Note: This is an essay based on a true story. This was used in a olo provinical exam in the past to help prepare for my English 10 provincials this past summer. Names were changed for identification reasons. Bullying is one of the most common issues in today’s society. Bullying occurs in school‚ work‚ or our own neighbourhood. Bullying also occurs online. Bullying is one of the hardest things to get over‚ and this is my story. ~Intro ~ During the years I was bullied in school
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texts and emails. When it gets this far‚ so far that there is no possible way for escape from a bullies hurtful words‚ where does one turn? Many think the only option is for them to leave the world entirely. Think about that; feeling so low so worthless and so unloved‚ that you would rather be dead‚ than go on. It’s a hard reality to grasp‚ but if we don’t‚ where does that leave bullying victims? Alone? Drowning with nothing to grasp and nothing to hold. I’m here because I want to tell you why you
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the Holocaust. The author took events from Germany and the war and made it into his own story. Furthermore the power of words is conveyed throughout this book using many examples. Power manifests itself in many different ways through the novel. Power is highly manifested in the book by the rising power of Hitler‚ the power of words‚symbols in a multitude of ways. Symbols and words are a very important part of the book. That is shown in the book from the scenes of the bonfire‚ Max’s books‚ Hitler also
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most common thing going on in the school yard: bullying. Bullying is any repeated action that is done in a harmful way. Like most of us‚ we do NOT want to be bullied. But with the rise of technology‚ bullying has gotten bigger than just in the school yard. It’s now on social media. Most people think the two are the same‚ but if you go research in depth‚ it is more different than you think. The difference between cyberbullying and traditional bullying is the horrible non face-to-face interaction‚ the
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the lives of millions‚ and left many more scarred. Unfortunately‚ bullying exists today and has many parallels to the Holocaust. Bullying is an act of using superior strength to intimidate others. The Holocaust itself embodies many themes of bullying. Both the Holocaust and bullying begins when people target certain victims‚ act as bystanders‚ and feel the need to put others down‚ or a need for power. A common aspect of bullying is an oppressor targeting people with similar characteristics such
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Who is likely to be bullied? Bullying is a traumatic issue schools are having in today’s society. Sometimes a bully will act the way they do because they have problems going on at home or are just acting out. Boy’s and younger middle school students are most likely to be bullied (Santrock‚ 2013). Children who say they are bullied tend to be lonely and have difficulty making friends‚ while the bully has low grades‚ smoke cigarettes‚ and drink alcohol (Santrock‚ 2013). Researchers have found that anxious
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The N-word has become a broadly used word in today’s society. However‚ it is not acceptable to use in your everyday language. The N-word has a historical background. The use of the N-Word was generated out of a hatred for African-Americans‚and is based on the racial advantage in the early times of the United States. The use of the N-word is offensive to many who come from a family that may have black culture. The word stems from negative stereotypes of Black people. Some of these stereotypes include
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on the use of “forbidden words” in the media‚ the individual responsibility of using curse words has increased. In this research I have found that the use of curse words has heightened some people’s sensitivity to these words. Children are the most affected and the parents are not far behind. The use of curse words in our media has changed our perspective; children and teens use them sometimes on the daily basis‚ but is this change a good thing? The common curse words‚ some starting with S’s and
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Since the late 1800’s‚ the word ‘retard’ has been used - firstly as a clinical diagnosis to mean delay or hold back in term of progress‚ then later became a derogatory slang to mean stupid or dumb. While the word certainly was used to mean intellectually inhibited‚ many believe the everyday usage of the word “retard” is not directed toward people with disabilities‚ and therefore should be okay to incorporate into day to day conversation. Even though you might think the word is not offensive to friends
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The word nigga comes from the Latin word niger which simply means black. The word niger was then changed to negro and integrated into two other languages‚ Spanish which kept the pure meaning of the word as “black”‚ and English which perverted the meaning into “black person”. However‚ by about the 1800s most white Americans had adopted the word as a derogatory racial slur to describe black African American slaves and yet again changed it into a new form of the word. They transformed the word negro
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