According to El Monte Union High School District bullying is defined as “as intentional‚ repeated hurtful acts words‚ or other behavior‚ such as name-calling‚ threatening and or/shunning committed by one or more children against another” (“Anti-Bullying” par. 2). There are several types of types of bullying: verbal‚ physical‚ and cyber bullying. Verbal bullying is the action of one that uses words to upset their victims by teasing and taunting them. This usually occurs because the bullies have low
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Imagine that you’re a parent of two kids. Your oldest daughter‚ loves to be active in sports‚ works hard in school‚ and has a lot of friends most people would consider her popular. But your youngest daughter has a fear of people. A fear of talking to them‚ seeing them‚ or being seen by them. She wasn’t always like this‚ until she was bullied at school. You noticed she came home and cried almost every day‚ her tears were more than just the average tears. They were tears of heartbreak‚ tears that made
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Don’t get me started on Bullying! Suicide. It’s a very touchy subject isn’t it? But it happens; it’s a fact of life. Did you know that every 90 minutes a teenager takes their own life? There are over 5‚000 teenage deaths a year. Half of these deaths are not due to family problems‚ nor depression‚ not even abuse‚ but bullying! People often bully for a number of reasons‚ but some of the prominent ones are because of the other people around them. Peer pressure‚ imitation‚ and compensation are the
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sends his or her child off to school for the day hopes that‚ as a student‚ his or her child will get to learn and grow in a safe environment and will get to return home at the end of the day. Schools‚ particularly public high schools in the US‚ attempt to ensure this by implementing “zero-tolerance” policies. Zero-tolerance describes a set of rules and disciplinary codes for students in order to keep as many students from harm as possible. Commonly‚ a zero-tolerance policy disallows‚ on threat of
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Zero tolerance policy has been around since 1994. While zero tolerance may sound fair and reasonable‚ it isn’t practical when in use of instances when the victim is not at fault or was doing a good deed. In his very long scholarly article‚ “The Constitutional Limit of Zero Tolerance in Schools”‚ written by Derek W. Black‚ many people have been expelled for doing good deeds. Black tells the story of how a boy named Benjamin got expelled in middle school for coming to the immediate aide of his friend
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Smoking- Good or Bad? Smoking is a very serious issue in today’s culture and life. Tobacco related diseases are some of the biggest killers in the world today and are cited as one of the biggest causes to premature death in industrial countries. Yet‚ it is a source of income for developing countries. So here the question arises “Smoking- Good or Bad?” Smoking may be seen as a negative thing to some but it does have some benefits. The sales of cigarettes are extremely profitable‚ at an average
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Abortion isn’t a bad decision when it comes to not wanting a baby. For example‚ when the mother has health issues or any other medical issue‚ abortion is an option so the baby doesn’t get affected. A mother has the decision in order to choose abortion knowing if she thinks it’s the best for her condition or self. It shouldn’t be considered as murder even when it’s at 10 to twelve weeks. Even though parts of the body‚ such as; the legs‚ arms‚ it is not considered a human being. Pro-abortionists fully
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Skyrim: Stormcloaks vs Imperial Legion Imperial or Stormcloak? Which side do you join? For those in the world who know their Dragonborn identity‚ will always have been immersed in that age old question‚ the world split into a half. Having been released on November 11th 2011‚ Skyrim has flown to the top of the most grossing games yet‚ having shipped over 7 million copies in the first week it is an immensely popular game through out the world. Set in ‘Medieval’ times‚ Skyrim is an RPG made
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Have you ever been a victim of bullying or witnessed it? Throughout history many people have been pushed to their emotional limits due to the insecurities that another person has made them feel. These people tend to take their problems out on others. Also many people laugh at the act of bullying‚ but others have the courage to stand up to the instigator with a display of extreme disappointment. Bullying immensely effects everyone throughout a community with its negative aspects; therefore it is necessary
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We’ve all experienced bullying at some point in our lives. But bullying is more than just a part of growing up. It is a form of aggressiveness or violent behavior shown to children who are quiet‚ shy or unsociable. Bullying can often be started with rumors and can result in very serious and unimaginable consequences such as suicide. Since bullying is such a prevalent problem in todays world‚ a solution is necessary to stop this atrocious act from being committed. Bullying occurs when kids aren’t
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