Cyberbullying In High School
Introduction
Cyber bulling is a major concern in the modern society because of the use of all sorts of technology. Many cases of cyber bullying are reported especially among high school students. It has been reported that cyber bullying has been a major cause of teen’s suicide in most states all over America. It is therefore considered illegal since it results to negative consequences that affect learning in all institutions not only among the high school students. People are mean behind the computers and harass others. Harassment is considered illegal in many states therefore cyber bullying is illegal and should not be carried out. Therefore this paper will focus on analyzing cyber bullying and supporting the fact that high school students who commit cyberbullying should be suspended from school.
To begin with cyber bullying is one form of bullying regardless of whether it is not physical bullying. Students who physically bully others in schools are always suspended. This support the fact that those who practice cyber bullying should face suspension too since they are practicing one form of bullying. Cyber bullying does not affect a student physically but affects students mentally and emotionally therefore interfering with the normal learning of that student (Willard, 124). Most students who undergo cyber bullying are often depressed, have low self esteem and eventually commit suicide if they are not well counseled. This supports the reason why students who carry out cyber bullying need to get suspended from schools. Schools should not only suspend the bully but also come up with programs which will prevent bullying from taking place in the schools.
Cyber bullying is one of the most causes of suicide cases among the teens. The young generation prefers to socialize via social media therefore spending most of their time in Twitter and Facebook. Bullies can interfere with the minds of these teens therefore harassing them online and following on to emotional problems among those who get harassed (Martella et al, 112). This supports the fact that those bullies should be suspended from schools.
On the other hand some people feel that students who practice cyber bullying do not need to get suspension from schools since they carry out the activities outside the school premises. People argue that if students do not get rewards or punishments for activities they carry out outside school, cyber bullying should not be an exemption since is carried out outside the school premises (Willard, 127). Schools reward and punish students when they are in schools therefore cyber bullying should not lead to students getting suspensions.
It is hard for people to pinpoint the bully. Bullies are always anonymous students or people therefore it becomes hand for them to get pinpointed. Therefore it is hard for schools to identify those students who practice cyber bullying.
Conclusion
Cyber bullying is a major issue that needs attention from schools in order to prevent increasing cases of bullying that eventually causes suicide cases among students. Students who are caught practicing cyber bullying should be punished and suspended from schools since they cause harm to their fellow students therefore interfering with the normal learning process. It is unfair for students who have fulfilling lives to commit or have suicidal attempts because of cyber bullying. Cyber bullying need to get stopped since it will end up claiming lives of bright students who would be better people in future. Lives of young people should not be cut short because of bullying which can be dealt with by both the government and schools.
Work Cited
Willard, Nancy E. Cyberbullying and Cyberthreats: Responding to the Challenge of Online Social Aggression, Threats, and Distress. Champaign, Ill: Research Press, 2007. Print.
Martella, Ronald C, Ronald C. Martella, J R. Nelson, Nancy E. Marchand-Martella, and Mark O'Reilly. Comprehensive Behavior Management: Individualized, Classroom, and Schoolwide Approaches. Los Angeles: Sage, 2012. Print.
