Brittany Steve(Edison):Bullying in Schools

Bullying in schools is a worldwide problem that can have negative consequences for the general school climate and for the right of students to learn in a safe environment without fear. Bullying can also have negative lifelong consequences–both for students who bully and for their victims. Bullying is comprised of direct behaviors such as teasing, taunting, threatening, hitting, and stealing that are initiated by one or more students against a victim. In addition to direct attacks, bullying may also be more indirect by causing a student to be socially isolated through intentional exclusion. While boys typically engage in direct bullying methods, girls who bully are more apt to utilize these more subtle indirect strategies, such as spreading rumors and enforcing social isolation. A strong correlation appears to exist between bullying other students during the school years and experiencing legal or criminal troubles as adults. I find that people who were bullied in school, seem to develop low self-esteem, or with behvior issues. Bullying in schools especially for younger kids is a very serious social problem. People end up committing suicide to themselves from bullying.

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