Introduction As of recent, the children have started a new school year. Many are returning to the same school while others are starting a new school. This means that they will make new friends, get acquainted with some former ones and for some both will happen. This can also be a scary time for some because even though the school year just started, some will encounter those who have bullied them from the year before or worse, they can and will encounter a new bully. The statistics of children who are bullied each year are startling: 1 out of 4 children will be bullied in their adolescence. (Bullying Statistics: Anti-Bullying Help, Facts and More, 2010)
That is not even including the number who are bullied online each year. In this body …show more content…
The type of bullying she suffered will be explained, the consequences that she experienced as a result of being bullied and her attempts at dealing with such, strategies that the author believes Amanda’s teachers, parents and authorities could have enforced in order to prevent repeated bullying …show more content…
In the video, Amanda described many ways that she was bullied but for the sake of this review, only two will be outlined. The initial bullying started when she was pressured into flashing her breast online.
In normal circumstances, that would not seem like bullying but here is the reason why it is.
Peer pressure is experienced in various ways. It can go from teasing, to threats to even abandonment of friends for not following the “in crowd” with doing certain things. She feared that if she did not comply with the demand of the person or persons to flash her breast, (1) she would not have them as friends anymore and (2) she would be deemed as unpopular amongst her friends both online and in school. As we learned thereafter, she complied with the request and was threatened that if she did not do it again, her photo would be released. Unfortunately because she did not her photo was released. The repercussions of that lead to the next type of bullying
Amanda endured: tormenting. Everyone seems to always find out the worse things about people and that was no different for Amanda. At this point, the whole school found out and even
That is not even including the number who are bullied online each year. In this body …show more content…
The type of bullying she suffered will be explained, the consequences that she experienced as a result of being bullied and her attempts at dealing with such, strategies that the author believes Amanda’s teachers, parents and authorities could have enforced in order to prevent repeated bullying …show more content…
In the video, Amanda described many ways that she was bullied but for the sake of this review, only two will be outlined. The initial bullying started when she was pressured into flashing her breast online.
In normal circumstances, that would not seem like bullying but here is the reason why it is.
Peer pressure is experienced in various ways. It can go from teasing, to threats to even abandonment of friends for not following the “in crowd” with doing certain things. She feared that if she did not comply with the demand of the person or persons to flash her breast, (1) she would not have them as friends anymore and (2) she would be deemed as unpopular amongst her friends both online and in school. As we learned thereafter, she complied with the request and was threatened that if she did not do it again, her photo would be released. Unfortunately because she did not her photo was released. The repercussions of that lead to the next type of bullying
Amanda endured: tormenting. Everyone seems to always find out the worse things about people and that was no different for Amanda. At this point, the whole school found out and even