Bulling has been a
problem for many years and it only became worse when social media became a
cornerstone in almost every teenagers life. Cyberbullying is bullying that
takes place using electronic technology. Electronic technology includes devices
and equipment such as cell phones, computers, and tablets as well as
communication tools including social media sites, text messages, chat, and
websites. Cyberbullying can happen 24 hours a day, 7 days
a week, and reach a kid even when he or she is alone. It can happen any time of
the day or night. Cyberbullying messages and images can be posted anonymously
and distributed quickly to a very wide audience. It can be difficult and
sometimes impossible to trace the source. Deleting inappropriate or harassing
messages, texts, and pictures is extremely difficult after they have been
posted or sent. There are a lot of effects that come from Cyberbulling both
physically and mentally. Kids who are cyberbullied are more likely to use
alcohol and drugs, skip school, experience in-person bullying, are unwilling to
attend school, receive poor grades, have lower self-esteem, and have more
health problems. There several more serious issues that were not mention in the
article are cyberbullied victims do that’s not good either.
Reflection
in my classroom
Cyberbulling is
wrong and it needs to stop. One thing I feel our youth need to to teach kids
that silence, when others are being hurt, is not acceptable. If they don’t
allow the cyberbullies to use them to embarrass or torment others, cyberbullying
will quickly stop. We also need several kids
to know that its not that bad that they need to hurt themselves or even worse
take their life. One of the problems with our youth is that they need to know
things now won’t last forever. Parents need to teach kids to respect other
beliefs when they don’t agree with their fellow persons beliefs. I don’t agree
with several things that some of my peers that I don’t agree with, but I still
love them. An example is I am a Christian and there are things that I believe is
wrong that my friends do , but I still love them and I am not going to attack
them on it and they don’t do that to me either. I will not tolerate this in my
classroom and I will follow the guidelines strictly.
