Laws Of Bullying In Schools

Laws on Bullying in Schools Do the laws on bullying really prevent this abuse? Bullying has an extremely negative effect on each victim’s life. Those who are continuously bullied can be pushed into violence and against themselves or others. Sometimes a victim can be pushed to the point of hurting themselves or even hurting the ones by whom he/she are bullied by. Although there are State laws and policies against bullying in Oklahoma, these laws are not proving to be affective nor are they enforced; there should be federal laws put in to place that will decrease the amount of bullying that occurs in schools. There usually are numerous different aspects of bullying. The students who bully usually have issues of their own; some bullies come …show more content…
When someone is being physically bullied, it most often started as a different form and advanced to physical. Physical bullying is very rarely the first type of bullying that a victim will have to endure. In physical bullying the most common weapon the bully will use is their own body (“Make Beats Not Beat Downs”). When someone is being verbally bullied, that is when a bully is using language to gain control over their peers. A verbal bully will make use of mockery and harsh insults to bully their peers. For example, a verbal bully may make fun of another student’s lack of physical capabilities or may call a peer names based on their appearance. Even though verbal bullying does not cause any physical damage, it can have long-term psychological damage on the victims (Fraser-Till). There are many outcomes that come from learning to see oneself as an undesirable, incompetent individual. Some of the psychological damage is that it becomes more likely that you will become increasingly vulnerable to becoming depressed, angry, and bitter. No one should have to endure bullying, no matter what …show more content…
Not many people understand the severity of the consequences of getting bullied all the time. Students get told awful and hateful things on a daily basis that causes the bullied student to hate themselves, hurt themselves, or even hurt others. Some students even bully people by telling them constantly that they should go and kill themselves. What those bullies do not understand though, is that some of those students actually do kill themselves. Many students even go from public schools to online schools because they did not want to have to get bullied. Some students just completely drop out and never return to school just because they did not want to have to get bullied (Pant). Students who are bullied are more likely to feel disconnected from school and not like school, have lower academic outcomes, including lower attendance and completion rates, lack quality friendships at school, display high levels of emotion that indicate vulnerability and low levels of resilience, be less well accepted by peers, avoid conflict and be socially withdrawn, have low self-esteem, have depression, anxiety, feelings of loneliness and isolation, have nightmares, feel wary or suspicious of others, have an increased risk of depression and substance abuse, in extreme cases, have a higher risk of