- Bullying Widespread in U.S. Schools, Survey Finds: http://www.nichd.nih.gov/news/releases/bullying.cfm
- School Bullying and Teen Bullying Statistics: http://www.familyfirstaid.org/bullying.html
Do you think the articles' estimates that approximately 16% of teens are victims of bullying is to high? Too low? (16% is about 1 out of 5 teens.) Why? Keep in mind that bullying includes teasing and name calling as well as hitting, etc.
One of the doctors in the first article says that teens are more likely to be bullied about their appearance or their behavior than their race or religion. What things do you think teens are most often bullied about?
The second article says that younger teens (6th-8th graders) are more likely to experience bullying. It also says boys are more likely to be bullies than girls. Do you agree? Again, remember that there are many different kinds of bullying.
3 comments:
I think that 16% of children being bullied is too high. People should not be bullied when they are in school or when they aren’t in school. The only reason that I think people are bullied is because they are different then what people think they should look or act like. I think that teens are more likely to be bullied about their appearance or their behavior than their race or religion because there is a standard that is set in people’s minds that every one should act, dress or look a certain way. When a person does not follow those standards set in everyone’s mind they are considered to be different and they get picked on. In today’s world it’s almost like it’s not ok to be different from everyone else, and that you have to fit in a mold so you wont be picked on which I think is wrong. I think most people are bullied about the clothes they wear because everyone want to wear the designer clothes and the ones who don’t fit the mold and wear the clothes are considered to be lower on the scale and get bullied. I also think that boys are more likely to be physical bullies and that girls are more likely to be mental bullies because boys want to show that they are tough and girls usually play more mind game bulling with words not actions.
Jessica Everingham
I think that 16% teens get bullied is way to high. Teens have to deal with problems at home, with homework, after school activities, insecurities, etc. the last thing they need it so go to school and worry about being made fun of.
With the things I have personally experiance and things I have seen happen to other people I think students now in age are a lot more opened minded so apperance doesnt count as much as it would personality. But I do feel looks count, such as the things you wear, how you fix your hair, and your daily apperance. But I rarely see people get made fun of because of thier race or religion, but that could depend on your backgrond or surroundings, I dont really see it because at U-high thier is a wide varity of people of all backgrounds.
I dont agree with the statment that boys are more likely to bully then girls. But I do believe that they are more likely to bully in different ways. With guys I feel that it can result in physical action and you can be hurt physically. And with girls I feel that they are more likely to pick with the little flaws and use harsh words towards each other, but I think both boys and girl bullies have a big emotional impact that the ones they are bullying.
Edessa Brown
i think that girls care to much about what they look like in high school more thenn collage students and grown women because everyones so different and they're all changing. so everyone is different and are trying to figure out whats right and whats wrong. people need to learn to accept who they are and how everyones different. i mean it's not really even gonna matter when we're out of high school what you wore one day and who did their hair like that. thats why6 i think girls out of highschool in my opinion are more comfortable with themselves because they already have the friends and maybe boyfriends and their family and they're just working on trying to get a good career so they're not thinking about who's really wearing what.
jordan stork
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