There were three essential plans of reconstruction offered by President Lincoln, President Johnson, and Congress. In effect of the major Union victories in 1863, at the battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg, President Abraham Lincoln began to develop his plan for reconstruction. Lincoln wanted to reassemble the North and South after the war ended. Lincolns game plan for Reconstruction included the Ten-Percent Plan. The Ten-Percent Plan stated that a state in the south could be reaccepted into the Union once ten percent of its voters testified an oath of allegiance to the Union. Delegates were then elected by voters to establish new state governments and draft revised state constitutions.…
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me”, the famous rhyme I would recite when someone was indeed hurting my feelings. The insecurities I had as a child from being overweight or having larger ears that stuck further than most of my peers, were in fact the very reason I was being bullied. In the article “How Being Bullied Affects Your Adulthood” by Kate Baggaley she describes how one family therapist by the name of Ellen Walser DeLara interviewed over eight hundred people ranging in age from eighteen to sixty-five about the lasting effects bullying had on their live. The author explains that from DeLara’s research over the years, she has uncovered a distinctive pattern from adults who were severely bullied. DeLara…
Odd Girl Out is a TV movie that follows the struggles of a young girl named Vanessa Snyder, who must deal with the brutality and peer pressure from the children in her class. This film is based on the advice book Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls by Rachel Simmons. It shows that bullying among girls is usually non-physical, indirect and unnoticeable. This problem is harmful, destructive and usually ignored, leaving victims to suffer in silence. Vanessa is a young girl in eighth grade who begins the year a happy, confident teenager who is “in with the in crowd” led by her best friend Stacy. When a young boy Tony becomes interested in Vanessa whom her friend already likes, Stacy and her band of loyal followers seek revenge on Vanessa by completely destroying her. Vanessa soon becomes the victim of this non-physical, verbal violence from her former friends. Even though Nikki, Stacy’s other best friend who is jealous of Vanessa, is the main girl who is tormenting Vanessa, Stacy plays her part by pretending she's still Vanessa's best friend and not stopping the verbal attacks on her. Vanessa is slowly pushed out of class activities, called names, socially isolated and the worst, her tormentors create a hate site about her on which they put humiliating photos and hateful comments about her. The bullying escalates, with Stacy, Nikki and the rest of the popular girls, cornering Vanessa inside a bathroom and verbally brutalizing her, including degrading every aspect of her and revealing her embarrassing secrets. Vanessa ends up chopping all her hair off while in a nervous breakdown. Soon she starts cutting school and lying to her mom to avoid the brutal attacks she faces every day. Vanessa’s mother tries unsuccessfully to address the problems and speaks with the principal of the school to see if any steps can be taken to stop this harassment. The principal, however, informs her that they cannot take disciplinary action against non-physical…
We became good friends during the 5th and 6th grade when we were both bullied by the same person claiming to be our friend. She would emotionally blackmail us, manipulating our emotions and perception. During the 6th grade, she took advantage of our fear and turned us against each other. Telling us that the other person was lying or that the other person was going to get us in trouble or expelled. We eventually made up after a week upon realizing that it was her that was lying. To deal…
When I was in fifth grade, I had my very first fight. It wasn’t exactly my choice, and I would have prefered to escape this particular fight, but that wasn’t an option. I was dealing with multiple bullies for a few years, but I’d say fifth grade was the worst of them all.…
Bullying is not an action we wish to see or experience. Girl-to-girl bullying is not wished upon as well, especially when you are apart of it. Since the beginning of my school education I seemed to become a magnet of bullies. In elementary school, I tried to be helpful towards others. I assisted with homework, cleaned up after activities, and I even did most of the work in group projects because the other kids groaned and complained about it. Unfortunately, due to my acts of being helpful I was called, "dog" by the girls who wore nicer clothes than I did. That nickname stuck around until 4th grade because of the fact I'd listen to anyone who'd ask for help. I was even called, "Heavy" as a supposed nickname for "Heaven" when it has been to call me fat. Around 5th grade,…
I was bullied for having a speech impediment. I became very depressed because I was never bullied for this before. I knew that I had that disability, but I thought that no one would think anything of it. It was the worst year in my life. I knew that I couldn’t handle this pressure for four years. I was faced with the decision of whether to change schools again, or stay in hell until I graduated.…
Good things happen to those who hustle according to Chuck Noll, but for me hustling has been just another second of failure. It was during the fall of sixth grade when I decided to try out for the school football team.…
Bullying changes a lot of people for the better or worse, it has changed me in a way I…
Physical bullying is more common in middle school but declines in high school. Bullying can have many negative effects, not only personal effects on the individual victim. Gays, lesbians, teens with disabilities and teens in certain ethnic groups or who are people of color are often singled out for bulling in high school. Some teens bully teachers or other school employees instead of or in addition to their peers. Everyday 160,000 teens skip school because of bullying.…
Over the next few months, my popularity increased. I found myself in the middle of a large group of friends, and it was fascinating to me that these people actually wanted to be around me, to be my friend, to talk to me; and this time, they said nice things, not insults and threats. I never told any of my new friends about the bullying at my primary school. I guess I thought that if I told them, they might change their opinions of me and maybe think that I wasn’t so cool after all.…
According to the Merriam Webster’s dictionary the term, “bullying” is defined as. “A form of aggressive behavior manifested by the use of force or coercion to affect others, particularly when the behavior is habitual and involves an imbalance of power. It can include verbal harassment, physical assault or coercion and may be directed repeatedly towards particular victims, perhaps on grounds of race, religion, gender, sexuality, or ability. The ‘imbalance of power’ may be social power and/or physical power. The victim of bullying is sometimes referred to as a ‘target‘. Bullying consists of three basic types of abuse – emotional, verbal, and physical. It typically involves subtle methods of coercion such as intimidation. Bullying can be defined in many different ways.” Almost every parent will have to deal with some form of bullying in their child’s lifetime. Whether their own children become the target of bullying, witness someone else being bullied or they, themselves, are in fact, considered the “school bully”. These are all important issues to consider in what to discuss to your child before they enter elementary school. What can be done to prevent bullying, dealing with aggression, proper punishment of bullies at school and the consequences of cyber bullying are all topics that should be discussed by parents with their children.…
High school is a place totally different from Middle school. High school is a place where it would be the best or worst four years of your life, and maybe change who you are. I remember in middle school I would be very outgoing and not care what people thought, but for some reason I do care now.…
When I was young I would always used to get bullied and pushed around. Me and my brother would get bullied on the bus by the older teenage kids that would call names and would pick on us. I was feeling just like Thomas when he was really mad that right arm thought they could do anything to him. When Thomas fought back I realized that I could be like Thomas and fight back for what they were doing to us. Ever…
Everyone has their story, and anyone can be moved by that person's story. I feel like my story is not really a sad one, but a revealing one. Before the age of 13, anyone who knew me would say that I am not the same person they saw waking up and going to school, not following the rules and thinking I was too cool for anything. In my head, I ruled my own little world, but in the real world, I was nothing but a victim of bullying. Life isn't easy for anyone, I , in particular, was genuinely scared a lot of the time to even get on the bus for school, soon enough I was able to tell myself to just let go. To let go of all the pain, and forgive the people who wronged me.…