“A study found that the survey of 1000 young people age 14-25 found that 23 per cent had been bullied in the past year, but only half had sought help”.(“Schools”). Ms. Henry a 7th year college student at ST. Columba’s Catholic College made a statement that “kids are really vicious” “They just absolutely attack you any way they can.” Ms. Henry began to be tormented at her church youth group and then kids began putting their bags on her seat, so she had nowhere to sit. She did not tell anyone what was going on because she believed that if she told She would be considered a “Snitch”. Ms. Henry went into further detail about how it made her feel helpless and weak.(“School’s”). “Children are twice more likely to suffer bullying at school than online or at work”.(“School’s”). The statistics and quotes above mentioned are directly saying that children, teens, etcetera are not very likely to report bullying as one might think. The real life story was an example of why bullying is a problem in the teen population. These articles could lead to an inference of because children are more likely to suffer from bullying at school compared to online or at work that school is where the problem lies. The problem being that schools at a younger age do not focus on bullying prevention or at least downplaying that behavior as well as creating consequences that will make an impact in a child's life. The story
“A study found that the survey of 1000 young people age 14-25 found that 23 per cent had been bullied in the past year, but only half had sought help”.(“Schools”). Ms. Henry a 7th year college student at ST. Columba’s Catholic College made a statement that “kids are really vicious” “They just absolutely attack you any way they can.” Ms. Henry began to be tormented at her church youth group and then kids began putting their bags on her seat, so she had nowhere to sit. She did not tell anyone what was going on because she believed that if she told She would be considered a “Snitch”. Ms. Henry went into further detail about how it made her feel helpless and weak.(“School’s”). “Children are twice more likely to suffer bullying at school than online or at work”.(“School’s”). The statistics and quotes above mentioned are directly saying that children, teens, etcetera are not very likely to report bullying as one might think. The real life story was an example of why bullying is a problem in the teen population. These articles could lead to an inference of because children are more likely to suffer from bullying at school compared to online or at work that school is where the problem lies. The problem being that schools at a younger age do not focus on bullying prevention or at least downplaying that behavior as well as creating consequences that will make an impact in a child's life. The story