Controversial Issue
Morgan Glass
Mrs. Edwards
11 Honors, Block 4
2 March 2015
Controversial Issue Essay Bullying is a reoccurring issue for children and young people that go through it every day at school, or out of school. Bullying encompasses a wide range of malicious aggressive behaviors, including physical violence, verbal mockery, threats, ostracism, and rumors spread either orally or by other means of communication, such as the internet (“Bullying”). It may rise as a response to low self-esteem, loss of confidence, and many levels of anxiety, depression, or anger (“Bullying”). In extreme cases, victimization can lead to suicidal ideation, while in other cases; it can get out of hand and lead to the bully murdering their victim (“Bullying”). Many of these effects can last well into adulthood (“Bullying”). Bullying is such a large controversial topic because not all schools and parents know how to deal with the problem correctly and effectively. There are three key elements to stopping bullying: educating the bullies, imposing greater sanctions for the bullies, and protecting the victim. The reason that bullies must be educated is because many of them do not realize how much they are hurting their victim. In serious cases, bullies wouldn’t want their victim to become as suicidal as they have made them to be. The second way to deal with bullies is to punish them and not allow them to get away with things that they would never get away with in the real world. Parents who are aggressive or neglectful, use corporal punishment, or engage in serious conflicts with each other are more prone to have children who bully because they was what they were used to when growing up (“Bullying”). The final main way to cope with bullying involves working with the victim. Victims of bullying need to know their self-worth so that they don’t just accept what’s happening to them and need to be taught to be assertive without being aggressive. The bulk of the research on victims suggest that they are
Mrs. Edwards
11 Honors, Block 4
2 March 2015
Controversial Issue Essay Bullying is a reoccurring issue for children and young people that go through it every day at school, or out of school. Bullying encompasses a wide range of malicious aggressive behaviors, including physical violence, verbal mockery, threats, ostracism, and rumors spread either orally or by other means of communication, such as the internet (“Bullying”). It may rise as a response to low self-esteem, loss of confidence, and many levels of anxiety, depression, or anger (“Bullying”). In extreme cases, victimization can lead to suicidal ideation, while in other cases; it can get out of hand and lead to the bully murdering their victim (“Bullying”). Many of these effects can last well into adulthood (“Bullying”). Bullying is such a large controversial topic because not all schools and parents know how to deal with the problem correctly and effectively. There are three key elements to stopping bullying: educating the bullies, imposing greater sanctions for the bullies, and protecting the victim. The reason that bullies must be educated is because many of them do not realize how much they are hurting their victim. In serious cases, bullies wouldn’t want their victim to become as suicidal as they have made them to be. The second way to deal with bullies is to punish them and not allow them to get away with things that they would never get away with in the real world. Parents who are aggressive or neglectful, use corporal punishment, or engage in serious conflicts with each other are more prone to have children who bully because they was what they were used to when growing up (“Bullying”). The final main way to cope with bullying involves working with the victim. Victims of bullying need to know their self-worth so that they don’t just accept what’s happening to them and need to be taught to be assertive without being aggressive. The bulk of the research on victims suggest that they are