Bullying

After watching If You Really Knew Me I discovered that each person has a very unique background that affects how they act in school or toward others. Most kids want to fit in at school so they do things that aren't the real them. Sometimes people bully others to fit in because they feel insecure of themselves. How kids treat others is based on their past experiences that few people know of. For that reason, it makes it easier for someone to bully another person. Not knowing somebody well enough makes it easier to bully them because you don't know there background and past experiences. Another thing that makes it easier to bully is technology. Bullying through technology (cyber bullying) has made bullying easier and more effective for many reasons. Bullies feel safer rather than face to face, they can say things they normally wouldn't, and they can keep up the bullying out of school because technology is everywhere these days. "Bullying is not a new phenomenon, but the Internet gives bullies the ability to continually humiliate their victim and amplify their actions beyond a school’s borders." Cyber bullying is something that cannot be seen as well and can be much more effective because anyone on the internet may be able to see it. I'd like to say this is not a problem at DHS, but it is, however, to a lesser degree. I think it is almost impossible to find a school where there is no bullying that takes place. I think DHS is a good school when it comes to bullying because not much occurs. Its sad to say, but bullying is inevitable and it it does happen to some students at DHS. Sometimes minorities may be bullied because they are "different" from others. Even though bullying seems inevitable, we should do all we can to prevent it. I believe the best way to stop bullying, especially cyber bullying, is to educate the students and teachers the signs and effects of cyber bullying. This way they will be aware of the problem and know how to prevent it. "Teachers and administrators are sometimes not aware of what might be happening online, are unsure of the boundaries of their responsibility with cyberbullying, or are simply ill-equipped to handle it if they do know about it." Because cyber bullying is somewhat knew and always changing with technology, teachers must be up to date with it and educated accordingly so they may fully understand it.