Read the following blog article and react to its contents. Do you agree? Disagree? Is the author on point? Or is something missing?
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I agree however, i don't feel that the statistics are correct. I don't believe that 1 out of every 5 teenagers are cyber bullies. I think that they're focusing a little too much on the negative aspects of communicating through media rather than the few good things that come from it. I think that banning it from all schools is an unnecessary action to take. This type of situation can be easily avoided if parents would just pay closer attention to their kids and if kids just mature and get over themselves.
It's very interesting that as technology has progressed, people being bullies to each other has also progressed. It seems as if it wouldn't be a big deal since "it's just a computer or a cell phone", but people do take it to the extreme. Such as on the news a MOTHER decided to pretend to be a teenager and online torture a teen and she eventually killed herself. It's scary to think that this is uncontrollable because people do decide to take this to far and people die from this. But how can it be stopped, will we need to shut down the communication websites such as MySpace, Facebook, or AIM?
I agree with the author because, yes it is true that there are cases of bullying and especially on myspace. And recently there was the truth box in myspace and it was bad because people said stuff and you couldn't see who it is.
well i think the author is right but there is no way in stopping the bully because it will continue unless there are tougher laws.
Cyber-bullying has become a very serious issue. The digital world can be extremely helpful and it can also be a terrible weapon and resource for predators. Myspace, facebook, bebo, friendster and others are very common. There are thousands of teens who are subscribed to this. There has been many murders, rapes, suicides, and trauma. People out there can be extremely harmful. I think one should only use these resources within the people we know in real life. The good thing is that in these webs you can put your identities private and the person trying to reach you has to send a request. I think that was one smart thing about the social networking.
I think that the author is wrong for his solution. Even though there is cyber-bullying i still think invading students phone goes into the whole privacy issue. I still think there should be something else to solve this issue.
Cyber bullying is part of kids natural way to express their feelings towards each other. Kids that are offended by these messages should ust ignore the messages or stop using the virtual device from which they are being "bullied". These kids should not be offend by what other people think especially if it is virtual.
I think that people are making too big of a deal about something that isn't really that bad. There are ways to avoid being bullied, especially online. On myspace, aim, facebook or other forms of online communication, if someone is bothering you then you can block them. And if someone is sending you a threatening text message, don't text back. If you give a bully a reaction they are just going to keep bothering you but if you ignore it or block them then the problem is solved. I think that society shouldn't make a big deal out of this because there is no way to stop it. It is up to the person being bullied to control the situation and end it.
- Well I agree with what the author is saying because this does happen everyday. To further explain myself I could say that I have experienced being cyber bullied, but in my case it was more of a threat to stop talking to some friend I have. Obviously I replied back and I stated my opinion form there on it stopped. The author is missing something because sometimes you could ignore it and not make such a big deal about it. But most people just accept and start to worry about it. The author could have put other point of views.
I agree that cyber-bullying is a horrible thing, but the article wasn't as informative as it could've been. It should've shown more statistics. Also I don't think banning communication devices at school is going to help, in fact I think thats stupid. Thats now going to stop cyber bullying because cyber bullies can just go home and text or email them. I don't think there is anything the school can do about any kind of bullying because there will always be violence and apparently rules can't constrain their hatred for someone.
I think that society is making a big deal out of nothing. It is incredibly easy to avoid cyber bullies. If they keep emailing you, you can block them and same goes for texts. When it really comes down to it. It's up to the person being bullied to stop it.
Some of what goes on in cyber bullying is true bullying even though it is not physical. Things such as gossip which occur everyday at high schools really depend on what they are about and how hurtful they are, but purposefully harming another human being through humiliation is emotional abuse and bullying none the less. The word bully according to dictionary.com is:
Bully (n.): a blustering, quarrelsome, overbearing person who habitually badgers and intimidates smaller or weaker people.
The definition never says a bully has to physically harm a person. It only says that they intimidate or badger smaller weaker people. This means that cyber bullying is in fact true bullying and these bullied children could come out just like the bullied korean child at virginia tech.Emotional damage affects the outcome of the child and cyber bullying should be treated as normal bullying.
while i do not even have a cell phone so i do not have to deal with things like that but it is still bad. my question is why would you give your number out to someone that is going to do that to you or have a friend that is going to give your number out to someone like that, that is not a friend. even if schools ban cell phone use in the schools you still have to go home and deal with it.
Personally, I am not that involved in the “cyber network” and I do not have any personal experiences with cyber bullying. With this said, I do believe that cyber bullying is a now common issue that needs to be addressed. People have ways of contacting each other and harming each other beyond just physical confrontation, which can be just as harmful as what we typically think of as bullying. Unfortunately, technology nowadays makes monitoring these offenses much more difficult; although educating people about it and providing resources for victims of cyber bullying may be constructive, simply banning communication devices in school buildings is not really going to stop anything. I think that the solution to this problem also falls on the parents/guardians of the cyber bulling victims as well. Teens/children should be monitored to some extent with reasonable rules and more importantly, an environment should be established where teens/children are comfortable enough to speak to their parents or another trusted adult about any issues they have with cyber bullying. Ultimately, I do believe cyber bulling can be prevented more easily than “typical bullying” (physical confrontation, etc.) if it is addressed properly.
From reading this article I think that the world tends to make a big deal out of certain things. I agree but I think that they should check their information because some of it seems false. I agree cyber bullies have gotten out of control but, you have to know since they have so much power they think they can do whatever. Why would you give your number out to someone you don’t like and you know they would just turn around to hurt you. Parents should be more cautious of what their teens are doing on the internet, or cell phone use.
Do you agree? Disagree? Is the author on point? Or is something missing?
I agree with what this author has said in this article.One of the reasons i agree is because i have seen this happen, not necessarily to me but like on myspace i don't know if you know but anyone can post a bulletin that everyone can read and on these bulletins there are people who say "this is for blank" and they state a rumor that most of the times isn't true, or something like that. I think the author is on point and it is really good that this author brought this topic up because it happens a lot and this problem should be stopped.
I dont think that this article is very relevant. Cyber bullying is an unimportant problem that everyone is just blowing out of proportion. Cyber bullies are either people who aren't secure or are joking around. People who complain about being cyber bullied are even more insecure with themselves. I agree with kenny, and I think that if they dont want to get bullied, stop using your phone or computer.
I think the author is on point and I agree, all through middle school I was cyber bullied and people made fun of me for being small and post stuff about me, but whatever I didn't care, but some people do and will kill themselves for it. What you have to do is fight back, do the same to them, maybe not physically but mentally and any other ways. people need to learn that there is a solution and they can do something about it. A lot of cyber bullying comes from myspace, facebook, and ore over the phone. all they need to do is go to somebody about it too, and they can have things like numbers and addresses blocked and there stuff erased and these things can be prevented in a manner. the companies that own these can change their system and the way they do things, and that could prevent these all. There is a solution!!
I disagree with this article for a number of reasons. From the first paragraph I am confronted with the irritating statistic "Researchers estimate that between 9 percent and 34 percent of youth are victims of so-called “cyber-bullies.” This dramatic ranges makes me question the integrity of the piece. I also have person experience that make me feel they are putting too much weight on cyber-harassment. Worse things have happened then threatening text messages or emails. To ignore the presence of physical threats and harm is ignorant. There is some points in the article that point out the gravity of real-world bullying but thats as far as the argument should go. It is very difficult, anyway, to stop this cyber bullies as anyone with internet can become an attacker. Because of this the fight should pertain to these physical dangers before the next battlefront be faced.
I agree with this article, however I really don't think that any of the steps that they are taking towards trying to stop this action is going to help or is helping. In most schools, cell phones aren't supposed to be in schools, but of course it happens anyway so this seems like a flawed plan to me. Also, the statistics seem a little off because I really don't think that one out of every five teenagers are cyber bullies. Maybe my view on this is different because the teenagers who take part in this don't view it as "cyber bullying" just as joking around and having fun online. Also, maybe because of the school that we attend, because at least for me, it seems like not a lot of that would happen here since our school feels more like a community rather than just a school of teenagers.
I agree that people are now bullying other people over social networking sites, but is it something to be really concern about. Yes it is a bad thing but it is rare 2 see people talking about how they were harassed over these places usually people just ignnore it and move on. The author is just missing a little more example because cyber-bullying is a waste of time.
While bullying of any kind is a bad thing I think that cyber bullying is not as bad as being physically bullied. I think I would rather be bullied online then be punched in the face at school. I know that many serious things have happened because of cyber bullying but many horrible things have happened because of physical bullying. The only reason we don't hear as many stories about those is because we are focused more on this new problem. I think that if someone is being cyber bullied they should block the person that is doing this and stop going onto the sites that this is happening on.
I agree that there are more cyber bully's especially in high school teenagers, it is a sad fact. Some teens who are bullied take it to the extreme and it can result in injury. The role of revenge plays the role on both sides. The bully and the person being bullied. The bully could have had a past history with the person whom he or she is bullying. Maybe that person bullied them in the past and they wanted revenge. This reminds me of what people always say... what goes around comes around. KARMA is a bad thing. Honestly I believe that revenge is part of everyday life. Everyone at least once in there life has either been bullied or has bullied someone whether its through the internet or to there face or behind their back.
I believe that cyber-bullying is the same as physical bullying. You must ignore the act of bullying, and eventually it will go away. I agree with the article that cyber-bullying is a problem, and it must be dealt with. One major problem with cyber-bullying compared to physical bullying is that it is much harder to punish or catch the bully. It is much more common now because there are so many mediums to bully on, phone, social networking sites, and in person.
I think that cyber-bulling is a form of revenge. Think about what people demean and bully other people. I feel that the main reason why they do it, is because they feel they have no power in their life. They feel they need to lash out at something to get compensation for the feeling of not having any power at all. I agree with the author on how cyber-bulling is growing rapidly. It feels that he doesn't provide the fence that sets apart cyber-bullying and joking around. I could go on youtube or myspace and call someone a n00b. This could be considered cyber-bullying by the author, or any person collecting statistics. This applies to the perpetrators and possible cyber-bullies as well. Where do you draw the line?
Bullying has always been around, and the technology-influenced age is simply another medium in which to deliver bullying. The scales are, in a way being balanced -- there is less physical threat as more inappropriate behavior is carried out through the internet and text messages. Obviously, this reasoning does not justify the act of any form of bullying at all. People are always going to be influenced by their surroundings, whether it's the playground or MySpace. The point is, yes cyber-bullying is a problem. Bullying in general, however, has always been, and although some online bullies do take it to an extreme, it's not much more of an emergency than a punch in the face was a generation ago.
Cyber bullying is not as big of a deal as people are making it out to be. I can guarantee that anyone's parents, grandparents, or even great-grandparents have all been bullied at some point in their childhood. In your grandparents' generation, it was fighting, in your parents generation, it was giving wedgies, and now it's MySpace. It's all still bullying. Times have changed, but bullying has not. The fact that people are alarmed about this proves how unrealistic and out of touch adults are being. I think, however, that anonymous comments or postings have made it a lot easier for people to bully others. In Grandpa's day, if someone punched someone, everyone would know who the bully was; now, however, people can't tell who posts an anonymous comment about someone. Still, gossip has existed forever, and I think that this topic is blown out of proportion.
I SOME WHAT AGREE BECAUSE TEENAGERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO NOT TELL AND KEEP STUFF TO THEM SELF'S AND GET BACK AT THAT PERSON INSTEAD OF LETTING THEM SELF BE TREATED THAT WAY BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T WANT THEM TO MAKE FUN OF THEM JUST BECAUSE THEY WENT TO TELL. SO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING BULLED ARE GOING TO FIGHT BACK. ALSO NOBODY JUST DECIDES ONE DAY THAT THEY WANT TO BULLIES A PERSON THEY ARE DRIVEN BY RUMORS THAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SPREADING ABOUT THEM WHICH ARE NOT TRUE HEY JUST WANT TO SEE THAT PERSON GET BULLIED OR GET BEATEN UP.. -aNTHONY
I disagree with this article. Do i think that some time cyder bulling goes way to far yes, but then again i don't because bulling it going to happen at least everyone in there life has gotten bullied before and if you say you didn't your lying.I think that new your went way to extreme by banning all communication devise at school, because in society today most people have access to internet and if you don't you can go to the library so either way it goes the situation is still going to happen. The state of New York went way to extreme and over board.The only way to me to stop this problem that can lead up to violent actions is to have classes at school make teens more aware.So that if they are in this particular situation they know how to react in a more civilized safe passive way ,so that it wont result to anything much bigger. -DOROTHY SANFORD
I think that bullies are people who have no lifes of their own. So they have to mess around with other peoples lifes. As my gym teacher once said "bullies are just no good sons of b******" that are just trying to waste time.
I definitely agree with this topic and I have witnessed and experienced this situation. This is a new way and easy way to attack people and you don't have to have any courage to do it because you aren't saying it to someone's face. There is an application on Myspace called the truth box that has definitely provoked the "cyber bullying". This way is even easier to attack someone because it comes up as anonymous so the person can't know who said it. I think that the schools should treat cyber bullying as bullying at school because even if it isn't happening at school, it is still hurting the students that are in classes together or passing each other in the hallways. In the blog, it said that cyber bullying has made a lot of kids feel unsafe, and it affects kids schooling.
in a a way they are correct about cyber bullies, but also they are exaggerating the topic. But students also have to take responsibility on what they are getting into since they can be the cause of what is happening to them. It is the bullies fault since he is the one harrasing that person, but the one that is being bothered should also pay attention to what they are doing and getting into.
This is sad. While the bully should ultimately be at fault for being mean-spirited and hurtful, the victim also shares some fault. The majority of the time on social networking sites you can block or ignore the people that are bullying, besides. Also, they can be reported. The person that is being bullied should not be be able to see the bullies, because the majority of the time to see the comments and bulletins, you need to be their friend on the website.
As for the bully, they themselves tend to be emotional unstable,and should seek counseling of some sort. They have to have some sort of internal problem that they feel needs to be projected on to someone else.
I DISAGREEEEEEEE!!!! I feel that this is one of those topics that it talked about and talked about over and over again, but it's pointless. There is always going to be bullying in schools, and while I'm not saying that it is okay, I'm just saying that it's a part of life. "Cyber-bullying" as it is called, has happened, yes, but anyone who succumbs to someone else saying, "You are ugly and dumb," should see a therapist because they are obviously unstable. Back in our parents day, they didn't have computers to bully other people with. Instead, they were physically bullied with punching, wedgies, nuggies, and swirlies. Personally, I would rather be bullied over the internet than given a swirlie. :P "Cyber-bullying tactics include humiliation, destructive messages, gossip, slander and other 'virtual taunts' communicated through e-mail, instant messaging, chat rooms and blogs." All of these things that have happened have happened in the real world as well, not just the virtual world. There will never be a stop to bullying, so why are we fretting so much?
i agree with the author cyber bullying has gotten out of hand. and it is even more common now in society because of websites like myspace or facebook. but there is a way to solve cyber bulling before it gets out of hand.the person who is being bullied can try to ignore it. and if it dosent work you can talk to a parent or teacher, before it gets to the point where the student cant go to school or dosent fell comparable around other people.there should be cyber-bullying district harassment prevention policies in schools to show kids that its not okay and that the effects from cyber bulling can be serious and should be taken seriously.
I agree to the article, teen have been hurt from cyber bullies. The auther's point is right, teens can sometime believe anything that a friend or anonymous write to them, but the person have the choice to believe it or not. Whether a person's believe it, its their own fault to feel uncomfortable. Its their own fault to add them, post pictures, and talk to strangers etc. All depend on how reponsive you own choice is.
I think that cyber-bullying is a problem, though it is not as big a deal as many people say it is. It is not some new development that is going to destroy the world someday. To tell the truth, it is not all that different from the normal bullying. With the development of the internet there is going to be inappropriate behavior. In the past, people have been beat up, notes have been passed, girls have gossiped, and now comments are being posted on the internet. The fact that people are making this such a big deal is ridiculous. No one should bend themselves to something that is written about them on the internet. You know who you are and the lies that are being spread around the internet is the exact same thing as if there were rumors going around about you from people at school. The fact that it is on the internet also makes it easier for the bullier to hide. They hide behind the blanket of an "anonymous" user name. It's cowardly of them to hide in such a manner and if they are going to bully someone, they might as well punch them in the face. It would be a lot more productive to me. I STRONGLY DISAGREE with this article.
Revenge now has a new way to attack people. IMing, texting, myspace, facebook, bullys and people seeking revenge have a better way to hurt their victims. Its convienent, easy and involves absolutly no courage. The attacker can say whatever they want, they have time to plan and edit exactly what they will say until it is perfect and you avoid the fear of talking to the person face to face, some thing that scares most people. Its also more believable. Reading someones face is five times more difficult. If they say they will beat you up in person you can call them out, but on text, you recieve no emotions. Another downside to it is even the person who is "technically" said to have written or typed the message could not have been the only culprit. They also could not be the culprit at all. Fake myspaces and ims are as easy to make as typing in a name. Setting a fellow student up for the punishment. As far as school, you can not control what goes on in a students home life unless it is affecting them in the class room. Schools have helped report abusive parents if there are obvious scars on the child at school. This should be treated in the similiar manner. In conclusion i think this is a very touchy and delicate situation. Its is simply the new form of bullying that will not end and needs to be delt with.
i think people have come up with "cyber bullying" as just another way to say how horribly obsessed people in this century are becoming with technology. but the truth is, this is just reality. everyone at some point in their life will deal with a so called "bully". people tend to be too sensitive to the thing that are said to them. if a person messages you on myspace saying somthing remotely mean or rude, people get so offended. if you dont feel like hearing the things people have to say to you, ONE..dont get involved in online communication or Two, block them! its as simple as pressing the DELETE button. bullying is a part of life and it always have been and it always will be, no matter the form it is in. yes bullies are not good people, but i bet every single person at one point in there life has has or will bully someone. simply said...just deal with it and if you dont feel like hearing the things people have to say, dont give them the chance to, delete your thruthbox if you are so offended by it
I agree with the author on the note that schools should address cyber bullying as they do with physical bullying, because even though it may not occur on campus it still affects the student in school. it makes it an awkward situation to be in class or partnered up with the person your being cyber bullied by. It just makes an uncomfortable situation. I think cyber bullying is a harder kind of bullying to catch but easier to prove seeing as you can print any records of it.
I think cyber bullying should be addressed in schools as well because for now its being used as an alternative route to bully someone and not get reprimanded for it. Bullying is bullying and if it affects the student being bullied in school then it should be addressed.
I agree to this article because there are many cites that are most commonly used so thats where people start bulling. Also people do feel unsafe when they are being hearsed by via text message. taking in issue that the digital world can probably also be used as weapon as seen in the case of a 12 year old girl who committed suicide because of Myspace bulling by an elder woman.
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I agree however, i don't feel that the statistics are correct. I don't believe that 1 out of every 5 teenagers are cyber bullies. I think that they're focusing a little too much on the negative aspects of communicating through media rather than the few good things that come from it. I think that banning it from all schools is an unnecessary action to take. This type of situation can be easily avoided if parents would just pay closer attention to their kids and if kids just mature and get over themselves.
-Dillan
It's very interesting that as technology has progressed, people being bullies to each other has also progressed. It seems as if it wouldn't be a big deal since "it's just a computer or a cell phone", but people do take it to the extreme. Such as on the news a MOTHER decided to pretend to be a teenager and online torture a teen and she eventually killed herself. It's scary to think that this is uncontrollable because people do decide to take this to far and people die from this. But how can it be stopped, will we need to shut down the communication websites such as MySpace, Facebook, or AIM?
I agree with the author because, yes it is true that there are cases of bullying and especially on myspace. And recently there was the truth box in myspace and it was bad because people said stuff and you couldn't see who it is.
well i think the author is right but there is no way in stopping the bully because it will continue unless there are tougher laws.
Cyber-bullying has become a very serious issue. The digital world can be extremely helpful and it can also be a terrible weapon and resource for predators. Myspace, facebook, bebo, friendster and others are very common. There are thousands of teens who are subscribed to this. There has been many murders, rapes, suicides, and trauma. People out there can be extremely harmful. I think one should only use these resources within the people we know in real life. The good thing is that in these webs you can put your identities private and the person trying to reach you has to send a request. I think that was one smart thing about the social networking.
I think that the author is wrong for his solution. Even though there is cyber-bullying i still think invading students phone goes into the whole privacy issue. I still think there should be something else to solve this issue.
I strongly diagree with this article,
Cyber bullying is part of kids natural way to express their feelings towards each other. Kids that are offended by these messages should ust ignore the messages or stop using the virtual device from which they are being "bullied". These kids should not be offend by what other people think especially if it is virtual.
I think that people are making too big of a deal about something that isn't really that bad. There are ways to avoid being bullied, especially online. On myspace, aim, facebook or other forms of online communication, if someone is bothering you then you can block them. And if someone is sending you a threatening text message, don't text back. If you give a bully a reaction they are just going to keep bothering you but if you ignore it or block them then the problem is solved. I think that society shouldn't make a big deal out of this because there is no way to stop it. It is up to the person being bullied to control the situation and end it.
- Well I agree with what the author is saying because this does happen everyday. To further explain myself I could say that I have experienced being cyber bullied, but in my case it was more of a threat to stop talking to some friend I have. Obviously I replied back and I stated my opinion form there on it stopped.
The author is missing something because sometimes you could ignore it and not make such a big deal about it. But most people just accept and start to worry about it. The author could have put other point of views.
By: Fernanda Flores
I agree that cyber-bullying is a horrible thing, but the article wasn't as informative as it could've been. It should've shown more statistics. Also I don't think banning communication devices at school is going to help, in fact I think thats stupid. Thats now going to stop cyber bullying because cyber bullies can just go home and text or email them. I don't think there is anything the school can do about any kind of bullying because there will always be violence and apparently rules can't constrain their hatred for someone.
I think that society is making a big deal out of nothing. It is incredibly easy to avoid cyber bullies. If they keep emailing you, you can block them and same goes for texts. When it really comes down to it. It's up to the person being bullied to stop it.
-Anna Anderson
Some of what goes on in cyber bullying is true bullying even though it is not physical. Things such as gossip which occur everyday at high schools really depend on what they are about and how hurtful they are, but purposefully harming another human being through humiliation is emotional abuse and bullying none the less. The word bully according to dictionary.com is:
Bully (n.): a blustering, quarrelsome, overbearing person who habitually badgers and intimidates smaller or weaker people.
The definition never says a bully has to physically harm a person. It only says that they intimidate or badger smaller weaker people. This means that cyber bullying is in fact true bullying and these bullied children could come out just like the bullied korean child at virginia tech.Emotional damage affects the outcome of the child and cyber bullying should be treated as normal bullying.
while i do not even have a cell phone so i do not have to deal with things like that but it is still bad. my question is why would you give your number out to someone that is going to do that to you or have a friend that is going to give your number out to someone like that, that is not a friend. even if schools ban cell phone use in the schools you still have to go home and deal with it.
Personally, I am not that involved in the “cyber network” and I do not have any personal experiences with cyber bullying. With this said, I do believe that cyber bullying is a now common issue that needs to be addressed. People have ways of contacting each other and harming each other beyond just physical confrontation, which can be just as harmful as what we typically think of as bullying. Unfortunately, technology nowadays makes monitoring these offenses much more difficult; although educating people about it and providing resources for victims of cyber bullying may be constructive, simply banning communication devices in school buildings is not really going to stop anything. I think that the solution to this problem also falls on the parents/guardians of the cyber bulling victims as well. Teens/children should be monitored to some extent with reasonable rules and more importantly, an environment should be established where teens/children are comfortable enough to speak to their parents or another trusted adult about any issues they have with cyber bullying. Ultimately, I do believe cyber bulling can be prevented more easily than “typical bullying” (physical confrontation, etc.) if it is addressed properly.
From reading this article I think that the world tends to make a big deal out of certain things. I agree but I think that they should check their information because some of it seems false. I agree cyber bullies have gotten out of control but, you have to know since they have so much power they think they can do whatever. Why would you give your number out to someone you don’t like and you know they would just turn around to hurt you. Parents should be more cautious of what their teens are doing on the internet, or cell phone use.
Do you agree? Disagree? Is the author on point? Or is something missing?
I agree with what this author has said in this article.One of the reasons i agree is because i have seen this happen, not necessarily to me but like on myspace i don't know if you know but anyone can post a bulletin that everyone can read and on these bulletins there are people who say "this is for blank" and they state a rumor that most of the times isn't true, or something like that.
I think the author is on point and it is really good that this author brought this topic up because it happens a lot and this problem should be stopped.
I dont think that this article is very relevant. Cyber bullying is an unimportant problem that everyone is just blowing out of proportion. Cyber bullies are either people who aren't secure or are joking around. People who complain about being cyber bullied are even more insecure with themselves. I agree with kenny, and I think that if they dont want to get bullied, stop using your phone or computer.
I think the author is on point and I agree, all through middle school I was cyber bullied and people made fun of me for being small and post stuff about me, but whatever I didn't care, but some people do and will kill themselves for it. What you have to do is fight back, do the same to them, maybe not physically but mentally and any other ways. people need to learn that there is a solution and they can do something about it. A lot of cyber bullying comes from myspace, facebook, and ore over the phone. all they need to do is go to somebody about it too, and they can have things like numbers and addresses blocked and there stuff erased and these things can be prevented in a manner. the companies that own these can change their system and the way they do things, and that could prevent these all. There is a solution!!
I disagree with this article for a number of reasons. From the first paragraph I am confronted with the irritating statistic "Researchers estimate that between 9 percent and 34 percent of youth are victims of so-called “cyber-bullies.” This dramatic ranges makes me question the integrity of the piece. I also have person experience that make me feel they are putting too much weight on cyber-harassment. Worse things have happened then threatening text messages or emails. To ignore the presence of physical threats and harm is ignorant. There is some points in the article that point out the gravity of real-world bullying but thats as far as the argument should go. It is very difficult, anyway, to stop this cyber bullies as anyone with internet can become an attacker. Because of this the fight should pertain to these physical dangers before the next battlefront be faced.
I agree with this article, however I really don't think that any of the steps that they are taking towards trying to stop this action is going to help or is helping. In most schools, cell phones aren't supposed to be in schools, but of course it happens anyway so this seems like a flawed plan to me. Also, the statistics seem a little off because I really don't think that one out of every five teenagers are cyber bullies. Maybe my view on this is different because the teenagers who take part in this don't view it as "cyber bullying" just as joking around and having fun online. Also, maybe because of the school that we attend, because at least for me, it seems like not a lot of that would happen here since our school feels more like a community rather than just a school of teenagers.
I agree that people are now bullying other people over social networking sites, but is it something to be really concern about. Yes it is a bad thing but it is rare 2 see people talking about how they were harassed over these places usually people just ignnore it and move on. The author is just missing a little more example because cyber-bullying is a waste of time.
While bullying of any kind is a bad thing I think that cyber bullying is not as bad as being physically bullied. I think I would rather be bullied online then be punched in the face at school. I know that many serious things have happened because of cyber bullying but many horrible things have happened because of physical bullying. The only reason we don't hear as many stories about those is because we are focused more on this new problem. I think that if someone is being cyber bullied they should block the person that is doing this and stop going onto the sites that this is happening on.
I agree that there are more cyber bully's especially in high school teenagers, it is a sad fact. Some teens who are bullied take it to the extreme and it can result in injury. The role of revenge plays the role on both sides. The bully and the person being bullied. The bully could have had a past history with the person whom he or she is bullying. Maybe that person bullied them in the past and they wanted revenge. This reminds me of what people always say... what goes around comes around. KARMA is a bad thing. Honestly I believe that revenge is part of everyday life. Everyone at least once in there life has either been bullied or has bullied someone whether its through the internet or to there face or behind their back.
I believe that cyber-bullying is the same as physical bullying. You must ignore the act of bullying, and eventually it will go away. I agree with the article that cyber-bullying is a problem, and it must be dealt with. One major problem with cyber-bullying compared to physical bullying is that it is much harder to punish or catch the bully. It is much more common now because there are so many mediums to bully on, phone, social networking sites, and in person.
I think that cyber-bulling is a form of revenge. Think about what people demean and bully other people. I feel that the main reason why they do it, is because they feel they have no power in their life. They feel they need to lash out at something to get compensation for the feeling of not having any power at all.
I agree with the author on how cyber-bulling is growing rapidly. It feels that he doesn't provide the fence that sets apart cyber-bullying and joking around. I could go on youtube or myspace and call someone a n00b. This could be considered cyber-bullying by the author, or any person collecting statistics. This applies to the perpetrators and possible cyber-bullies as well. Where do you draw the line?
Bullying has always been around, and the technology-influenced age is simply another medium in which to deliver bullying. The scales are, in a way being balanced -- there is less physical threat as more inappropriate behavior is carried out through the internet and text messages.
Obviously, this reasoning does not justify the act of any form of bullying at all. People are always going to be influenced by their surroundings, whether it's the playground or MySpace.
The point is, yes cyber-bullying is a problem. Bullying in general, however, has always been, and although some online bullies do take it to an extreme, it's not much more of an emergency than a punch in the face was a generation ago.
Cyber bullying is not as big of a deal as people are making it out to be. I can guarantee that anyone's parents, grandparents, or even great-grandparents have all been bullied at some point in their childhood. In your grandparents' generation, it was fighting, in your parents generation, it was giving wedgies, and now it's MySpace. It's all still bullying. Times have changed, but bullying has not. The fact that people are alarmed about this proves how unrealistic and out of touch adults are being. I think, however, that anonymous comments or postings have made it a lot easier for people to bully others. In Grandpa's day, if someone punched someone, everyone would know who the bully was; now, however, people can't tell who posts an anonymous comment about someone. Still, gossip has existed forever, and I think that this topic is blown out of proportion.
I SOME WHAT AGREE BECAUSE TEENAGERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO NOT TELL AND KEEP STUFF TO THEM SELF'S AND GET BACK AT THAT PERSON INSTEAD OF LETTING THEM SELF BE TREATED THAT WAY BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T WANT THEM TO MAKE FUN OF THEM JUST BECAUSE THEY WENT TO TELL. SO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING BULLED ARE GOING TO FIGHT BACK. ALSO NOBODY JUST DECIDES ONE DAY THAT THEY WANT TO BULLIES A PERSON THEY ARE DRIVEN BY RUMORS THAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SPREADING ABOUT THEM WHICH ARE NOT TRUE HEY JUST WANT TO SEE THAT PERSON GET BULLIED OR GET BEATEN UP..
-aNTHONY
I disagree with this article. Do i think that some time cyder bulling goes way to far yes, but then again i don't because bulling it going to happen at least everyone in there life has gotten bullied before and if you say you didn't your lying.I think that new your went way to extreme by banning all communication devise at school, because in society today most people have access to internet and if you don't you can go to the library so either way it goes the situation is still going to happen. The state of New York went way to extreme and over board.The only way to me to stop this problem that can lead up to violent actions is to have classes at school make teens more aware.So that if they are in this particular situation they know how to react in a more civilized safe passive way ,so that it wont result to anything much bigger. -DOROTHY SANFORD
I think that bullies are people who have no lifes of their own. So they have to mess around with other peoples lifes. As my gym teacher once said "bullies are just no good sons of b******" that are just trying to waste time.
I definitely agree with this topic and I have witnessed and experienced this situation. This is a new way and easy way to attack people and you don't have to have any courage to do it because you aren't saying it to someone's face. There is an application on Myspace called the truth box that has definitely provoked the "cyber bullying". This way is even easier to attack someone because it comes up as anonymous so the person can't know who said it. I think that the schools should treat cyber bullying as bullying at school because even if it isn't happening at school, it is still hurting the students that are in classes together or passing each other in the hallways. In the blog, it said that cyber bullying has made a lot of kids feel unsafe, and it affects kids schooling.
-Trinity
in a a way they are correct about cyber bullies, but also they are exaggerating the topic. But students also have to take responsibility on what they are getting into since they can be the cause of what is happening to them. It is the bullies fault since he is the one harrasing that person, but the one that is being bothered should also pay attention to what they are doing and getting into.
This is sad. While the bully should ultimately be at fault for being mean-spirited and hurtful, the victim also shares some fault. The majority of the time on social networking sites you can block or ignore the people that are bullying, besides. Also, they can be reported. The person that is being bullied should not be be able to see the bullies, because the majority of the time to see the comments and bulletins, you need to be their friend on the website.
As for the bully, they themselves tend to be emotional unstable,and should seek counseling of some sort. They have to have some sort of internal problem that they feel needs to be projected on to someone else.
I DISAGREEEEEEEE!!!!
I feel that this is one of those topics that it talked about and talked about over and over again, but it's pointless. There is always going to be bullying in schools, and while I'm not saying that it is okay, I'm just saying that it's a part of life. "Cyber-bullying" as it is called, has happened, yes, but anyone who succumbs to someone else saying, "You are ugly and dumb," should see a therapist because they are obviously unstable. Back in our parents day, they didn't have computers to bully other people with. Instead, they were physically bullied with punching, wedgies, nuggies, and swirlies. Personally, I would rather be bullied over the internet than given a swirlie. :P
"Cyber-bullying tactics include humiliation, destructive messages, gossip, slander and other 'virtual taunts' communicated through e-mail, instant messaging, chat rooms and blogs." All of these things that have happened have happened in the real world as well, not just the virtual world.
There will never be a stop to bullying, so why are we fretting so much?
i agree with the author cyber bullying has gotten out of hand. and it is even more common now in society because of websites like myspace or facebook. but there is a way to solve cyber bulling before it gets out of hand.the person who is being bullied can try to ignore it. and if it dosent work you can talk to a parent or teacher, before it gets to the point where the student cant go to school or dosent fell comparable around other people.there should be cyber-bullying district harassment prevention policies in schools to show kids that its not okay and that the effects from cyber bulling can be serious and should be taken seriously.
I agree to the article, teen have been hurt from cyber bullies. The auther's point is right, teens can sometime believe anything that a friend or anonymous write to them, but the person have the choice to believe it or not. Whether a person's believe it, its their own fault to feel uncomfortable. Its their own fault to add them, post pictures, and talk to strangers etc. All depend on how reponsive you own choice is.
I think that cyber-bullying is a problem, though it is not as big a deal as many people say it is. It is not some new development that is going to destroy the world someday. To tell the truth, it is not all that different from the normal bullying. With the development of the internet there is going to be inappropriate behavior. In the past, people have been beat up, notes have been passed, girls have gossiped, and now comments are being posted on the internet. The fact that people are making this such a big deal is ridiculous. No one should bend themselves to something that is written about them on the internet. You know who you are and the lies that are being spread around the internet is the exact same thing as if there were rumors going around about you from people at school. The fact that it is on the internet also makes it easier for the bullier to hide. They hide behind the blanket of an "anonymous" user name. It's cowardly of them to hide in such a manner and if they are going to bully someone, they might as well punch them in the face. It would be a lot more productive to me.
I STRONGLY DISAGREE with this article.
STICKS AND STONES CAN BREAK MY BONES BUT WORDS CAN BREAK MY SOUL.
Revenge now has a new way to attack people. IMing, texting, myspace, facebook, bullys and people seeking revenge have a better way to hurt their victims. Its convienent, easy and involves absolutly no courage. The attacker can say whatever they want, they have time to plan and edit exactly what they will say until it is perfect and you avoid the fear of talking to the person face to face, some thing that scares most people. Its also more believable. Reading someones face is five times more difficult. If they say they will beat you up in person you can call them out, but on text, you recieve no emotions. Another downside to it is even the person who is "technically" said to have written or typed the message could not have been the only culprit. They also could not be the culprit at all. Fake myspaces and ims are as easy to make as typing in a name. Setting a fellow student up for the punishment.
As far as school, you can not control what goes on in a students home life unless it is affecting them in the class room. Schools
have helped report abusive parents if there are obvious scars on the child at school. This should be treated in the similiar manner. In conclusion i think this is a very touchy and delicate situation. Its is simply the new form of bullying that will not end and needs to be delt with.
- Hannah
i think people have come up with "cyber bullying" as just another way to say how horribly obsessed people in this century are becoming with technology. but the truth is, this is just reality. everyone at some point in their life will deal with a so called "bully". people tend to be too sensitive to the thing that are said to them. if a person messages you on myspace saying somthing remotely mean or rude, people get so offended. if you dont feel like hearing the things people have to say to you, ONE..dont get involved in online communication or Two, block them! its as simple as pressing the DELETE button.
bullying is a part of life and it always have been and it always will be, no matter the form it is in. yes bullies are not good people, but i bet every single person at one point in there life has has or will bully someone. simply said...just deal with it and if you dont feel like hearing the things people have to say, dont give them the chance to, delete your thruthbox if you are so offended by it
I agree with the author on the note that schools should address cyber bullying as they do with physical bullying, because even though it may not occur on campus it still affects the student in school. it makes it an awkward situation to be in class or partnered up with the person your being cyber bullied by. It just makes an uncomfortable situation. I think cyber bullying is a harder kind of bullying to catch but easier to prove seeing as you can print any records of it.
I think cyber bullying should be addressed in schools as well because for now its being used as an alternative route to bully someone and not get reprimanded for it. Bullying is bullying and if it affects the student being bullied in school then it should be addressed.
-Breauna Guzman
I agree to this article because there are many cites that are most commonly used so thats where people start bulling. Also people do feel unsafe when they are being hearsed by via text message. taking in issue that the digital world can probably also be used as weapon as seen in the case of a 12 year old girl who committed suicide because of Myspace bulling by an elder woman.
-Alan Leyva.
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