Conclusion/Suggestion for Change

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Cyberbullying Conclusion 

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Cyberbullying is cruel and hurts a lot of people. Middle school students can cyberbully for fun just to get a reaction out of others and think it is funny to make someone feel bad about themselves, but it is wrong and can be really damaging to someone they hurt in the proses of ‘having fun’. They need to realize how dangerous it can be to someone they are hurting. I feel like in school they need to be addressing the issue of cyberbullying in more depth and with a more effective way. Cyberbully is growing because of the amount of technology available to students nowadays. According to the National Center for Educational Statistics 97% of teachers reported that they had at least one computer in the classroom every day that students could use if they need/wanted to. Students need to know what is right and wrong when using the computer or any other sort of technology because they are not always aware at such a young age of what the effects of bullying can have on someone.

 Although girls are more likely to be cyberbullied and boys verbally and physically bullied it still happens to both genders. Students need to talk to other students about cyberbullying because they are more likely to listen to someone closer in age then them then an adult. I think there should be more programs in schools where older students talk to younger ones about the effects of cyberbullying are and what are ways to stop cyberbullying from continually happening. There should be peers in school that other students can talk to if they feel like they are being bullied because students are less likely to talk to an adult because of the fear of getting in trouble themselves. I personally knew someone that was cyberbullied and did not want to talk to an adult about it because of the fear they would too be in trouble. I feel like having someone in the school that is there to talk to them about cyberbullying would really help so students could go to them and talk about what is happening and find out the information that would happen if they told an adult, and would be/feel safe and know that they would not get in trouble but helped and feel safe again online.

Cyberbullying is a very pathetic in my opinion because the bully is hiding behind a screen making an innocent person feel bad about themselves when they should not at all. People cyberbully to feel better about themselves or just for fun and that is wrong because they need to figure their own issues out not attack someone else. Cyberbullying takes life away from young students that think their life will never get better because of mean people that have nothing better to do with their lives then hurt others. Cyberbullying is a very serious issue that is not addressed enough in school and at home. Students need to know what cyberbullying can do to someone and they need to know that there will be consequences for their actions if they choose to engage in cyberbullying themselves. 

       

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Department of Health and Human Services. Cyber / bullying statistics. Retrieved from http://www.statisticbrain.com/cyber-bullying-statistics/

NCES. (n.d.). Retrieved from website: http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=46