According to a paper written by Andrea Cohn and Andrea Canter, they say that bullying is the most common form of violence in our society today; between 15% and 30% of students are bullies or victims(Bullying in Schools 4). Bullying in the schools has gotten way out of hand and has been troubling for researchers trying to find a solution for many years. Anyone can become a bully no matter what shape or size that person is. Bullying is a terrible thing to deal with as it is but having to deal with it is another challenge within itself. There has been many laws passed to help stop bullying everywhere around the United States. Bullying has plagued schools for decades and has been a well-known problem for students and even adults since you can
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These bullies use this incognito method to post on social media hurtful words that they think are funny but never take into account what the victim feels because they are not seeing their reaction in person. These “cyber-bullies” are very hard to find and catch the culprit because they do not use their real names(Bullying in Overview 4). This method of bullying is most commonly used because it is the easiest. There is very little risk if it is really hard to identify them. Most of the time it even goes unnoticed because nobody reports it. They either scroll past the hurtful post or they join it which makes it even worse for the victim. Bullies can be scary because anybody can become one, there are so many types of bullies that it makes it difficult to spot …show more content…
This law now encourages the student to anonymously tip the principal or any one of higher authority about the bullying problem they witnessed. Some schools such as, East Hanover, setup a hotline where students can call and explain the act they had seen(NJ Anti-Bullying Law 2). Also at these schools they are setting up boxes in the main office where students can write down on paper and submit it that way. This new setup the schools are implementing has helped stop some bullying but not all. There will always be bullying that nobody notices and thats the scary part. People may never know who the actual bully is and it will never be found
These bullies use this incognito method to post on social media hurtful words that they think are funny but never take into account what the victim feels because they are not seeing their reaction in person. These “cyber-bullies” are very hard to find and catch the culprit because they do not use their real names(Bullying in Overview 4). This method of bullying is most commonly used because it is the easiest. There is very little risk if it is really hard to identify them. Most of the time it even goes unnoticed because nobody reports it. They either scroll past the hurtful post or they join it which makes it even worse for the victim. Bullies can be scary because anybody can become one, there are so many types of bullies that it makes it difficult to spot …show more content…
This law now encourages the student to anonymously tip the principal or any one of higher authority about the bullying problem they witnessed. Some schools such as, East Hanover, setup a hotline where students can call and explain the act they had seen(NJ Anti-Bullying Law 2). Also at these schools they are setting up boxes in the main office where students can write down on paper and submit it that way. This new setup the schools are implementing has helped stop some bullying but not all. There will always be bullying that nobody notices and thats the scary part. People may never know who the actual bully is and it will never be found