools, which is so messed up to me because school is a community and no one should ever feel afraid of their own people. But I’m not surprised. Who would be really? Over 90 school shootings happened in 2018 alone. Imagine how much worse it will be in the future if we don't solve the main problem of it all? 40% of school shooters have been bullied before. Those kids are human as you and I. Not allof them had mental problemns either. Just normal problems that could’ve been prevented. They have hearts that were ignored and broken by many fellow students, teachers, and even family. This is not the society we have to live in anymore, | simply refuse to sit here and accept because bullyings such a big issue I can’t do anything to help. It’s unreal. The only reason people don’t stand up for these things is because they’re too afraid to. Although school shootings are a huge deal from bullying, it’s not the only thing that is. Suicide rates have skyrocketed throughout the last decade. Between ages from S to.24, 4,400 people kill themselves from bullying every year. That means every 100 minutes a teen takes their own life. It’s the 2nd leading cause of death against young people. That’s truly a4 sickening to me to live knowing that a close friend or family member could be next to feel worthless. It’s scary to think that I could feel worthless. These rates also prove that anyone could do this to themselves, no matter their race, sex, ethnicity, or what they seem like on the outside. Depression rates have gone up too. About 20% of our youth experience depression before they reach adulthood. If 20% still doesn’t seem that much to you, let's put it in contact from how many people live on earth. More than 7 billion people live on our planet. Around 1.9 billion children live on earth which is around 27% of earth's population. That means 475 million out of 1.9 billion kids experience depression. Let that sink in for a bit. Depression is caused by lots of different things, but bullying is definitely one of several things that get kids depressed. When the depression and loneliness gets too overbearing, that’s when we see kids ending their own lives. The whole things a total hate crime. And the saddest part is that we as people are all completely capable of preventing it. This is something I would've never thought of until writing this, but have you ever thought kids have had more anxiety over seeing unarmed individuals getting killed by our police, the people we trust to protect us everyday? I know a little girl that used to live in my neighborhood and one day when she was at my house she said to me “I’m scared Ari...” I had fairly normal reaction and said “By what? Why are you scared?” She came over to me in tears hugging me in my room saying “I don’t want to be next. I saw Philando was killed and I don’t want to die like him.” I was in shock. I didn’t know what to say to her. | just sat there and held 51 her only saying “It will be ok.” 24 That was the last time I ever saw her. By far that was the quickest, but most scary thing I’ve ever heard someone so young and innocent say to me. “I don’t want want to be next.” How low ofa society are we today where young kids are afraid to be shot by our police? Children crying from family they know or people in general innocently shot, wondering if they will be next. I don’t care what race, sexuality, ethnicity, religion, and so forth, no child should feel afraid of being shot by police. The fear in her voice and eyes still makes me shake today. The reason why I bring this up is because situations like this really remind me of how a lot of kids get anxiety from bullying. All across the world over 3 million people get bullied Everyday. People that are affected by bullying are at a bigger risks of adjusting at school, sleep difficulties, anxiety, and depression. Over 25% of U.S, students in 6-12 grade get bullied every year following with 20% of U.S. students in 9-12 grade as well. We need to educate more people, especially adults on these ratings because not enough really know how big of a risk these things are to our youth. There are several ways to prevent bullying, but the main thing is that we need to stop projecting hate speech, and just hate in general towards are own people. Hate speech comes in many different forms, but mainly in «Race - Religion friend started changing. Josh wasn't nice anymore. He would mess with my other friends stuff. Then Abe would kick him for touching his stuff. I was confused. I had come from a very sheltered family and school. Nobody ever teased anyone or physically hurt anyone else. Both of my friends were being bullied, and maybe I was a bully too. I would occasionally mess around and encourage the bullying. I just liked getting a reaction out of Abe. Compared to other cases of bullying some people might describe this case as nothing. At the time it didn't seem like that big of a deal. Now that I look back at what had happened I feel terrible. I was a bully. I didn't know what Abe had been going through at home. I know now that he still gets teased and bullied. Later I learned he has been through so much. He probably thought that school could be an escape from home, but I don't know if it was much better. It must have been hard for him, I sometimes saw him cry the year before. At the time I thought it was funny and to be honest I was trying to impress Josh. I should have told both of them to stop. I don't think they understood that they were both the victims and the bullies. I can't remember who else sat by us, probably because they didn't do anything about it. If I were them I probably wouldn't have done anything either. Everyone tells us to be unique. But unfortunately uniqueness is something we don't find normal. But what is normal anyways? There's a connection between the word normal and bullying, usually if you're normal you don't get bullied. That shouldn't be the way our society is, I think that our world needs to change. 55 People need to learn that bullying isn't ok, and needs to stop. It might seem like it goes on forever, but there is a way to stop it. I think that we should take the time to explain how serious bullying can be to people, young and old. This could help affect the next generation by making sure they don't continue the bullying we left for them. Also young people look up to older people, but when adults are the bullies if affects everyone else relying on them. Another thing we could do to help prevent bullying in the future is to make sure most to all apps have a way to report mean comments, posts and messages. We could also prevent bullying by teaching kids to become an advocate. It could help prevent bullying because they can help develop an anti-bullying program. Bullying violates the UDHR (Universal Declaration of Human Rights). I think that bullying is just not right because it punishes people who have decided to express themselves or their feelings. 56 3( The sticks and stones that are bullying There's a quote that says "sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me." That's not true. Words can always hurt. Bullying is when someone tries to harm or hurt on other person. Everyone has human rights because without them we would all be treated unfairly for the smallest of things. The Universal Declaration Of Human Rights is a list of universal rights that everyone should have. It is the most widely accepted list of human rights and it is one of the most important, without it many people would be denied certain rights that should never even be thought about as something you have to earn. In this essay i will explain the negative effects of bullying and why we should work to stop bullying. Bullying happens all the time even if we don't recognise it. In third grade there was a new girl at my school. She had a different way of making friends, and two other girls in our grade said that she was bullying them, and started a "war" with her. Soon it was most of the girls in our grade against her. It later subsided and she moved away, but I realized that by accusing her of bullying and starting a war they were actually bullying her. Many people don't care enough to do anything to stop bullying when it doesn't immediately affect them. Not many people cared enough or had enough courage to stand up for her and even though she tried to stand up for herself it didn't help very much. I wish I had helped her tell them the stop and that what they are doing is wrong but I didn't. I mostly tried to stay out of the way and not make it a big issue of mine. Some things we can do to stop bullying or at least help prevent, it are making it easier for students to report, or talk about bullying, make more of an effort to notice when its happening and help, 57 , �--•----·er ----: !lliilaiiili\-,E&\!Wi- U-Wi;i;!□- -ww,e!o;ii' - mtK:lliiffi --IIIIWllilii&oilillH-1fll Hl!l/i:I&?M!lll!i'-1!117 __ PT___ _ deserves to get bullied and when I was I knew that. I was better than to get bullied and so is everyone else. Adults should do whatever they can to help us, and in my experience they helped pretty well because that girl never bullied me again. There are so many things we have tried to stop bullies but they never work out. Bullies just don't understand it. We can always try to stop them but will it work? One idea to prevent bullies are to have a talk with a trusted adult at school once a week like I said before so that can build trust in you. Another idea is to set up and app for reporting bullies anonymously so kids don't have to scared that they "tattled" on someone. One more idea is to have cameras in the classrooms and actually watch over them so you can truly see what is going on inside each room. There are three different types of bullying ver.bal, physical and cyber bullying, and none of them are okay to do. No one will ever have a good a enough reason to bully someone or be a bystander. No one deserves any of that. Everyone deserves to live life to its fullest. 60 "Blowing out someone else's candle doesn't make yours shine any brighter" Unknown. 31 Bullying is a very serious problem here in America, from cyberbullying to physical ·bullying to emotional bullying it's all around us. One of our main problems is that it's not just kids bullying other kids, it's adults using words to hurt others. Although this form of bullying is much harder to detect it still affects how people treat each other. I would define bullying as someone in a position of power hurting someone multiple times. Bullying could be online or in person, it could even be spreading rumors. Bullying can have extreme consequences, it can cause depression and in worst cases, suicide. Bullying also infringes upon people's human rights, as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaims, MAIi human beings are bom free and equal in dignity and rights." In this paper I will be talking about the effects of bullying and how it violates people's Human Rights. For a seventh grader I feet like I have been in far fewer situations that involve bullying than my peers but I have had a few negative experiences where I've seen others bullied. 'Mlen I was in the fourth grade I witnessed one of my classmates getting bullied. She was wearing a sweater that other kids were teasing her for. I was watching and was able to tell a teacher but I realized that it could've ended much worse. It's from experiences like this that I have learned how much of an impact bullying can have on 61 people. If this case of bullying had been taken further terrible things could've happened to the girl and everyone associated with her. My bullying story is one of many, some of which can have tragic results. One of our main problems is that it's not just children bullying other children it's adults bullying other adults. As an article about from Newsela stated, "Ryan Lysek rose to become vice president of his fifth-grade class at Lorraine Academy in Buffalo, New York. The sitting veep got bounced for saying things that went against the school's anti-bullying rules. So the 10-year-old is a little puzzled that candidates running to lead the country can get away with name-calling and foul language." This just goes to show how even the students in school are seeing these people running for positions in power and when they name call it reinforces the idea that these actions are ok. The same article also quoted Donald Trump calling Ted Cruz a "loser," and a, "liar," while also criticizing Muslims and Mexicans. If we didn't have people doing things like this our country would probably be happier and healthier. As I stated earlier in my essay not only does bullying hurt people it also violates our human rights. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 1 proclaims, "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood." Bullying violates this Human Right by not treating everyone with equal dignity and rights. The Human Rights were written to make sure the same awful things that happened in World War II would never happen again. It is very concerning that a quite common problem violates our Human Rights. I hope that this paper can shed some light 62 bullying usually the bully is big or strong or popular in cyber bullying a bully needs none of that it could be any one anywhere but there is one factor to stop a cyber bully, quantity. All in all just be there for each other 65 35 Bullying Essay: Are you sick of people being bullied? I can tell you that I am. According to IAN research report, it says that 63 percent of people have been bullied. That is a big percent. But first, let's know what bullying is. Bullying is a person using a use of force or knowledge to make someone feel bad. The abuser can do this to the victim on a regular basis. Bullying can happen to a certain group of people. This is called discrimination. Discrimination is not giving people fair or equal treatment. This falls under a big umbrella called human rights. Human rights are the basic things that humans are entitled to. We need human rights because everyone deserves the same treatment as everyone else. Some examples of bullying are spreading rumors about someone, making threats, attacking someone physically or verbally, and excluding someone from a group (according to NIDA). A real life example is where a football jockey goes up to a nerd and says "hey nerd, do my homework or I will mess your face up". He comes back to the nerd on a regular basis and says the same thing to him. This is an example of bullying because the jockey uses force and power to get the nerd to do his homework. This was an example I thought of,but here is a real life example. It was this school year at Roseville area middle school. I was in Ms. Sieleni's star class. There is this kid named Jose, and every day he hits the person I sit next to, Ariannah. She tells Jose to stop, but he doesn't. Each day he does the same thing. I don't say anything because it doesn't concern me. 66 3S I feel like I could have done something to stop it happening. My feelings at the time were like, "what is going on" and when I saw what was happening, I didn't really care because it was not my problem. I could have gone and defended ariann�but I didn't because I didn't want to. I just sat there and did nothing. There was one other person at the table, Mia, but she didn't say anything either. Me and her were like Mr. Chamberlain during his leadership as prime minister of Great Britain (he did nothing to stop nazi Germany taking over Europe). I know 3 reasons how we can stop bullying. The first reason is we can confront the bully and tell him or her that what they are doing is wrong. Don't tell them in a nice voice, assert yourself. This would help because if we speak out about bullying, we can stop the rise of new bully's. The second reason is we could sit down with the bully and . v\S\: talk things over aniwhy they are doing what they are doing. This would help because we can understand what is happening to the bully and try to help them better people. The last and final reason is we could talk about bullying as a school community, building a safe school environment, and creating a school wide bullying prevention strategy. This would help because we could get everyone on the same page about bullying and help people being bullied feel that when they go to school, they will be in a safe environment. Bullying is bad and violates my rights because I want to live in a world where I feel that I can go places feeling safe. 67 31 Making A Change "Strong people stand up for themselves. But the strongest people stand up for others." -unknown. Bullying is not something we are taught, it's something you learn from others. A bully is a person who uses their own strength to physically or emotionally hurt those who are weaker than them. It could be online, posting mean threats. Face to face. Or over email. These are all ways you could bully someone. And human rights are the rights we get for being human. So we have the right to stand up for what we want and what we believe. We have the right to stand up for ourselves. That is why we need human rights. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states everyone is equal and gets human rights. In this paper I will talk about bullying and human rights. A story of bullying, 'and how to prevent bullying. My experience of bullying was ... When I was in fourth grade I was bullied because of my height. I was not that tall. One of the shortest in the class. A kid a grade above of me was very tall. So he would make fun of my height. Call me a munchkin. Other people would catch on in my grade. They made fun of me for a couple of days. They would teasingly say the name at me. It got to me. I told them to stop. I Told teachers. My parents. But they never fully stopped until a week later. 70 31 It made me rethink about how I looked. I was more self conscious about my height. I have always have been now. When I look back, I wish I would have stood up for myself more. Not just saying stop. Or getting mad at them. I should have told them that I don't like what there doing. Or just walked away and ignored them. What they did was not right. And I did nothing wrong to make them do it. It was them. Sometimes I wish it never had happened. But I'm glad it did. I learned more about bullying than most people do. I was the victim. I was on a different side to the story then most. And I will stand up to those who are bullied. I known what it's like now. And I will not forget it. Things we could do to prevent bullying from happening. One thing we could do is we could listen to people if their having a hard time. Because sometimes people take out their problems on others. All there anger, sadness, and hurt. If we would pay attention and listen to others problems maybe we could help them work through it easier. Take stress away from them before they take it out on others. Another thing we could do is stand up to those who are being bullied. Because if we don't stand up for others, others won't stand up for us. And people will be happy that you took the time and effort to stand up for you. They would know that we care and appreciate them. One last thing we could do about bullying is making a stand. Talking to others, public speeches, speaking to groups. Any way to get the word out. Making a stand against bullying. Going to schools just to speak about this cause. Making people well aware of this cause, and the problems we face. 71 31 We talked about bullying and human rights, and why we need them. Ways to stand out and speak your own opinions about this subject. We are the ones who will make the stand. And change the world. 72 But what can bullying do? If bullying gets to an intense enough state in someone, they can get depressed. Kids that have been bullied in high school are 2-9 times more likely to commit suicide than average high schoolers. That's a very scary number to see, especially at this age, to see this rate of self-inflicted deaths. I'm about to bring up a sensitive subject, so you've been warned. Well, what about the school shooting in Florida in 2018? Were those kids that did such a horrible thing bullied and pushed to the limit, but nobody listened to them? Was bullying the reason they shot and killed 22 kids? Think about that. Could we have prevented this by getting them help? I think so. That was something we couldn't have changed, but I think we can darn well prevent it in the future. Bullying is the only way kids that bullies seem to get their kicks, so what battles are they fighting inside? Even if they've been doing it to let off steam, bullying is inappropriate and violates the rights that we have as a human. Every human fights their own battles, so why not learn and use compassion to treat it? Our rights are so important that the ENTIRE UNITED NATIONS AGREED ON IT! To bullies: don't try to take those away from humans, no matter how much you hate them! Peace, be good people, help us stop bullying, one heart and one helper at a time! 75 34 The Bully Outbreak _ Studies show approximately 30% of young people admit to bullying others in surveys. But what about the people who didn’t admit, that means there is over 30% of kids being bullies. Bullying is when someone has a greater power over someone else and uses it. It can happen anywhere, anytime. When it’s online, it’s called cyber bullying. When it’s physical or verbal it’s Bullying. Sometimes bullies bully because they are getting bullied, or even if something is going on at home that’s bothering them, so they take it out on others. And | guess it makes them feel better about themselves when they put others down. Bullying violates Human Rights. Human rights are very important, they guarantee life, liberty, equality, and security, human rights protect people against abuse by those who are more powerful. Bullys take some of these away from people, such as equality, and discrimination. The UDHR: ; i .edu/edumat/hre i - d hr-abbr.htm In 6th grade there was this kid who didn’t have many friends and was kinda nerdy. He would always get picked on by other kids on everything he did, “Don’t do that”,“Your gross” | would hear on a weekly basis to him. | would usually tell my mom and sometimes she would contact my teacher, but he never did anything. One day, it got bad so he ended having to go sit by himself out in the hall for something he never did! So | wrote him a small note saying that that 76 shouldn't have happened and he wrote me one back saying thanks for the support. I felt good for stepping in. I want people to know that they matter, I think everyone matters. Everyone should step in and help someone out. It feels good. "Bullies, as we know them, are continuing to increase their strength." An article said. Some adults respond to someone saying they got bullied by saying "Kids will be kids." Just because they don't want to deal with it! When someone gets bullied, "It can actually lead to serious mental health issues." An article said. This is a big problem and we need to stop it! But how? Well, like anything it will take time and a lot of effort. One thing we can do to prevent bullying is to report it, if you see it tell an adult. At our school, there are bullying reporting websites all over the school and you can even send it without anyone knowing it was you. Another thing is to step in, if it's to hard (and maybe scary) to get in front of a bully when it's happening, just talk to the person who is getting bullied, this brings confidence to that person. I don't mean to talk trash about the bully, but to say things like, "You still matter.", "It isn't true what they said.", and "Stand up for yourself." Just let them know that you cares. Bullying and Human Rights. I think bullying is awful, it makes people feel bad and makes people feel like they don't matter in this world when they really do. Bullying is this awful thing that needs to be stopped. Only us humans can make this go away and with the help of Human Rights we can do that. I think 77 happens on a small scale no one comments on it. She would try, with no luck, to get them to stop by telling them to quit it and shut up. Eventually her mom called the principal and she talked to Ruby. They talked over strategies like ignoring the bullies and being VERY CLEAR about how they needed to stop. This worked after sometime, and they now leave her alone. Ruby is an amazing fourth grader who was bullied. She lost a lot of confidence, and was extremely rude to her sister because of the bullying. This impacted her greatly. &-\0 There are many, many things that can be done to prevent bullying. You can decide to step in when someone is being bullied, you can tell an adult, or you can tell a friend. But I think it works best to just not: Not start bullying, not join the bully, not be a bystander. There are other things that you and I can do to prevent bullying. One is to be a friend. If someone you don't know is being bullied, become a friend. It is always good to to be friendly to everyone. If you talk things through with the bully, they might start to be nicer. These are all things that an everyday person can do to make the world better and eliminate bullying. Bullying is much more, much worse than meets the eye. Don't cross those lines. Don't start. Although we might feel like we can't make a difference, we really do have the power to change things. Almost every time a bystander steps in the conflict stops within 10 seconds. It is so easy to be a bully. It's harder to do the right thing. But it does not take much to make someone feel good. It often just takes one word. Stop. You can do so much. So go make a difference. 80 Bullying Essay bul-ly I 1boolel Seek to harm, intimidate, or coerce (someone perceived as vulnerable) " ... What? So you're not bald under there? I thought your hair smelled so that's why you wore it." I was embarrassed as the boy walked away. Bullying is a huge problem in today's society and it's getting worse. There are many different ways to destroy someone's self esteem, whether it be verbally, physically or even on the Internet. The question is, what's bullying and how can we stop it? As you can see, the definition for bullying is to seek to harm, intimidate or coerce, some perceived as vulnerable. Verbal abuse is the most common way of bullying. A lot of people think one measly insult isn't going to hurt anyone, but it actually can. A single insult can lower someone's self esteem. Long after that comment was made, the hurt remains. A person could be thinking about it for months, yet some people think it's just for the fun of it. According to the National Center for Educational Statistics, more than one out of every five (20.8%) students report being bullied. You might know someone who's getting bullied or you might even be a victim yourself. Seeing that some people think that bullying isn't serious, well when you have more than one out of every five students getting bullied, I think it is a problem. Some people think only repeated actions are considered bullying and one insult that makes the class erupt in laughter isn't going to hurt anyone, but it is. That one joke can be 81 repeated over and over and turned into major bullying. So we really should all think before speaking because we never know if someone could get hurt by our words. Even when I was growing up, I experienced bullying much like the story I mentioned before. I'm a very proud hijabi girl, let's get that straight, but when I was young I didn't like talking about my hijab that much because I really did think people were going to laugh at me. And sometimes they, and sometimes they made hurtful comments. For example, once in 1st grade a classmate claimed I was bald under there, so that why I wore my hijab. In fifth grade, others claimed it was a hood and would repeatedly say, "No hoods in school!" But by any means, they were very reckless with their words and when I tried speaking up, they would claim it was a joke and I should stop taking stuff so seriously. Many people related to this because they as well have been bullied because of their religion, culture, gender or even everyday interests. Even though it's a 'joke,' some people might have issues about it, so it shouldn't be a joke, and if it is, it should be funny, because no joke I've heard of has made someone cry. In my opinion, there really is no solution to stop bullying completely, but there are ways to prevent it and help get it to a low percentage. First I think we should go more in depth about bullying for young children so they get the idea that bullying isn't a joke at a young age. You can even prevent bullying by standing up to someone who's a bully so they can learn a lesson. If you are being bullied, confront the bully. Remember you are the only person who knows the definition of your life, so don't let someone else change it. If the bullying gets too serious, consult a trusted adult, remember that you're helping your safety not 'snitching'. Lastly if you're witnessing bullying, you should stand up for the victim because you would never want to be in "' 82 their bullying experience. This will make students feel safer and more protected and more cared for at school, and bystanders could safely report bullying. This could help stop bullying while improving self esteem. The second idea is a bullying support group led by student, parent, and teacher volunteers, to help students talk about their experiences and seek out help. This support group would help students gain self-esteem, and help them learn to stand up to bullies. The last idea is simple. Just involve kids. Encourage involvement so kids can do what they love and meet other kids with the same interests, and make friends with the same passions. This will help kids feel better about themselves and others around them. Those are ways we can help bullying. Bullying is a huge problem in the United States, and we aren't doing enough to stop it, but now you've heard Claire and Dylan's stories, and solutions to the problem. So what will you do to help? Have you ever been Bullied? How did other people help? Could they have done more? If we keep going down this path of rampant bullying, depression and suicide rates will be even higher. If we don't take action now, these things and much more will happen. 85 The Harmful Effects of Bullying Statistics reveal that more than 3 .2 million students are victims of bullying every year (DoSomething.org). In addition, sixty-seven percent of scholars believe that schools respond poorly to bullying; as a result of repetitional bullying, one out of every ten pupils drops out of school (DoSomething.org). These facts truly exhibit how many people are deeply affected by bullying. Bullying is when someone in a position of power purposefully harms another less authoritative person through mistreatment, physical harm, mental harm, intimidation, coercion, or abuse. It is a cruel, inhumane act that is a significant problem in our society. The damaging impacts of bullying are shown through research studies, celebrity stories, and personal examples. By addressing bullying, it will hopefully come to an end. Several negative impacts of bullying have been identified by researchers (such as Hurley and Gordon) who have studied this topic. Some examples of the short term effects on victims and bullies include poor school performance, low self-esteem, and difficulty maintaining social relationships (Hurley). A few types oflong term effects include spousal abuse, child abuse, and substance abuse (Hurley). Family, friends, teachers, employers, and anybody close to the victim or bully suffer from the effects of bullying too. Some of these impacts include being physically ill, having depression, and harboring stress-related conditions (Gordon). Gabby Douglas, a celebrity known for her gymnastic skills, is an example of how bullying can affect a victim. After she came home as a gold medalist from the Olympics, Douglas expected social media to be thrilled at her accomplishments. Instead, cyberbullies commented about how she was unpatriotic, too muscular, and jealous of her teammates. These comments made Douglas lose part of her self-confidence and harbor hurt feelings. 86 I personally have been a victim of bullying too. At the beginning of my first grade year, I did not have any friends. I asked my classmates if they wanted to play with me, to talk to me, to sit next to me, or to do anything with me; I kept getting rejected or promised a fictional "tomorrow." Eventually, I gave up. At the time, I did not realize I was being bullied. I thought I was a normal first grader. I believed I did not need any friends because I had my books and my family to keep me company. Gabby Douglas and I both suffered from the negative effects of bullying; however, we both found ways to overcome them. In Douglas' instance she decided to team up with Hack Harassment, an organization that works to reduce cyberbullying, and talked to young adults to give them more self-worth. In my experience, someone else helped me. My new teacher realized that I was lonely, and introduced me to a friendly group of girls. These girls taught me how much joy a simple friendship can bring to a person's life. Individuals like my teacher and organizations like Hack Harassment who take actions against bullying are called anti-bullies. Being an anti-bully is not limited to certain people; everyone can be an anti-bully. Like Douglas, you could join an organization to help yourself or others overcome the negative effects of bullying. Another way you could be an anti-bully is by letting everybody in your community know that you care and are there for them. Like my new friends, you could be an anti-bully by being friendly and by offering ways to get professional help to victims, bullies, and anybody involved. By making the simple choice to not be a bystander, you are already helping millions of people. Bullying is when someone who has power chooses to harm another less dominant person. It is cruel, inhumane, and destructive. The effects of this act are visible through research studies, celebrity examples, and personal stories. Many individuals and organizations are setting great examples by being anti-bullies. They are giving opportunities to people like you and me to help 87 Human Rights Essay Thousands of kids and adults get bullied everyday, they fight with themselves and others constantly. Though this might sound scary, the thought that you could be one of these victims of bullying in a week or even a day is much scarier. Bullying is when someone intentionally hurts or harms someone using a power advantage and finds some kind of satisfaction in the victims pain. Bullying is never a good idea, it creates unsafe environments, lowers the self esteem of kids, teens, and even adults and has a negative effect on mental health. Many people have experienced bullying either themselves or know someone who has experienced bullying. Here's two stories of bullying, one of a normal high school student and the other about a well known olympic champion. When my dad was in high school he moved schools a lot, so he experienced many situations where he was the new kid, and you know what that means in high school, teasing. There was one kid in particular at my dads 'permanent' high school who bullied my dad frequently. His name was Derron, and he was short but he hung out with big kids that he would often use for protection. Derron would call my dad names and make fun of him daily, and after Derron started doing it, so did all qf his big, tough friends. 90 Most of these kinds of stories include a trusted adults, but my dad's story didn't. Don't get me wrong, he had loving and supportive parents who would have helped him through this in a heartbeat but my dad is really independent and stubborn he wasn't going to ask for help unless he really needed it. He never let the bullying get to him so he didn't really need anyone to talk to about it. One day Derron and his friend saw my dad in the library and they cornered him. They said their usual insults but there was something about this particular incident that really set my dad off, the bullying was constant and he was fed up with it. So he decided to stand up for himself. My dad threw down his books and stood tall against Derron, he firmly said to Derron and his friend, "Stay away from me.", before walking calmly out of the library. This showed the bullies how strong my dad was and they stopped bullying him. The next story is about a famous celebrity you may know, Gabby Douglas. Gabby Douglas is an amazing gymnast and is adored by many, but even these kind of people get bullied for no reason. During the National Anthem of the Olympics Gabby Douglas, (like many athletes have done), didn't put her hand over her heart. Online viewers and 'fains' saw this as a sign of disrespect. Cyberbullies pummeled her with hate that grew after they saw Gabby 'not supporting' her teammates at the Olympics. All this hate got to Gabby's head and soon seeing it made her depressed. Even though Gabby didn't do anything wrong, she still apologized for any things she may have done. After she apologized, Gabby decided she didn't do anything to deserve this constant sadness and she decided she had to forget about it and hold her head high in order to be truly happy. When she started doing this she forgot about the haters and focused on her supporters, 91 and overcame bullying. These kinds of situations happen to helpless and innocent people daily, and if we don't do something about it your siblings, your friends, and maybe even you could be the victim in one of these situations. It may be hard to do alone, but together we can defeat bullying. Here are some of my ideas for overcoming bullying as a community. My first idea was to create some kind of 'kindness challenge' on the internet to help spread happiness. The challenge would be to do some act of kindness, like maybe complimenting a person or helping a shopper with their groceries, we could also include a hashtag like #spreadkindness. The person could share a photo or video of their act of kindness, this may inspire other to do nice things to others. These acts of kindness could make someone's day, create friendships, and maybe even save a life. Another good way to prevent bullying, especially in schools, would be to teach the severity and wrongness of bullying early on and make bullying a bigger and more serious topic in schools. I know some kids say they are getting bullied as a joke with their friends but they don't understand that it is a real problem that toys with people daily. Even though these kinds of comments are inconsiderate, we can't just blame them on the kids saying it, we can also blame the education they've had. They obviously haven't been taught that bullying is a really serious topic that is not to be messed around with, or else the wouldn't be joking around about it! If schools tried to make bullying a more important and more serious topic in schools kids would take bullying more seriously, kids would feel more comfortable talking with educated teachers about their experiences with bullying, and it would decrease the amount of bullies in schools. My final idea to try to 92 '15 If I could do something to prevent bullying, I would make a campaign or something similar to one to prevent bullying. It could either be online, or as a community-based thing that could spread to other community's. My campaign would result in people being and saying kind words to everyone. If they have something mean to say, they would keep it to themselves. The world, or at least community, would be a better place. Someone who has taken action against bullying is Alexandra Penn. She created NiceBot, a robot who sends kind tweets to others. The result of this action against bullying is that people can wake up seeing a complement, or just see it during a stressful day. Whichever one, it puts a smile on someone's face. Jeremy Lin is also someone who has tried to stop bullying. He started teaching young kids about bullying since his own experiences hurt him. Because he was bullied, Lin has empathy for others who experienced that too. He learned how to cope with bullying from his basketball coach, and has since passed that knowledge on to others. If all these ideas come true and work effectively, the world would be a better place. Bullying is repeatedly hurting someone smaller or weaker to make yourself feel better. It is important for people to follow this advice because then bullying would be very rare. People would be happy and not be committing suicide because of this horrible act. This is why everyone should listen and take my advice to heart. Works Cited Akron Beacon Journal. "Ohio Community Wages War On Bullying". Newsela. 11-08-16 95 Washington Post. "On Twitter, A Cheerful Robot Sends Nice Messages To Fight Bullies". Newsela. 12-16-15 Lin, Jeremy. "Opinion: Basketball Player Did Not Listen To Bullies". Newsela. 1-19-16 96 'IL Bullying in Pop Culture Did you know that 51.1 % of suicidal thoughts in middle to high school kids are caused by bullying? I define bullying as something someone does to hurt or make someone feel bad. Bullies in pop culture cause people to be less likely to stand up to real bullies because of the actions of their fictional victims. The fowling are some real stories of bullying. Anyone can be a victim of bullying, for example olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas. She caught flak from twitter users on two separate occasions. Once for looking "unsupportive" of her teammates and another time for being too muscular. Eventually it stopped but if she would have done something it would have stopped a lot faster. My good friend once posted a mean video about me. It revealed my real and screen name, information I didn't want public knowledge at the time. I told my parents who contacted theirs who made them take the video down, and grounded them. The whole problem was solved in about 24 hours. It is much more effective to report the problem, pop culture is discouraging this and making the problem even bigger. The bullies in media affect how we see bullies and their victims weather we realize it or not. If we change their influence of these characters in specifically in TV shows an_d showed how to properly stand up to or report them bu;;ies would be far less prevalent. Younger kids shows having just an episode focusing on bystanders and their role in bullying or teaching how to stand 97