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Hey Guys,

So everyone knows…this will be my last post on this blog.

I have learned a lot of things while doing this assignment. First of all I have learned a very valuable lesson about blogging and how I can use it too communicate information to others. The topic I blogged about if you have not read my posts was School Bullying.

I learned my most important lessons while learning about this topic. School bullying is a topic that is ever present in our society. I personally have felt that by learning about the different types of bullying that goes on in school, I have been made aware of certain things that I personally  do that could be considered bullying.

After learning of the horrendous things that come from saying simple things that do not seem like bullying, I have vowed to watch what I say to make sure it will not be hurtful to anyone.

I hope and challenge you all to be mindful of what you say and how you act. I would hope that we can all stay away from bullying others.

Please, if you are being bullied, the best thing you can do is tell somebody. If the people you tell at first do not believe you, tell someone else until someone finally takes you seriously. Do not get discouraged and give up.

Bullying is very serious. There are many different ways in which bullying can take place. In my previous posts we discussed just how people these days are bullied and just how to prevent those different types of hurtful things from ensuing.

We talked about the statistics of all of this, and by so doing this we uncovered the true seriousness of bullying as we looked at the different types of bullying and how that effected different people.

One of the biggest challenges for me was exploring the world of Bullicides. These really touched me because these kids felt like they really had no where to go in life. They felt that what those kids were saying or doing to them was really what defined there personality and who they were. Just looking at all those people who were included on that page I hyperlinked in my last post, and just seeing how they all felt they should end their lives, really touched me.

I do not ever want to be the cause of someone loosing their life over something stupid I said, or something someone else said that I could have stopped or some activities I could have prevented.

By focusing on what we can do to stop bullying, we become less likely to make mistakes like bullying others or encouraging behavior that could lead to that kind of stuff.

As my final post of this blog comes to a close, I would like to thank all of you for reading my blog. I hope we can all try a little bit harder to make somebody else feel special even if they are weird or not cool.

With Love,

mormonman

Hello guys!

Today  I want to make a special post which honors the lives of the those who have chosen to take the route of suicide due to bullying.

I have found a web page that gives a description of most know cases of suicide due to bullying.  The fact remains that suicide is definitely not the best option if there is a problem like this.

I feel that we should honor those who felt it necessary to take such a step and who felt so desperate that they could not turn to an adult or another person who could help them.

Along with honoring those who have committed suicide because of this, I would like to warn you…suicide is NOT the option that should be taken if you are in a situation similar to the ones portrayed in the web page above. If help is required, make it a point to tell someone who will listen.

Anyone, tell anyone.

Thats better than the option that these kids felt was the only one they could take. Help is ever present in the school systems and with parents and friends. They can help you and be your friend when you need it.

Being told to “go die” and when people say “the world would be better without you” by some stupid immature teenagers means nothing. Everyone has potential and no one can know just what you actually will contribute to this life.

Just think, if your a Christian, maybe God has a plan for me. Maybe God wants me to endure these challenges to help others later in my lifetime.

I know that there is a way out of situations similar to these. I feel for the families and the victims of these horrendous suicides and hope that as is well with them.

mormonman

Hey guys,

Another topic that has been suggested to me is the one of comparing and contrasting Cyberbullying versus Physical bullying, and which of these two types of bullying could possibly be worse than the other.

According to “Cyberbullying is not worse than Physical bullying”, cyberbullying is not worse than the physical side of bullying for a couple of reasons.

The first being that most teens that were polled feel that more of there peers are bullying through online means. In fact they are right, about 32% of kids who use the internet to connect in some way, feel like they have been bullied.

While this is very serious, 62% of those kids also face bullying offline. While teens are likely to be bullied online because most kids are, it could be more serious to be bullied in a physical way.

Kids agree that while Cyberbullying could hurt for a while, a punch…hurts everytime.

According to Cyberbullying is worse than Physical bullying, Cyberbullying is in fact worse than Physical bullying.

The reasoning behind that theory is that while physical bullying can hurt temporarily, cyperbullying can be more widespread. A large group of people can view a picture or a post that can really hurt someone.

Once on the internet, its almost impossible to get off.

In most cases it is harder to monitor than physical bullying. While a teacher can break up a fight, they cannot necessarily stop someone from posting an embarrassing photo online.

Another problem with the cyberbullying world is the fact that there is no refuge for one to seek. With physical bullying, you can steer clear of a certain person which you cannot do with cyberbullying.

Both of these types of bullying are very real and very scary. There really is not one that is worse than another, so… just do not participate in either or any type of bullying.

mormonman

This is a video is of an Australian child named Casey, who stood up too a bully…

Casey Video

This is an incredible story about a kid who finally had the courage to do what no one thought he could. I am not saying that the best way to stand up to a bully is by fighting, but in this case it caught the attention of the world and has raised an awareness about bullying.

mormonman

Hey everyone,

Like I have stated previously in my posts, school bullying is a very serious issue. It effects people psychologically as well as emotionally. Today though, I would like to focus on a different side of this horrible topic…

The statistics.

According to Ezine articles:

*Over 75% of our students are subjected to harassment by a bully or Cyber-Bully and experience physical, psychological and/or emotional abuse.

*Over 20% of our kids admit to being a bully or participating in bully-like activities.

*Over one half of bullying & Cyber-Bullying events go unreported to authorities or parents.

*In 2009 surveys showed over 100,000 children carried guns to school as a result of being bullied.

*On a daily average 160,000 children miss school because they fear they will be bullied if they attend classes.

*On a monthly average 282,000 students are physically attacked by a bully each month.

*Every seven minutes a child is bullied on a school playground with over 85% of those instances occurring without any intervention.

*46% of males and 26% of females admit to having been involved in physical fights as a result of being bullied.

*Over 85% of our teenagers say that revenge as an aftermath of being bullied is the leading cause for school shootings and homicide.

*The top 5 states in regards to reported incidents of bullying and Cyber-Bullying are California, New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Washington.

*A child commits suicide as a direct result of being bullied once every half hour with 19,000 bullied children attempting to commit suicide over the course of one year.

Having read these statistics, I realize that I have probably incidentally bullied someone over the years. I would challenge you all to try to befriend everyone. Everyone has something they can improve on, and just because they are in the Geek club does not mean they cannot be a cool person.

Try this week to befriend an outcast, not to add more wood to the flames of bullying.

mormonman

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Hey guys,

School bullying, as has been noted in previous posts, is a very serious and as you will see in this post,  sometimes fatal.

A 17 year old boy, Eric Mohat, committed suicide recently due to relentless bullying from peers. They began by calling him gay, fag, queer and homo in front of teachers, who did nothing to stop it.

The bullying of this young man eventually got so bad that, according to the ABC news report: one bully said publicly in class, “Why don’t you go home and shoot yourself, no one will miss you,” he did.

The parents of this boy, filled a lawsuit with the federal court. They believe that the school should have done something to stop the bullying because most of this took place in front of school officials.

The main place in which bullying occurred was Alex’s math class, where the math teacher did not do anything to stop the bullying.

Alex’s parents believe that bullying is a major part of the kids at their son’s high school.

Part of the lawsuit included a plea for the school to start an anti-bullying program. They also want Mentor High School to recognize their son’s death as a “bullicide”, which simply means that due to bullying, someone commits suicide.

In fact, bullying is such a problem at this school that 3 others have committed suicide in Alex’s class.

His parents believe bullying is at the root of these suicides.

The ABC report also states: According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which established the resource center after the Columbine shooting in 1999, every day an estimated 160,000 kids nationwide stay home from school because they are afraid of being bullied.

This is a real example of bullying and the effects it can have on a family and a school.

Bullying is a very serious and often has fatal results.

mormonman

Hey guys!

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Today I would like to talk about they certain types of bullying that goes on in a school setting. There are five different kinds of bullying that you could experience if your bullied, according to The Canadian Safe School Network.  The five types of bullying that I would like to discuss are: Name-calling or teasing, Exclusion, Physical, Threatening, and Cyber-bullying.

Name-calling and teasing “In many classrooms teasing and name-calling are the most common forms of bullying. Unfortunately, because they don’t leave scratches or bruises and often happen when there are no adults around, they can go unnoticed by parents or teachers.” This comes from the source above, The Canadian Safe School Network. Likewise, people can hurt us physically and that is more noticeable by others and can be stopped. Verbal bullying is harder to identify, but should be looked out for.

Exclusion is another form of bullying. In an elementary school setting it could be as simple as not letting someone play with you at recess. In a high school type setting, exclusion occurs when people do not include others. This is fairly easy to recognize and one of the easier ones to fix.

Physical bullying is one of the easier ones to handle. Some kids in a high school may not know how to handle an uprising problem with knowledge. There solution is kicking and punching. Sometimes kids feel like they need to dominate others through hurting them, which is never okay. Teaching kids the proper way to deal with situations is a good way to stop this kind of bullying.

Threatening is very scary because you never know if they bully will carry out the threat. It makes people feel uncomfortable and alone.

Cyber-bullying is one of the worst kinds. It leaves permanent records of abuse on the internet for everyone to see throughout the world. This is made worse by the fact that most bullies tend to be more mean when they aren’t face to face with the person they are bullying.

These are all types of bullying that you may not have recognized. I hope we can all stray away from these types of abuse.

mormonman

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Hey guys!

School Bullying is a very interesting topic to study.  Recently there have been a lot of high school students who feel like they are bullied in some way. There are many different forms of bullying that can take place in a school and I will take you through those in this blog.  Lasting effects on families as well as on individuals can occur when school bullying takes place.

The reason that I am concerned with this topic is because my religion brings a lot of criticism and I would like to learn about the effects that persistent bullying can have.

Likewise, there are many people who are criticized for being of a lower social class and I would like to figure out what happens to the mentality of a person if they are bullied for this…

Are they motivated to get out of this situation?

OR

Are do they cower down and feel like they cannot get out of the current situation they are in?

These questions and more will all be answered throughout this blog by various posts by myself.  I feel that this is a very good thing to research because of the affect it can have on an individuals mindset.

From personal experience I know that it can be very hard on someone to endure bullying.  It degrades and leaves one feeling unimportant and unwanted.

People need a periodical self-esteem boost to have a healthy and normal life.

Being constantly put down and made fun of for something you cannot change or for something you hold precious in your life, leads to an unhappy existence and a feeling of hopelessness.

School bullying is a very serious subject and I would like to study and fully understand the effects of bullying.

I hope you will keep reading my posts.

mormonman