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    How many students do you think are bullied? Really think about your answer. According to a study in 2011 by the School Crime Supplement, “twenty-eight percent of students between the ages of ages 12 through 18 have been bullied”. That is approximately 6,809,000. When I was in kindergarten, I was bullied. I never talked to the girl. She had her friends and I had mine. The first time we talked was when we had to work together for a project. After the next few days, she came up to me and started…

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    Amanda Siwek: There are two common forms of bullying which include cyberbullying and traditional bullying, and unlike traditional bullying, cyber bullies can remain anonymous, which makes it easier for bullies. Most bullies will bully to improve their status or to seek revenge among other reasons. Victims lose self esteem and suffer from other consequences and have a harder time escaping the bullies. Cyberbullying and traditional bullying have some similarities, but these two forms of bullying…

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    Circuses are often entertaining to people but behind the scenes the animals are abused. It bypasses many people because they are overwhelmed with the fun of the circus animals. But there is a deeper story to what goes on in the circus. Many of the animals in the circus are abused and live in horrible conditions which is not only unsafe to the animals, but can also be unsafe to the public. Because of these horrible acts done to the animals, countless circuses should be declared animal free.…

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    Name: Cameron Rodgers Teacher: Mrs. Cox Date: March 30th, 2017 Subject: 10th Grade Lit 4B Cyberbullying is wrong I believe cyberbullying should, in fact, be a criminal offense because I know a person that have harmed themselves(i would rather not use a name) because people would continuously make fun of him because of how he dressed and how he looked . Cyberbullying is a type of bullying that occurs on the internet, hence the name. Cyberbullying is often unpunished until the victim…

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    Public Humiliation as Punishment: Psychological and Social Impacts In the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the main character ensures public shaming as punishment for adultery. In the modern world, judges use public humiliation as a form of criminal punishment. Judges should never sentence offenders to public shaming as a type of disciplinary action. Courts should never use public shaming as punishment due to the psychological effects it has on criminals forced to participate.…

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    After being the target of public humiliation and keeping silent for almost twenty years, Monica Lewinsky walked onto the Ted stage and shared with the audience her personal experience as a victim of cyber bullying and humiliation, as well as her calling for a more compassionate and empathetic world. Her persuasive speech titled “The Price of Shame” is well written, organized and delivered, and is worth learning from.…

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    Dimmesdale hides his own shame with through his guilt, while the public bestows a mark upon Hester. Through a political lens, In The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne wants to point out the flaw in public humiliation and how it fails to address the problem. Instead, Hawthorne wants to show how public humiliation only serves to benefit…

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    these men just wanted to show how powerful they were. They didn’t gain anything from this act of hatred. This girl didn’t ask for this to happen, she was forced to cooperate. Toxic masculinity continues to be shown with Stephen Asma’s article “Humiliations and Rage: How Toxic Masculinity Fuels Mass Shooting.” Asma attempts to gain an understanding on why men do the things they do, in otherwards, toxic masculinity. In his article, he attempts to understand the mind of a murderer by using toxic…

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    insight into punishment and the hypocrisy of those who attempt to condemn us . Through Hester Prynne, Dimmesdale and in some cases Chillingworth, Hawthorne proves public humiliation is a useless and cruel punishment and often times those who judge us have skeletons in the closet as well. Hawthorne shows us the reader that public humiliation is pretty much ineffective and compared to the way we judge ourselves often useless.Public shame is useless because often times we judge ourselves harder…

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    and “A Thousand Splendid Suns”, the topic of power is shown through fear. In Hosseini’s “The Kite Runner”, fear of humiliation and shame takes away an individuals power. In one of the vilest parts of this novel, Hassan is raped. This sickening act leaves him feeling ashamed and afraid of humiliation, should anyone find out what happened to him. By avoiding possible humiliation and staying quiet, Hassan is allowing his raper, Assef, to have power over him. When Amir witnessed Hassan getting…

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