It wasn’t until the 1990’s that the internet became popular. Now today it is used for everything from shopping, to watching videos, to communicating with peers over social media. Although, in some cases, the internet is a place where people can rant and vent about how they feel about something or someone. Sometimes, so much so, that it turns into cyberbullying. Due to the easy access of the internet, many of these rants have been easily focused towards a specific classmate. This causes the schools to feel the need to step in and try to control the problem. Here are four reasons why I believe schools should be able to limit students’ online speech.
First, it is shown in document A that off of a survey done by 10-18 year olds in the southern US, 25.1% of girls have been cyberbullied in their lifetime compared to 16.6% for boys and 21.3% of girls have been the cyberbully compared to 17.5% of boys. Although also from document A, it is shown that boys are more likely to post a mean picture or video and were more likely to have cyberbullied someone within the past 30 days. This means that cyberbullying occurs more often than people think. In document B, off of a survey of British school teachers 15.1% have been a victim of cyberbullying and of that 44.2% occurred from a pupil. 38.6% of the …show more content…
Just like in the cartoon where the principal asks “What was stolen this time…credit cards... bank accounts… social security numbers?” and the teacher the replies with “Privacy and dignity”. This document relates to document F because although bullying has always been around, now that kids have the free range access of the internet it has gotten easier and more personal than ever. For example, as previously shown in document B, it has caused not only students but teachers as well to become
First, it is shown in document A that off of a survey done by 10-18 year olds in the southern US, 25.1% of girls have been cyberbullied in their lifetime compared to 16.6% for boys and 21.3% of girls have been the cyberbully compared to 17.5% of boys. Although also from document A, it is shown that boys are more likely to post a mean picture or video and were more likely to have cyberbullied someone within the past 30 days. This means that cyberbullying occurs more often than people think. In document B, off of a survey of British school teachers 15.1% have been a victim of cyberbullying and of that 44.2% occurred from a pupil. 38.6% of the …show more content…
Just like in the cartoon where the principal asks “What was stolen this time…credit cards... bank accounts… social security numbers?” and the teacher the replies with “Privacy and dignity”. This document relates to document F because although bullying has always been around, now that kids have the free range access of the internet it has gotten easier and more personal than ever. For example, as previously shown in document B, it has caused not only students but teachers as well to become