Harassment, is a big problem in today’s school systems, because it’s the “plaintiffs” word against the “defendants”. According to Webster.com, harassment means to annoy or bother (someone) in a constant or repeated way: to make repeated attacks against (an enemy). (..) Most transgender students will keep it a secret, not letting teachers or administrators know what is going on because they are ashamed and think it will do more harm than good. You hit like a girl”, is something that you would hear in early education. In middle school and high school that is a totally different ballgame. In these grades you will hear derogatory words such as “sissy, dike, queer” just to name a few. With the increase in transgender students, teachers have to learn
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Transgender students face much higher levels of harassment and violence than LGB students (….). These students face attacks in schools ranging from being bumped to being seriously injured because they are who they are. These students don’t have to do anything wrong and still will be victimized. Many transgender students had been physically assaulted (e.g. Punched, kicked, or injured with a weapon), in school in the past year because of their sexual orientation (28%) and their gender expression (26%). () One of the biggest types of violence these students face is sexual assault. For example, being followed in the restroom by other students. In today 's society student are often picked on by the way their appearance and the way they act, and because they are transgender makes it ten times worse. Taking a look at students and their environments are often the problems. Growing up around anti-gay or anti transgender families, and watching television shows that being transgender is wrong gives students a different view of others. Judging someone by the way they act is totally wrong, but some students don 't look at it that way because of their "rep" trying to keep up with popularity. So hitting someone or sexually assaulting them may be cool in their eyes. Students may not understand the term of needing someone they hurt, but farther in life the victim may be the one to help them. So students and teachers needs to learn to never judge a book by its cover because it 's what inside that matters. Once a transgender student has been a victim of violence they can then turn into the violent person. A person can only take so much before they explode. Transgender students are tired of being picked on and having a life filled with loneliness, fear and self-hatred. They may not turn to violence against their peers, the majority of times it’s against themselves which
Transgender students face much higher levels of harassment and violence than LGB students (….). These students face attacks in schools ranging from being bumped to being seriously injured because they are who they are. These students don’t have to do anything wrong and still will be victimized. Many transgender students had been physically assaulted (e.g. Punched, kicked, or injured with a weapon), in school in the past year because of their sexual orientation (28%) and their gender expression (26%). () One of the biggest types of violence these students face is sexual assault. For example, being followed in the restroom by other students. In today 's society student are often picked on by the way their appearance and the way they act, and because they are transgender makes it ten times worse. Taking a look at students and their environments are often the problems. Growing up around anti-gay or anti transgender families, and watching television shows that being transgender is wrong gives students a different view of others. Judging someone by the way they act is totally wrong, but some students don 't look at it that way because of their "rep" trying to keep up with popularity. So hitting someone or sexually assaulting them may be cool in their eyes. Students may not understand the term of needing someone they hurt, but farther in life the victim may be the one to help them. So students and teachers needs to learn to never judge a book by its cover because it 's what inside that matters. Once a transgender student has been a victim of violence they can then turn into the violent person. A person can only take so much before they explode. Transgender students are tired of being picked on and having a life filled with loneliness, fear and self-hatred. They may not turn to violence against their peers, the majority of times it’s against themselves which