rough high school, resulting in mild to traumatic emotional damage depending on the individual. The victim feels helpless with no one to turn to and these feelings of low self esteem may last a lifetime. A small percentage may react to bullies in an aggressive or violent manner as seen recently in school shootings and violence. Furthermore, the victim is not only prone to becoming excessively violent, but children who bully may similarly become excessively violent.

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One of the most common occurrences in childhood is being bullied. Everyone has a story about that boy in that class or this girl in the other class who pushed them around, and used them to get something they wanted. A bully is a person who uses any approach at his or her disposal including, but not limited to, intimidation (physical, emotional, verbal), positional authority, relational authority, or societal authority to create limiting effects on another's behaviors, thoughts, or feelings. Some adults however, even admit to being the perpetrator in these acts. In other words, they were the bully. Bullying is viewed as childish, and unimportant when in reality there are definite scars (emotional) that are left behind. Bullying in modern America can even leave physical scars from the torment that is used on the victim. In short, bullying is an act of violence, one that we are not so quick to recognize. In some extreme cases, some bullies even (if intentionally or not) kill their victims.

The damage caused by the violence of childhood and high school bullies can leave lasting consequences on individuals who are harassed by bullies. As a result of continual bullying, teasing and harassment, children may feel defenseless or even feel as if their life is in danger. It is often seen that, kids victimized by bullies are likely to suffer mental scars from the experience… Researchers then found that those who were bullied were more likely than their peers to later report symptoms of depression and anxiety. The wounds from being bullied as a child will stay with that individual until adulthood- that is if they make it past adolescence. The pain of being an outcast among peers, and looked upon as inferior to other students can push an individual to suicide. For example, one child committed suicide after being repeatedly teased and tormented about her hair, whereas another child killed himself after being relentlessly teased about his weight. Not all victims react by taking their own lives, but the damage incurred has lasting effects. Many endure the bulling all the way through high school, resulting in mild to traumatic emotional damage depending on the individual. The victim feels helpless with no one to turn to and these feelings of low self esteem may last a lifetime. A small percentage may react to bullies in an aggressive or violent manner as seen recently in school shootings and violence. Furthermore, the victim is not only prone to becoming excessively violent, but children who bully may similarly become excessively violent.

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t to being the perpetrator in these acts. In other words, they were the bully. Bullying is viewed as childish, and unimportant when in reality there are definite scars (emotional) that are left behind. Bullying in modern America can even leave physical scars from the torment that is used on the victim. In short, bullying is an act of violence, one that we are not so quick to recognize. In some extreme cases, some bullies even (if intentionally or not) kill their victims.

The damage caused by the violence of childhood and high school bullies can leave lasting consequences on individuals who are harassed by bullies. As a result of continual bullying, teasing and harassment, children may feel defenseless or even feel as if their life is in danger. It is often seen that, kids victimized by bullies are likely to suffer mental scars from the experience… Researchers then found that those who were bullied were more likely than their peers to later report symptoms of depression and anxiety. The wounds from being bullied as a child will stay with that individual until adulthood- that is if they make it past adolescence. The pain of being an outcast among peers, and looked upon as inferior to other students can push an individual to suicide. For example, one child committed suicide after being repeatedly teased and tormented about her hair, whereas another child killed himself after being relentlessly teased about his weight. Not all victims react by taking their own lives, but the damage incurred has lasting effects. Many endure the bulling all the way through high school, resulting in mild to traumatic emotional damage depending on the individual. The victim feels helpless with no one to turn to and these feelings of low self esteem may last a lifetime. A small percentage may react to bullies in an aggressive or violent manner as seen recently in school shootings and violence. Furthermore, the victim is not only prone to becoming excessively violent, but children who bully may similarly become excessively violent.

Bullying is a hidden element of the culture of

d high school bullies can leave lasting consequences on individuals who are harassed by bullies. As a result of continual bullying, teasing and harassment, children may feel defenseless or even feel as if their life is in danger. It is often seen that, kids victimized by bullies are likely to suffer mental scars from the experience… Researchers then found that those who were bullied were more likely than their peers to later report symptoms of depression and anxiety. The wounds from being bullied as a child will stay with that individual until adulthood- that is if they make it past adolescence. The pain of being an outcast among peers, and looked upon as inferior to other students can push an individual to suicide. For example, one child committed suicide after being repeatedly teased and tormented about her hair, whereas another child killed himself after being relentlessly teased about his weight. Not all victims react by taking their own lives, but the damage incurred has lasting effects. Many endure the bulling all the way through high school, resulting in mild to traumatic emotional damage depending on the individual. The victim feels helpless with no one to turn to and these feelings of low self esteem may last a lifetime. A small percentage may react to bullies in an aggressive or violent manner as seen recently in school shootings and violence. Furthermore, the victim is not only prone to becoming excessively violent, but children who bully may similarly become excessively violent.

Bullying is a hidden element of the culture of

with that individual until adulthood- that is if they make it past adolescence. The pain of being an outcast among peers, and looked upon as inferior to other students can push an individual to suicide. For example, one child committed suicide after being repeatedly teased and tormented about her hair, whereas another child killed himself after being relentlessly teased about his weight. Not all victims react by taking their own lives, but the damage incurred has lasting effects. Many endure the bulling all the way through high school, resulting in mild to traumatic emotional damage depending on the individual. The victim feels helpless with no one to turn to and these feelings of low self esteem may last a lifetime. A small percentage may react to bullies in an aggressive or violent manner as seen recently in school shootings and violence. Furthermore, the victim is not only prone to becoming excessively violent, but children who bully may similarly become excessively violent.

Bullying is a hidden element of the culture of

rough high school, resulting in mild to traumatic emotional damage depending on the individual. The victim feels helpless with no one to turn to and these feelings of low self esteem may last a lifetime. A small percentage may react to bullies in an aggressive or violent manner as seen recently in school shootings and violence. Furthermore, the victim is not only prone to becoming excessively violent, but children who bully may similarly become excessively violent.

Bullying is a hidden element of the culture of violence that contributes to the kind of retaliatory school violence happening at schools throughout the country. For example, the tragic shooting at Columbine High School shows the excessive reaction of the victim's need for revenge. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were repeatedly bullied and subjected to verbal putdowns, leading directly to their plan of violent revenge. Klebold had a stash of secret video tapes which were found shortly after his death at Columbine. In one tape, he declares, "'You all deserve to die because you let this bullying go on," He then addressed the school through the camcorder, “We're the only ones strong enough to stand up and do the right thing.” The role of bullying in Columbine resulted in a violent rampage and shooting spree that ended with the tragic losses of thirteen lives and injured twenty-three. Many people did not see the severity of bullying until this tragic event, but now it is realized that bullying can have devastating effects on the individual, as well as society. The violence of bullies has been passed to the victims, and in turn retaliated by more violence for revenge.

Shortly after the Columbine tragedy, many additional school shootings and other forms of violence by students who are teased and harassed by peers occurred. In many instances the motives of these students were the same as those of Harris and Klebold, and the idea seeking revenge with violence can be linked to Harris and Klebold. These bullied individuals responded to their tormentors with violence and their retaliations with excessive retaliation. However, with the exception of these remote cases of retaliatory violence, millions of other students cope with bullying without resorting to violence. Bullying has been a part of the organized education for a long time and is present in schools across the country. Childhood bullying on the one hand can be considered a common and normal developmental experience; alternatively, it can be considered an important cause of stress and of physical and emotional problems. Bullying among classmates contin