Bullying is when a person or people physically or mentally hurts another person or people. Bullying happens everyday in schools, in town, and at work. Normally, children from the age of twelve to seventeen are bullied, bully others. Every day around 160,000 teens skip school because they are afraid of their peers. You can't change who you are, but most kids and adults are afraid to be who they are.
What Are the Causes of Bullying?
There are many causes of bullying. When a kid is between the ages of 12 to 17, they can be very self-conscious. Children can take advantage of this and hurt others. Teasing to physically hurting someone is all considered bullying. Bullies are usually the ones who are self-conscious.
What Are the Consequences?
If someone is caught bullying (in school) they can be violated, and be reported as a HIB. (Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying) If you are reported for a HIB, it goes onto your permanent record. However, if you are an adult, the police could become involved if the situation is serious enough.
What Actions Can YOU Take?
If you strongly agree with me, that bullying is completely wrong, there are many steps anyone can take. For instance if you log onto https://www.dosomething.org/ you can sign up to make a change. This website allows you to take a stand, and even host your own event. This is a great website because it allows you read about other people's stories. It really is inspiring!
What Are the Solutions?
There are many solutions to solve and decrease bullying worldwide. If you are just beginning to get bullied you can talk to the bully, or talk to a trustworthy adult. If the bullying continues to be a problem, contact the school principal.
About The Author!
What Actions Can YOU Take?
If you strongly agree with me, that bullying is completely wrong, there are many steps anyone can take. For instance if you log onto https://www.dosomething.org/ you can sign up to make a change. This website allows you to take a stand, and even host your own event. This is a great website because it allows you read about other people's stories. It really is inspiring!
What Are the Solutions?
There are many solutions to solve and decrease bullying worldwide. If you are just beginning to get bullied you can talk to the bully, or talk to a trustworthy adult. If the bullying continues to be a problem, contact the school principal.
- 1 in 7 students between the grades kindergarten and senior year of high school are bullied or victims of bullying
- 56% of students by the time they graduate high school have witnessed bullying
- Revenge is the most common reason for bullying
- 1 out of every 10 students who drops out of school does so because of repeated bullying
About The Author!
Hi! My name is Gabby, and I am 14 years old. I am in eighth grade and I will go to high school next year. I love hanging out with my friends and family! I love to dance and play tennis. Bullying is a very important issue to me and I hope everyone realizes that it needs to stop! Bullying is wrong!
I really like how you had the part that says how we can help prevent bullying.
ReplyDeleteThis was really informative Gabby! You had great facts and a leaned a lot from this post. I learned a lot about why bullies are bullies and how to help this issue. One thing you could have done better was write a little bit more on each question, but other than that your blog was really good!
ReplyDeleteI like that you explained everything in detail and that you separated everything into subsections. It makes everything more organized and easier to read. I think you could have wrote a little more in each section but otherwise it was really good.
ReplyDeleteI really liked how you explained everything about bullying and had the dosomething.org website included. Maybe next time you could explain each question a little more.
ReplyDeleteThere was a lot of interesting facts and pictures on your blog. It was great how you explained what bullying is, how it happens, and how to prevent it. One thing you could have improved on is the length of your sections.
ReplyDeleteThis was a really good post and had a lot of good facts. I also liked how you told us how we can prevent bullying.
ReplyDeletePros: Great Visuals. The way the post was formatted is good. The amount of images were effective
ReplyDeleteThis post was very good. You had some good facts and pictures.
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