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Tate Casey Mrs. Respers Bullying-21st Century Project 26 December 2011 The topic I chose was bullying. The reason why I chose this topic is because I feel bullying is something a lot of people can relate to and everyone struggles with it. People of all ages struggle with bullying. Even adults also. Bullying is something everybody has or is apart of. If everyone takes a moment and thinks back really hard I’m sure you have been a victim of bullying or maybe even have been a bully to someone. There are different levels of bullying. I am a victim of mild bullying. I have only been made fun of or ridiculed. I have also bullied someone before. I strongly regret being mean, or harsh on that person. I had to think about how I have been in their shoes and how it feels. Deaths/self-inflicted injuries from bullying? Bullying leads to many things. One of those things are self-inflicted wounds or sometimes maybe even death. Individuals inflict pain upon themselves to: Rapidly reduce tension in their body and mind. Relieve their emotional pain caused by feeling worthless, angry, fearful, abandoned, or depressed. Easier to handle physical pain than mental pain. They may also feel like nobody cares about them and that they have no purpose to be alive. If you are involved with bullying you are affected by it too. Kids who are bullied may feel insecure, grow to dislike school, feel trapped, or have difficulty learning. Anybody can be bullied. Kids, all the way up to being an adult. Adults who were bullied as a child you may feel depressed or have low self-esteem, poor grades or suicidal thoughts. Why do bullies bully? Kids bully because it provides kids with a sense of power. They feel controlling or powerful over lower or younger kids. One person has more power than the other person. They then continue to do it because they know they are getting away with it. They think that it is ok since no one is calling out their bad behavior. Most people believe that bullies bully because they have low self esteem so they bully to boost their self esteem. Also a lot of shows these days influence revenge on others. While kids are watching these shows they may be thinking that they want too feel like the characters do. How can we stop bullying? One way to stop bullying is to ignore it. If you walk away from mean, intimidating people they will leave you alone. Another way to stop bullying is believe in what you know and nnot what people tell you. If someone calls you ugly or stupid you look at the bright side and disagree. Say to yourself “I’m not stupid or ugly- I’m smart and beautiful and a lot of people tell me so.” It’s called overlooking the positives from the negatives. Also you may talk to the bully as well as the victim. Get them to tell you what is on their mind. How has bullying changed throughout the 21st century? 13 percent of students in grades six through ten admitted they had bullied others; 11 percent said they were targets of bullies, and six percent said they had been both a bully and a victim. When somebody was bullied back then they were confronted to their face because they didn’t have the technology like they do now. Most kids are more likely to be bullied over the internet than to their face because people have the internet to post things online behind peoples backs. Back then bullies would say what they were thinking to their face. Even in movies now you see kids posting things online behind others backs. That form of bullying is called cyber bullying. Technology has changed and continues to change so that means that bullying must continue to change in the future.