Alexis Pratt
English II- 4th
Block
Ms. McKoy
4 September, 2013
Don’t Be
a Bully, Be a Star!
During my middle school years, I’ve
experienced a lot of depression because of people bullying me. In 6th
grade, an eighth grader picked on everything I do, such as my clothing and my
hairstyle and I skipped science class to go cry in the bathroom for 2 weeks.
One day, I can feel her eyes just staring at me and her laughter made me so
vicious that I started to fight back because I couldn’t take all the pain,
suffering and her power raging over me. My life depended on it and I never
thought that I wanted to commit suicide sometimes because nobody cared about
me. I never thought that I had to experience getting bullied and I think no
teenager should experience it at all! Bullying can affect teen’s lives because
it might affect their future!
There are facts about bullying that many
people as myself didn’t know the effects of teens lives & their future.
According to my research, bullying statistics, the article states that cyber
bullying affects many adolescents and teens on daily bases. Technical bullying
is forming of bullying that transforms thorough the internet or text messaging.
Even though technical and cyber bullying in school has something in common, but
cyber bullying also presents unique challenges. It also involves technology for
use of social media sites to bully or harass another person. Bullying can lead
to anxiety depression and even suicide! More important including, “Fewer than 1 in 5
cyber and technical bullying incidents are reported to law enforcement!” Many
teens think their wouldn’t be consequences of their actions bullying other
people, but this article states that around half the teens have been victims of
cyber bullying and “over 25% of adolescents and teens have been bullied
repeatedly through cell phones and internet”. Meanwhile, most kids have
committed suicide because of being bullied, but also Jane Smith explained that
parents talk to their teens about cyber and technical bullying; explaining that
it is WRONG and can have serious consequences. Make a rule that teens should
tell somebody and save evidence to prove that cyber and technical bullying is
occurring. If teens have been the victims or perpetuators of bullying they may need
talk to a counselor or therapist to overcome depression or other harmful
effects of cyber bullying. It is not an easy experience to deal with, but if it
keeps on occurring, the experience of their future get worse.
I would like to research what are more
solutions can other teens to do to make cyber and technical bullying stop from
occurring because I believe that it can be stopped. I also think that cyber
bullying and technical bullying affecting teens lives, as my personal
experience, has shown me how much cyber bullying can effect not just my life,
but other teens lives and find out what can we do to make sure bullying do not ruin teenagers lives. What can we do as a
community to let teens know what are the consequences and the effects of bullying?
Even though bullying is causing lives through suicide, I hope I can find out
more about more types of bullying and inform bullies that bullying other people
is NOT the answer to problems.
I love how your documentary portray the story of what its really like for teenagers because parents and teachers really don't understand how horrific it is until something drastic occurs. they think that children are just being children or that we are joking around but in your documentary a grown woman in fact she was the next door neighbor who was practicing and part taking action in cyber-bulling cause the young girl to harm herself and that cuts deep we all have been bully at one point or another some more than others but I loved how you were so connected with your topic and how your feelings towards it showed in your documentary great job alexis! the only question still remaining is what you would like your viewers to do after watching your documentary
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