ThatDude30
Gold Member
Has anyone ever been a victim of a bully? Has anyone themselves ever bullied another kid? Have you ever witnessed some being bullied and did nothing to intervene? Or did you?
Bullying and suicide, Bullycide, are considered together when the cause of suicide is attributable to the victim having been bullied, either in person or via social media.
Approximately 3.2 million students are victims of bullies each year. According to Dosomething.org about 90% of students in grades 4 through 8 reported being a victim of bullying and one in four teachers admitted to witnessing an act of bullying and failing to intervene.
Suicide is the third leading cause of death among young people, resulting in about deaths per year, according to the CDC. For every suicide among young people, there are at least 100 suicide attempts. Over 14% of high school students have considered suicide, and almost 7% have attempted it.,
I think bullying is an act of a coward. I personally dislike the thought of a kid getting picked on for whatever reason. I don't think it is being addressed enough. Schools should add a course covering the subject of bullying into health class and every year beginning with the 4th grade through 10th or 11th. Not just a brief course but an extensive and in depth course in understanding effects of bullying.
I have participated in speaking engagements in front of high schools who contacted us and was at that time experiencing a problem of bullying with in their school, about gang violence and bullying, and at every single engagement at the very end of my speech I would ask 1 last question, "Who here in the audience is a bully?" I was 17 years old and One time I had a kid actually raise his hand. It was a high school in a small town of Punxsutawney couple hours North of Pittsburgh PA. This kid raised his hand, and I was at the other end of the audience so at first I didn't have a good look at the kid. As I got closer and closer the smaller he got. I stood there in confusion. I looked at the kid, looked around the audience, looked at the principle, looked back at my fellow speakers and finally looked back at the kid. I locked eyes with him and said, "are you serious?" This kid had to weigh 100 pounds with 10 pound boots on. Keep in mind the audience was made up of 9th through 12th graders. I said, "you are the bully?" "you are the one who is causing the bullying issue in this school?" I really thought it was a joke and it probably was but all I know is when I asked him to come up on stage and bully me his tail went right behind his legs.
Bullying and suicide, Bullycide, are considered together when the cause of suicide is attributable to the victim having been bullied, either in person or via social media.
Approximately 3.2 million students are victims of bullies each year. According to Dosomething.org about 90% of students in grades 4 through 8 reported being a victim of bullying and one in four teachers admitted to witnessing an act of bullying and failing to intervene.
Suicide is the third leading cause of death among young people, resulting in about deaths per year, according to the CDC. For every suicide among young people, there are at least 100 suicide attempts. Over 14% of high school students have considered suicide, and almost 7% have attempted it.,
I think bullying is an act of a coward. I personally dislike the thought of a kid getting picked on for whatever reason. I don't think it is being addressed enough. Schools should add a course covering the subject of bullying into health class and every year beginning with the 4th grade through 10th or 11th. Not just a brief course but an extensive and in depth course in understanding effects of bullying.
I have participated in speaking engagements in front of high schools who contacted us and was at that time experiencing a problem of bullying with in their school, about gang violence and bullying, and at every single engagement at the very end of my speech I would ask 1 last question, "Who here in the audience is a bully?" I was 17 years old and One time I had a kid actually raise his hand. It was a high school in a small town of Punxsutawney couple hours North of Pittsburgh PA. This kid raised his hand, and I was at the other end of the audience so at first I didn't have a good look at the kid. As I got closer and closer the smaller he got. I stood there in confusion. I looked at the kid, looked around the audience, looked at the principle, looked back at my fellow speakers and finally looked back at the kid. I locked eyes with him and said, "are you serious?" This kid had to weigh 100 pounds with 10 pound boots on. Keep in mind the audience was made up of 9th through 12th graders. I said, "you are the bully?" "you are the one who is causing the bullying issue in this school?" I really thought it was a joke and it probably was but all I know is when I asked him to come up on stage and bully me his tail went right behind his legs.
