Bullying: A Huge Problem In America

There are many issues in America, but there is one issue that is a huge problem. The number one social issue in America today is bullying. Bullying is a problem everywhere in America. Not only is it a huge problem in schools almost everywhere, it is also a huge problem on social media. But there are solutions to this problem. First of all the victim shouldn’t keep the fact that they are being bullied a secret to themselves. They should report it to someone they can trust. Then they should elevate their self-esteem. In other words they should believe in themselves and not let anyone put them down. And finally they really need confront the bully. Once they stand up to them the bully is going to have second thoughts about ever being a bully. However …show more content…
What they must do is elevate their self-esteem. In other words they need to believe in themselves and they don’t need anyone to put them down. Most of the time their self-esteem is affected because the victims get cyberbullied. Cyberbullying refers to ‘‘an aggressive, intentional act carried out by a group or individual, using electronic forms of contact, repeatedly and over time against a victim who cannot easily defend him or herself.’’(Young-Gibson 2014) In an article titled “Prevalence and Impact of Cyberbullying in a Sample of Indonesian Junior High School Students” (Safaria 2016) it says that they studied a total of 102 seventh grade students. The study took place in Indonesia. There were 72 (70.6%) boys and 30 (29.4%) girls and about 80% of them had experienced cyberbullying almost everyday. It also says that in 2010 the number of internet users in Indonesia rose from 30-35% to 40-45%. There is a lot of information and studies regarding bullying. For example, 177 Canadian teenagers were surveyed. In that survey they found that 22.7% of the students had been cyberbullied by email, 36.4% had been bullied by chatroom, and 40.9% had been bullied by multiple sources. There is a table in that article that says that 19.6% 12 year olds get cyber bullied and that 75.5% of 13 year olds get cyberbullied. The table also shows that the male population gets bullied more than the …show more content…
Whether its cyberbullying or physically bullying it’s still bullying and it affects everyone the same way. Maybe some more than others, but it still affects them. The solutions to this problem are simple, but the victims need to first of all report it/tell it to someone they know they can trust and someone that can fix this problem. Then they must elevate their self-esteem. In other words, they need to believe in themselves and not let anyone them down because they are stronger than they think they are and all they have to do is believe that themselves. Finally the last thing they need to do is confront the bullying. Once a victim stands up for them self the bully will see how strong the victim can be and will have second thoughts about ever messing with them. But some victims have that thing where they are just too scared to tell someone or confront the bully because that bully has so much power to make the victim feel like dirt. Either the bully will make fun of the victim’s race or their disability or surprisingly even former best friends will stab each other in the back. Friends stabbing each other in the back comes from both cyberbullying and physical bullying. Bullying is just a problem that no one understands why anyone does it. It does no one any good. If a bully were to tell their friends they’re actually bullying someone, would their friends say something like ‘congratulations you just made someone feel like