Essay On Cliques

Harassment and bullying have been linked to 75% of school-shooting incidents. Bullying can largely impact one’s life, even causing them to turn towards violence. The violence of bullying may separate a person from others but after it is still possible to meet others. Dealing with bullying is no easy feat, but after getting help and dealing with it, one can still make friends and enjoy life. One of the challenges facing school students the most is bullying. This may be because “bullies are usually motivated by a sense of power and control they feel when picking on people” (“Cliques”). People enjoy feeling like they have control over someone or something. This is especially true in bullies and a reason one may continually pick on another person. Another thing that makes this problem worse is “when the bullies are the school’s elite students, teachers and administrators often turn a blind eye to such issues” (“Cliques”). This makes it harder for students to make the bullying stop. Teachers will listen but will not stop the
People may become bullies since “peer pressure is an important influence on young people's attitudes and behaviours” (Kaplan 55). Negative peer pressure may give a person the wrong idea and starts to create a rebellious student which could turn into a bully. While positive peer pressure will help students be “faithful to their own values” (Kaplan 29). Peer pressure from families may also create a bully and why one may “try to become part of a group because of their family situation” (Kaplan 28). Since one’s parents could hurt them emotionally or physically that person may want to do the same to other people. So, these people will seek others that want to do the same, influencing the kids to be like the parents. Peer pressure plays a large factor in bullying, but there is a way a student can avoid or stop both the peer pressure and