Gavin Grime
Ann Frake
ENG 111
7 October 2015
Are Cyberbullying Punishments Harsh Enough?
A young man, named Tyler Clementi, took his own life by jumping off of the Washington Bridge. Tyler was an 18-year-old freshman student at Rutgers University who was cyberbullied. Tyler took his life after being humiliated by his own roommate, Dharun Ravi. Ravi videotaped Tyler with a male friend, and posted the video online (Sullum). This cyberbullying is an example of why cyberbullying punishments need to be very harsh.
In recent years, with the rise of social media websites along with texting, a new form of bullying has emerged. This form of bullying has become a larger issue (Allman). According to an article in The New York Times, which is a popular …show more content…
Some parents are missing the computer skills to be able monitor their kid’s activity. Victims also do not always report the abuse to authorities in many cases (Allman). This can also leave the parents and school administration unable to control the problem in a good way. Schools in most states are also not required to control the cyber bullying problems. Schools would rather stay out of problems than actually control it. Another reason to support laws against cyber bullies is that even though cyber abuse normally happens out of school, in the student's free time, the effects are often apparent while on school grounds. This can create a disturbance at school and obstructing the victim’s education. This often makes it hard for them to function at school (Whiston). Taking this analysis into consideration, it is likely that people being bullied often avoid many activities because they are afraid of dealing with the pain caused by bullying and then fall behind in their school work. A final reason that victims of cyberbullying deserve legal protection is that the significant pain can lead people to harm themselves or other people. The anxiety and fear caused by cyber abuse leaves many people at a bigger risk for depression. They also have higher suicidal tendencies(Allman). In some cases, like the Columbine shootings, the victims of bullying
Ann Frake
ENG 111
7 October 2015
Are Cyberbullying Punishments Harsh Enough?
A young man, named Tyler Clementi, took his own life by jumping off of the Washington Bridge. Tyler was an 18-year-old freshman student at Rutgers University who was cyberbullied. Tyler took his life after being humiliated by his own roommate, Dharun Ravi. Ravi videotaped Tyler with a male friend, and posted the video online (Sullum). This cyberbullying is an example of why cyberbullying punishments need to be very harsh.
In recent years, with the rise of social media websites along with texting, a new form of bullying has emerged. This form of bullying has become a larger issue (Allman). According to an article in The New York Times, which is a popular …show more content…
Some parents are missing the computer skills to be able monitor their kid’s activity. Victims also do not always report the abuse to authorities in many cases (Allman). This can also leave the parents and school administration unable to control the problem in a good way. Schools in most states are also not required to control the cyber bullying problems. Schools would rather stay out of problems than actually control it. Another reason to support laws against cyber bullies is that even though cyber abuse normally happens out of school, in the student's free time, the effects are often apparent while on school grounds. This can create a disturbance at school and obstructing the victim’s education. This often makes it hard for them to function at school (Whiston). Taking this analysis into consideration, it is likely that people being bullied often avoid many activities because they are afraid of dealing with the pain caused by bullying and then fall behind in their school work. A final reason that victims of cyberbullying deserve legal protection is that the significant pain can lead people to harm themselves or other people. The anxiety and fear caused by cyber abuse leaves many people at a bigger risk for depression. They also have higher suicidal tendencies(Allman). In some cases, like the Columbine shootings, the victims of bullying