By: Madison
B.
Have you
been bullied before on the internet? Has one of your friends been bullied
before on the internet? Chances are you or one of your friends have been called
a nasty name online or been threatened over the internet.
Actually, 42
percent of students have been bullied online. One out of four of these students
have been attacked over the internet more than once. Also, about 35 percent of
students have been threatened online and 58 percent of students have reported
having something said to them or about them in a negative manner online.
Bullying
isn’t always online, though. The National Education Association has estimated
that 160,000 students miss school everyday because they are afraid of being
attacked or intimidated at school by other students. 1 in 7 kids between the
grades of kindergarten and 12th grade are either bullies or bully
victims. Also, 30 percent of students between sixth and tenth grade are
involved with moderate or frequent bullying.
Is this how
you want to be remembered? If you do bully other students, think of it this
way, when someone complements you you’ll remember it for the rest of the class
period, but when you’re called a mean name you’ll remember it all day. It’s the
same concept. When you continuously make fun of someone, that’s all they
remember of you.
My mom was
picked on by one girl in high school. My mom only remembers her as a brat who
made her freshmen and sophomore year of high school horrible. My mom doesn’t
remember any of the nice things she said to her, but my mom can recite all the
mean and nasty remarks she made to my mom word-for-word.
Is this what
you want to remembered as? Think how it feels when you’re picked on. It doesn’t
feel so great, does it? Instead of picking on people, stand up for them when
someone else calls them a mean name, because they’ll remember you as the person
who stood up for them.
Resources:
Bullying Statistics
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