Bullying In High Schools

School Administrators take on bullies. Bullying in Junior High and High Schools has reached astounding levels unto which “Twenty two percent of students report being bullied during the school year”. Bullying comes in many different forms and is usually intentional by deliberately causing harm, either physical or emotionally. It typically makes the child feel less about them. A child’s education, health and safety are impacted due to bullying. School administration should listen carefully when a student who is bullied talks to them about the bullying situation, and quickly address the behavior with the bullies as some students feel there is no way out of the situation. Bullying comes in different forms. It can be either physical or emotional to purposely hurt, humiliate or harm another person and can occur on a single instance or become a pattern. Bullies tend to have …show more content…
It is equally important to speak with students about bullying, as they need to understand bullying is real and happens daily. They should be aware of the repercussions of actively being involved in the bullying of another child and should accept responsibility for their actions. Actively discussing the prospect of bullying insures that each student is aware and can spot a situation before it escalates.
To deter bullying in public school systems there should be a zero tolerance for bullying and corrective measures in place to deal with bullying whether it is physical or emotional. There should be no politics when it comes to bullying. Administration needs to have an open door policy for students to feel comfortable talking about the situation. In addition to that the students need to know and understand that administration is listening carefully and taking the situation seriously. Administrators must take immediate action in rectifying the situation.