It was on one Friday night in October, my parents’ anniversary, I was home alone reading all of the horrific comments over and over again that was on my Facebook timeline about me. It has been a month since my life went up in flames and took a turn for the worse, and I can honestly say I’m sick of everything and I can’t take it anymore. I decided to check my other social media accounts Twitter and Instagram to see if anything was being posted on those about me there because my notifications were going off left and right every second that went by. Tears threaten the brim of eyes as read the tweets, “@slumkingxx__ :Damn have y’all seen @prettybowneyees_xo nudes ;P!” “@wright..david__ :I can’t believe how stupid she was nd actually sent me those
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It uncovers the id in everyone that is sitting behind that monitor screen and keyboard prying on the week hoping to catch their next victim. According to i-SAFE America, “42% of kids have been bullied while online. 1 in 4 have had it happen more than once.” (i-SAFE 1) The Worldwide Web unleashes all the demons that people think don’t exist or would never set forth in the real world. The bitter world of the Internet has corrupted honest people’s minds and given them an easy, accessible way to manipulate others. A simplistic disappointing recognition, a cynical comment, or unveiling of news that was tough to hear can ruin a day for any …show more content…
The first thought that I thought of was “I must be in heaven.” “No babygirl you aren’t in heaven just yet. God wasn’t ready for you to leave us just yet.”, my mom said to me as she walked towards the hospital bed. I didn’t even realized that I was talking out loud until she said that back to me. Cyberbullying has taken the lives of many young teens in not only the United States but all over the world. Taylor Clementi, a freshman at Rutgers University, had taken his own life by jumping from the George Washington bridge in 2010. He was exposed on facebook by a video of him having sex with a man went viral. All the hateful and mental abusing comments led to take him taken his own life. (Gardenswartz
It uncovers the id in everyone that is sitting behind that monitor screen and keyboard prying on the week hoping to catch their next victim. According to i-SAFE America, “42% of kids have been bullied while online. 1 in 4 have had it happen more than once.” (i-SAFE 1) The Worldwide Web unleashes all the demons that people think don’t exist or would never set forth in the real world. The bitter world of the Internet has corrupted honest people’s minds and given them an easy, accessible way to manipulate others. A simplistic disappointing recognition, a cynical comment, or unveiling of news that was tough to hear can ruin a day for any …show more content…
The first thought that I thought of was “I must be in heaven.” “No babygirl you aren’t in heaven just yet. God wasn’t ready for you to leave us just yet.”, my mom said to me as she walked towards the hospital bed. I didn’t even realized that I was talking out loud until she said that back to me. Cyberbullying has taken the lives of many young teens in not only the United States but all over the world. Taylor Clementi, a freshman at Rutgers University, had taken his own life by jumping from the George Washington bridge in 2010. He was exposed on facebook by a video of him having sex with a man went viral. All the hateful and mental abusing comments led to take him taken his own life. (Gardenswartz