Bullying: The Purpose Of The Columbine High School Massacre

Bullying has been a growing problem among society for years. Bullying was never quite seen as a real or serious issue until April 20, 1999 when the Columbine High School Massacre happened in Little Rock, Colorado. The incident was when two boys, Eric Harris, 17, and Dylan Klebold, 18, who had been bullied and harassed for years for being different whether it was how they looked or their homosexuality, intruded onto school grounds bearing arms and explosives. According to a report on History, “The crime was the worst high school shooting in U.S. history and prompted a national debate on gun control and school safety, as well as a major investigation to determine what motivated the gunmen” (History 1). Harris and Klebold, after murdering 12
Schools all over America are adopting these Anti-Bullying campaigns in order to help avoid these bullying issues. What the campaigns do is that they focus on teaching kids courage and self-confidence, educating people on how to see the signs, teaching self-esteem, establishing safe havens, and getting communities and other people to get involved in the campaigns. The movement is not only just help for the kids, but it also helps the parents so that they can also help their kids if bullying is happening to their children. Bullying can be very mentally harming to not only victims, but sometimes witnesses and bystanders. It can influence hostile and aggressive behavior, depression which could eventually lead to suicide, anxiety, declining grades and strange behavior, and worsening health in both. Anti-Bullying campaigns like “STOMP Out Bullying” and many others aim to reduce and prevent bullying, cyber-bullying, digital abuse, homophobia, racism and hate, school absenteeism, and diminishing violence in
Most importantly they began by spreading awareness that bullying is an issue and should be addressed entirely, proposing ways to prevent it. Laws have already been passed in a majority of states in America. against bullying, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Education developing training programs for people with authorities, such as principals, teachers, and many others, how to prevent and stop bullying once it occurs. There are special organized events, such as the international Anti Bullying Week, National Bullying Prevention Month, Unity Day, Blue Shirt Day, and countless other events that assist in spreading awareness in order to help the movement reach their