Harassment In Middle School Essay

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"Many middle school students who were harassed or assaulted in school never reported the incident to adult authorities--57% never told school staff and 50% never told a parent or other family member". GLSEN (2009). The experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender middle school students (GLSEN Research Brief) New York: Gay, lesbian and straight Education Network. Nevertheless, the idea of telling authorities or even the parents about the harassment is sometimes useless. One of the factor that the student consider is that, they have tried telling authorities or even their family members, but it doesn't change the scenario at all. The second factor might be, they fear those people who harassed them because they was threatened that those

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