Bullying is a big problem for children and young people that go through it. Bullying is an emotionally draining issue across the world today. Bullying is unacceptable, and there are many people that go through it. It knocks their self-esteem and makes them lose their confidence, and can make them dread going to school each day. Bullying is an underseen problem and is not being handled with. “Over 3.2 million students are victims of bullying each year, and 17% of American students report being bullied 2 to 3 times a month or more within a school semester.” Bullying by definition is “an ongoing misuse of power in relationships through repeated verbal, physical and/or social behaviour that causes physical and/or psychological harm. It can involve
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I as Gemma, am a former victim of bullying. It was such a hard time for me. I locked myself in my room and would make little to no communication with my family and friends. I would lie about feeling ill because I didn't want to go to school because I was so scared. But there were those days where I physically and mentally couldn't even stomach to go to school. There's a quote I once heard “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.” But the truth is it's not true. No matter what we say words will always hurt us. Our school nurse would call me liar and call me hurtful things and then would tell my mom. I moved up to middle school and it got less bad but I was still called names. I then became depressed and antisocial. I had no “real” friends. I then became suicidal and I just didn't want to live. My doctor saw how depressed I was and put me on antidepressants but I rarely took them. I got to the low point of my life that I was moments away from my death until one of my closest friends stopped me, and I am so grateful for him because if it wasn't for him I would have …show more content…
For every suicide among young people, there are at least 100 suicide attempts.” Many people don't even know when others are being bullied or suicidal. “Over 14 percent of high school students have considered suicide, and almost 7 percent have attempted it. Bully victims are between 2 to 9 times more likely to consider suicide than non-victims, according to studies by Yale University.” Also “A study in Britain found that at least half of suicides among young people are related to bullying and 160,000 kids stay home from school every day because of fear of bullying.”
We hear on the news about school shooting and we always ask one another why? We always go straight to saying it's because they have problems and the truth is yes. They do have problems but, not just “regular ones.” They are the victims of being bullied. Bullying statistics say “Revenge is the strongest motivation for school shootings.” NVEEE states that “87% of students said shootings are motivated by a desire to “get back at those who have hurt
I as Gemma, am a former victim of bullying. It was such a hard time for me. I locked myself in my room and would make little to no communication with my family and friends. I would lie about feeling ill because I didn't want to go to school because I was so scared. But there were those days where I physically and mentally couldn't even stomach to go to school. There's a quote I once heard “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.” But the truth is it's not true. No matter what we say words will always hurt us. Our school nurse would call me liar and call me hurtful things and then would tell my mom. I moved up to middle school and it got less bad but I was still called names. I then became depressed and antisocial. I had no “real” friends. I then became suicidal and I just didn't want to live. My doctor saw how depressed I was and put me on antidepressants but I rarely took them. I got to the low point of my life that I was moments away from my death until one of my closest friends stopped me, and I am so grateful for him because if it wasn't for him I would have …show more content…
For every suicide among young people, there are at least 100 suicide attempts.” Many people don't even know when others are being bullied or suicidal. “Over 14 percent of high school students have considered suicide, and almost 7 percent have attempted it. Bully victims are between 2 to 9 times more likely to consider suicide than non-victims, according to studies by Yale University.” Also “A study in Britain found that at least half of suicides among young people are related to bullying and 160,000 kids stay home from school every day because of fear of bullying.”
We hear on the news about school shooting and we always ask one another why? We always go straight to saying it's because they have problems and the truth is yes. They do have problems but, not just “regular ones.” They are the victims of being bullied. Bullying statistics say “Revenge is the strongest motivation for school shootings.” NVEEE states that “87% of students said shootings are motivated by a desire to “get back at those who have hurt