Many people have heard of or witnessed bullying, but don’t know the full concept of how dangerous it is. One out of 2,000 American teenagers of all ages commit suicide because of bullying. My cousin’s best friend committed suicide because of online bullying (cyber bullying). It is an extremely baleful thing to do. Learn more about bullying as you read on. “Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior,” says stopbullying.gov. It can be online (cyber bullying), by words (verbal bullying), or physically (physical bullying). Bullying can be caused by many things: family, jealousy, academics, personal history, attention, or power. Activists like Alex Libby and Emily-Anne Rigal stand up to bullies in their community on a regular basis. They told everyone about their issues, and people realized how terrible that the problem was getting. Many others stood up to bullies with these activists, and all because they communicated to their community around them. You can prevent bullying. Stand up if you see bullying, report it to a trusted adult, reach out to those hurt or bullied, talk to others about the effects of bullying, and intervene if you see kids fighting. Read more in this website to learn about the effects of bullying, the types, what causes it, some activism on it, how you can help, and more facts.
What Are The Different Types of Bullying?
About 166 thousand children in America miss school each day because they don’t feel safe. Bullying is one of the few reasons why so many kids don’t feel safe. Some kids are bullied verbally, online, or physically. Bullies can agitate others by cyber bullying, physical bullying, or verbal bullying. First off, there is cyber bullying, which is bullying done online or on social media. Some examples of cyber bullying are posting mean or rude comments, embarrassing photos, and texting inappropriate photos. They might make fun of you on social media or public websites, group messages, or to other social areas. Talk to a parent or trusted adult if you know any of these to be true.
Next off, there is physical bullying, which is bullying by touch and abuse. Some examples of physical bullying: hitting, punching, kicking, tripping, biting, slapping, crushing, and any other abuse including harmful physical touch. Let any trusted adult know if you experiencing any of this, as it can escalate and no bully should be doing that to you.
The last form of bullying is verbal bullying, which is through words and threats. Some examples of this would be calling you mean names (ex. “dork, geek, weirdo”), threatening things (ex. “If you ever do that again I will kill you!”), or any other verbally spoken bullying you encounter.
Bullying is a serious issue. It is absolutely not appropriate. If you are witnessing or discovering any of these as yourself, talk to a trusted adult as quickly as possible. This will help the whole community.
What Causes Bullying?
There are many different causes of bullying. Maybe the bullying is caused by family, jealousy, academics, personal history, attention, or power. Don’t feel like the blame of bullying is on you, because it most likely isn’t. Bullying can be caused by many different things.
One cause of bullying can be family. Maybe at home, the bully has many brothers or sisters. The bully’s parents maybe aren’t around much, or when they are, they might not interact with them.
Another cause of bullying can be jealousy. Maybe the bully is jealous of you or your friends in some way. They might try to bring you down by telling you that the thing that they’re jealous of is dumb or stupid.
Academics is also a cause of bullying. Maybe the bully has better grades than you, and wants you to feel bad about yours. Or maybe the bully has worse grades than you and calls you a ‘geek’ or ‘nerd’.
Possibly, you have prior personal history, like you were the best of friends way back when, then you found someone else you became friends with, and you and the bully grew apart. Or maybe you have always been a better player than them on a sports team, and they don’t like that.
Another cause of bullying is attention. At home, the bully could be lacking attention. Since at school, they might not get much positive attention, they seek out other kinds of attention. They want to feel pontifical, so they act out - even though it leads to trouble - and that gives them attention. It might not be positive and rewarding attention, but it still is attention.
Don’t worry if you think that the cause of the bullying is you, because it is most likely not.
Activism Against Bullying
Since bullying is a major problem throughout the world, some people have decided to stand up to this problem. These people are called activists. They find a problem, and want to improve this.
One activist that stand up against bullying is Alex Libby. His life changed after starring in the movie, “Bully.” Libby was bullied on the bus and in school. Hard-working and determined, Alex Libby fought through the bullying he was experiencing. According to The Des Moines Register (http://archive.desmoinesregister.com/), “Alex spent years in therapy for apparent depression, but he never told anyone that his dark moods were largely due to bullying.” He tried telling the vice principal, but she refused to believe it. She said that she had been on the bus and the kids were “as good as gold.” After “Bully” came out, people started to realize how large this issue was becoming. They decided to change their ways and stop bullying. Now instead of teasing Alex, kids come up in the hallway and hug him. Alex Libby was one teen who made a difference on the world.
Another activist against bullying is Emily-Anne Rigal. Rigal is the 17 year old founder of WeStopHate. Emily-Anne was bullied greatly in elementary school because of her weight, so much that she had to change schools. Emily-Anne says in an interview with http://nocountryforwomen.org/, “Each morning, I crossed my fingers in hopes that it would not be a day when my teacher would let my class pick our own partners because I rarely had someone to pair up with. It was mortifying, leading me to eventually switch schools.” As she grew older, she began to develop more self esteem. She realized others were struggling with self confidence as well as her, so she set up WeStopHate.
Ten to 15% of children around the world get bullied regularly. Thankfully, there are many activists to help those kids. Most activists are activists because they were bullied, like Alex Libby and Emily-Anne Rigal. Others know someone or have seen someone be bullied. Anyone can be an activist, including you!
How You Can Help
After reading about activism, you know that an activist is a person who feels strongly about a topic and they want to make change to the world. Devoted and hard-working, an activist helps people who get bullied. But how to become an activist?
You can help against bullying. Stand up if you see it. If you come across any act of bullying, stand by the person getting bullied, and defend them. Try to hide all of your repugnance towards them, and help defend the person who is getting bullied.
Report any incidents you see to an adult like a teacher, staff member, or parent. For example, if you see two or more kids fighting and/or bullying each other, then go straight to the closest teacher, staff member, or parent. If you can’t go straight to a person of authority, then go to them the next class you are in.
Reach out to those being put down. Tell them to stand up for themselves, and how to defend against the bully’s threats. You can tell them that the bully’s just trying to get to them, trying to watch them break down. Tell them to not break down, to stay strong, and just ignore the bullying.
Talk to your school staff about organizing an anti-bullying program, if they don’t already have one. This will show kids effects on bullying, and how they can help. The bullying program will teach kids that bullying is not right, and how to defend yourself against it.
Intervene immediately if you see kids fighting or bullying, and separate them. Tell the kids to stop, and tell an authorized adult.
Activists use these skills to show others peace and kindness. You can use these skills to communicate with others, and help others, too. You can become an activist this way, and have other people follow you. They can become an activist, too, and help other people.
Bullying is a terrible, terrible thing. Join the world to fight against this bullying, and the community will be a happier place. Thank you for taking your time to read my piece for activism against bullying, I hope I have persuaded you to fight and defend against bullying.
What Are The Different Types of Bullying?
About 166 thousand children in America miss school each day because they don’t feel safe. Bullying is one of the few reasons why so many kids don’t feel safe. Some kids are bullied verbally, online, or physically. Bullies can agitate others by cyber bullying, physical bullying, or verbal bullying. First off, there is cyber bullying, which is bullying done online or on social media. Some examples of cyber bullying are posting mean or rude comments, embarrassing photos, and texting inappropriate photos. They might make fun of you on social media or public websites, group messages, or to other social areas. Talk to a parent or trusted adult if you know any of these to be true.
Next off, there is physical bullying, which is bullying by touch and abuse. Some examples of physical bullying: hitting, punching, kicking, tripping, biting, slapping, crushing, and any other abuse including harmful physical touch. Let any trusted adult know if you experiencing any of this, as it can escalate and no bully should be doing that to you.
The last form of bullying is verbal bullying, which is through words and threats. Some examples of this would be calling you mean names (ex. “dork, geek, weirdo”), threatening things (ex. “If you ever do that again I will kill you!”), or any other verbally spoken bullying you encounter.
Bullying is a serious issue. It is absolutely not appropriate. If you are witnessing or discovering any of these as yourself, talk to a trusted adult as quickly as possible. This will help the whole community.
What Causes Bullying?
There are many different causes of bullying. Maybe the bullying is caused by family, jealousy, academics, personal history, attention, or power. Don’t feel like the blame of bullying is on you, because it most likely isn’t. Bullying can be caused by many different things.
One cause of bullying can be family. Maybe at home, the bully has many brothers or sisters. The bully’s parents maybe aren’t around much, or when they are, they might not interact with them.
Another cause of bullying can be jealousy. Maybe the bully is jealous of you or your friends in some way. They might try to bring you down by telling you that the thing that they’re jealous of is dumb or stupid.
Academics is also a cause of bullying. Maybe the bully has better grades than you, and wants you to feel bad about yours. Or maybe the bully has worse grades than you and calls you a ‘geek’ or ‘nerd’.
Possibly, you have prior personal history, like you were the best of friends way back when, then you found someone else you became friends with, and you and the bully grew apart. Or maybe you have always been a better player than them on a sports team, and they don’t like that.
Another cause of bullying is attention. At home, the bully could be lacking attention. Since at school, they might not get much positive attention, they seek out other kinds of attention. They want to feel pontifical, so they act out - even though it leads to trouble - and that gives them attention. It might not be positive and rewarding attention, but it still is attention.
Don’t worry if you think that the cause of the bullying is you, because it is most likely not.
Activism Against Bullying
Since bullying is a major problem throughout the world, some people have decided to stand up to this problem. These people are called activists. They find a problem, and want to improve this.
One activist that stand up against bullying is Alex Libby. His life changed after starring in the movie, “Bully.” Libby was bullied on the bus and in school. Hard-working and determined, Alex Libby fought through the bullying he was experiencing. According to The Des Moines Register (http://archive.desmoinesregister.com/), “Alex spent years in therapy for apparent depression, but he never told anyone that his dark moods were largely due to bullying.” He tried telling the vice principal, but she refused to believe it. She said that she had been on the bus and the kids were “as good as gold.” After “Bully” came out, people started to realize how large this issue was becoming. They decided to change their ways and stop bullying. Now instead of teasing Alex, kids come up in the hallway and hug him. Alex Libby was one teen who made a difference on the world.
Another activist against bullying is Emily-Anne Rigal. Rigal is the 17 year old founder of WeStopHate. Emily-Anne was bullied greatly in elementary school because of her weight, so much that she had to change schools. Emily-Anne says in an interview with http://nocountryforwomen.org/, “Each morning, I crossed my fingers in hopes that it would not be a day when my teacher would let my class pick our own partners because I rarely had someone to pair up with. It was mortifying, leading me to eventually switch schools.” As she grew older, she began to develop more self esteem. She realized others were struggling with self confidence as well as her, so she set up WeStopHate.
Ten to 15% of children around the world get bullied regularly. Thankfully, there are many activists to help those kids. Most activists are activists because they were bullied, like Alex Libby and Emily-Anne Rigal. Others know someone or have seen someone be bullied. Anyone can be an activist, including you!
How You Can Help
After reading about activism, you know that an activist is a person who feels strongly about a topic and they want to make change to the world. Devoted and hard-working, an activist helps people who get bullied. But how to become an activist?
You can help against bullying. Stand up if you see it. If you come across any act of bullying, stand by the person getting bullied, and defend them. Try to hide all of your repugnance towards them, and help defend the person who is getting bullied.
Report any incidents you see to an adult like a teacher, staff member, or parent. For example, if you see two or more kids fighting and/or bullying each other, then go straight to the closest teacher, staff member, or parent. If you can’t go straight to a person of authority, then go to them the next class you are in.
Reach out to those being put down. Tell them to stand up for themselves, and how to defend against the bully’s threats. You can tell them that the bully’s just trying to get to them, trying to watch them break down. Tell them to not break down, to stay strong, and just ignore the bullying.
Talk to your school staff about organizing an anti-bullying program, if they don’t already have one. This will show kids effects on bullying, and how they can help. The bullying program will teach kids that bullying is not right, and how to defend yourself against it.
Intervene immediately if you see kids fighting or bullying, and separate them. Tell the kids to stop, and tell an authorized adult.
Activists use these skills to show others peace and kindness. You can use these skills to communicate with others, and help others, too. You can become an activist this way, and have other people follow you. They can become an activist, too, and help other people.
Bullying is a terrible, terrible thing. Join the world to fight against this bullying, and the community will be a happier place. Thank you for taking your time to read my piece for activism against bullying, I hope I have persuaded you to fight and defend against bullying.