As we as a people move forward technological advancements will continue to occur, more in-depth research studies will be done to better understand our world, and ideas and theories that led the past will fall aside to new truths. This has always been true and now more than ever with the NFL changing to be less violent. But one thing that needs to catch up is thoughts on bullying and the mentality of people.
Old school thought would tell you that bullying is just a part of life that everyone must go through it, it makes you stronger as a person. And I being someone who once shared these beliefs and now am trying to change can not argue against those thoughts. Bullying has and probably will always be a part of the human experience and I am stronger for what I dealt with. But while that may be true it shouldn’t be the way we see things or accept things to be. For every person that shrugs of what someone says to them as if it was nothing another person is hit by it and takes it to heart. And that person more so now than ever may not be able to deal with it and fall into depression or do something drastic to end their pain or fear. Bullies have always been good at using what advantage they have over people to hurt them and now with the internet we are finding that the advantage of facebook and myspace that bullies are using can be devastating. Facebook has become as much a part of people lives as the actual interaction that they have with people and to some more important because it allows for them to be away from bullies at school and talk with their friends. But ow for some it has become a place for bullies to ridicule and make fun of more so than when a adult at school maybe around. Youtube has become a place to air embarrassment for someone for the world to see. Kids now post fights on the internet as much as they post funny clips. Last year the video of the seven girls who beat on one girl for dating one of their ex made headlines this year the video that brought abot suicide by a gay student at Rutgers is making headlines. Infact, four more gay teens killed themselves that week for being made fun of. All of these things stated are things you can not argue against. But that doesn’t mean we should accept them.
We need to put restrictions or avenues in place to protect people on the internet like we at least try with no tolerance laws in school. And stop telling kids to suck it up or be a man, because what if this kid can’t suck it up and does something drastic it would be because we as a society just didn’t care enough to help.
Andrew Boyce
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ReplyDeleteI agree with your argument that bullying is an everyday and pretty much a taught thing. Growing up people get bullied and it happens we can talk to kids and tell them it is wrong but it will still happen. The only difference is that now a days bullying is not the same. It use to be that you could usually only get bullied at school then once a kid left school the bullies would not bother him. With technology today and the way that computers are a part of our life cyber bullying is becoming a big problem. Kids now have to deal with not only bullying at school but at home. Your arguments about how internet has become a place to now embarrass and make fun of people is very well put. The examples you gave about the gay students at Rutgers and the girls fighting it all shows how cyber bullying is now affecting people.
ReplyDeleteKemer Quirk
I completely agree with your argument. Bullying is such a dangerous and common thing. Even though their are now new bullying laws that have been placed in schools, technology has taken it once again to the next level. Your example of youtube was a great one. It sadens me to think that this is what it has come to. Children should be able to go through their awkward stages without having to feel scared that someone is going to make fun of them on top of that. We all go throught awkward stages and sadly we have all been on both sides of bullying before. Or atleast I think most of us have. Even without trying to bully I know that I have talked about people behind their back and that is that same thing. On the other hand girls have made fun and picked on me. It too made me a strong person. I agree that their should be restrictions, sadly I think it is only going to get worse and worse.
ReplyDeleteVictoria Neubert
I agree with your argument as well but i feel that the degree a person is bullied can have a direct connection with how much they open themselves up. Facebook and twitter are alot of times outlets for kids and their thoughts.My brother use to use his Myspace as an expression of his personality and it brought bullying as well as friends. The problem is that because we have drawn away from physical bullying dosen't mean bullying is gonna quit. Bullying has takin on a new form and instead of just embarrassing someone or beating them up, the goal is to humiliate them as a person. This new form of bullying calls for a different way to deal with the problem than how we have in public schools, because we dont have as much control over what is said over the internet without stepping on peoples rights. With that said I believe that kids that are use to their personality being under attack can go two ways make them stronger, and give them a better appreciation for who they are, or for the ones that cant get past it cause alot more problems than any physical abuse could ever create
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