Victimisation

Through all of the baggage exemplified in this paper, all pieces feed into the psychological aspects of the students, which affects the students. The main aspects are acts of self-harm and behavior on a day to day basis. In the introduction, suicide has been a topic of discussion by the student as well as the staff and faculty. A big Netflix show called “13 Reasons Why” came out, and schools across the country went into a frenzy. This show brought suicide to the forefront, but students related…

Bullying has become a widespread social issue that continues to affect adolescents as an unwanted and aggressive behavior involving a form of repetition and power imbalance (1). This condition has become widely prevalent in schools and affects students both emotionally and physically with the possibility of long term effects. The common forms of bullying in a school environment can either be physical, verbal, social or technological. Correspondingly, it impacts students despite gender, race,…

How Bullying Can affect Teens Imagine waking up and dreading to go to school thinking about what someone would say to you. Bullying is when someone uses their strength to intimidate you. Bullying can change anyone’s life. Bullying can change the behavior of the one bullied, the bystander, and even the one doing the bullying. Bullying can affect a person’s life so much. There are a lot of Risk factors for a child that can cause bullying. “No single factor puts a child at risk of being bullied or…

Positive Deviance: Paying Compliments My idea for a positive deviant act was giving compliments to my peers. I executed this task at my high school, Milton District, as there are several students and therefore, many opportunities to comment on them positively. I did this on Thursday, November 23rd, 2017 from the morning to early evening. Although I did not compliment every person I saw, I made an effort to flatter my friends, volleyball teammates, and even mere acquaintances. This plan was…

In light of tragedy, especially ones involving human casualty, people want answers. They want to hear that there is something we can blame so the media doesn't need to blame someone else, so we can feel more human in these situations. The problem arises when you see little common threads run into these stories, threads like missing parents, drug abuse, depression. It is crucial to understand how we as humans deal with tragedy, and how our first response is often to blame, find out what caused…

Many people become a part of an accident that isn’t caused by something they can control. Thus, they shouldn’t be held responsible for what happened. I understand that these people didn’t put themselves in the situation, for they shouldn’t have to pay for something they didn’t cause. Things such as fires and earthquakes can sometimes be unavoidable and cause a lot of damage, “Yes, accidents do happen. There are medical emergencies and acts of nature for which no one can plan.”(Survival Is Your…

What is a victim? According to Frank Abate, a victim is defined as someone who is “harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other event or action.” (p.1881) According to Steven Gifis the term victim is not a legal term and therefore does not exist and has no applicable definition in legal terms. (p. 528) The urban dictionary defines victim as someone who met Chuck Norris. (urbandictionary.com) Frank Schmalleger defines a victim as someone who suffers direct or threatened…

How I Learned to Drive is play about growing up and going through the different stages of life. Li’l Bit, the protagonist of the play, went through having an uncle that took advantage of her while she was growing up and dealing with the scars that it left her. The play is written in a way that is easy and allows the readers to follow along, but it is also written to make that the Uncle Peck is the one to blame and victimize Li’l Bit as well. Paula Vogel, the playwright, used characterization to…

What effect does bullying have on children? Being personally targeted by others during a child’s elementary and high school years can tend to have a negative effect upon the victim, and most times it carries on into college and even adulthood. Bullying can start as what the one doing the bullying thinks is playful teasing. It doesn’t just take place in person, it can also be done via text, email or on social media. Bullying is an increasing problem in today’s schools. It is something that…

Blaming the Victim means that the problem is triggered by the people who are affected by it when they usually are not the true perpetrators. Often, there is a main issue that is causing a specific event or events to continually occur and we should first work at an attempt to solve it. Unfortunately, this is not generally what happens. Generally, people will believe that the victim must have done something wrong or behaved inappropriately, therefore bringing the issue upon themselves. As a result…