When bullying, harassment, and cyber harassing are put together, it can be very catastrophic. Kids are now able to have more access to phones than kids 20 years ago did! Children in the 90’s all they had to social with was in school and playing outside with the neighborhood kids. They didn 't have to worry about the dangers of cyber bullying because it didn’t exist. If they were getting bullied at school they wouldn’t have to worry about it at home because they were safe unless they were getting bullied and abused by their parents. So what is better, the days of less technological use or current days with every year there is some type of new technology being built? That old saying where parents will say “they’re just being kids” or “every kid
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While making others aware of the consequences of bullying, social awareness on the topic of bullying is being spread out more for the public. While spreading awareness, there can be preventions against cases like the one of Phoebe Prince, a 15-year-old, who tragically committed suicide due to the severe bullying that she endured both in school and outside of school. Phoebe was a kind girl who always smiled until the “popular girl” and her friends decided to make her pay for trying to talk to a guy that was the popular girl’s ex-boyfriend. Phoebe was constantly tormented and though the teachers knew what was going on, they did not do anything to intervene to stop the bullying. They preferred not to deal with it as a whole. While all this was going on bullying was not completely defined. In the end Phoebe committed suicide and after her death the schools nationwide started to implement a concrete definition of bullying and its consequences. Dr. Dieter Wolke states that “Bullying is comparable to a scenario for a caged animal, the classroom is a place where you 're with people you didn 't choose to be with, and you can 't escape them if something negative happens." this statement asserts that the victim usually is like a caged bird for they can not find any means of escape since notifying an adult or authority only angers the bully more. As a result of that it only makes the situation
While making others aware of the consequences of bullying, social awareness on the topic of bullying is being spread out more for the public. While spreading awareness, there can be preventions against cases like the one of Phoebe Prince, a 15-year-old, who tragically committed suicide due to the severe bullying that she endured both in school and outside of school. Phoebe was a kind girl who always smiled until the “popular girl” and her friends decided to make her pay for trying to talk to a guy that was the popular girl’s ex-boyfriend. Phoebe was constantly tormented and though the teachers knew what was going on, they did not do anything to intervene to stop the bullying. They preferred not to deal with it as a whole. While all this was going on bullying was not completely defined. In the end Phoebe committed suicide and after her death the schools nationwide started to implement a concrete definition of bullying and its consequences. Dr. Dieter Wolke states that “Bullying is comparable to a scenario for a caged animal, the classroom is a place where you 're with people you didn 't choose to be with, and you can 't escape them if something negative happens." this statement asserts that the victim usually is like a caged bird for they can not find any means of escape since notifying an adult or authority only angers the bully more. As a result of that it only makes the situation