The Detrimental Effects of Traditional Bullying and Cyber Bullying Ess

We have all heard the pronounce sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me on the playground or school bus switch on home. The phrase was normally thrown out to bullies during a fight in the schoolyard, pushes in the hall, food thrown in the cafeteria, or during the endless testy and taunting on bus rides to/from school. According to a national go off conducted by the National Center for Edu blareion Services, U.S. Department of Education in 2002, 32% of students in grades 6-12 describe being bullied. Only 9% reported injuries or needing medical attention. Fast forward to 2011 when these same victims of tralatitious blustery are now college-aged. After suffering the detrimental effects of their traditional bullying experiences, these same individuals now face a new work out of bullying with the help of technology cyber bullying. With the help of high-tech methods of communication, bullies are targeting their victims in non-traditional forms not with a p ush or punch thrown, but with words. Words, by and by all, do have meaning. If they didnt, there would be no much(prenominal) thing as understandable communication. If words did not matter, why would anyone write a poem, a book, an article, or song lyrics? Why would we try to talk to apiece other, if words did not matter? Why do advertisers go to such pains to develop the right phrases in order to sell their products, or songwriters and authors spend time rewriting and rewriting until they get their ideas expressed in just the right way? Words are what we use to stock deeply held feelings, beliefs, and ideas. (Whittemore, 2009) Words can cut like a glossa through our souls and leave scars for a lifetime. Who has not been hurt by a loved one who spouted off in a fi... ...curity-Technology/News/2009/10/31/Campus-Police-Scrutinized-for-Role-in-Hazing.aspx.15. hector Statistics / Cyber Bullying Statistics / School Bullying Statistics. How to Stop Bullying Stop the Harassm ent before It Causes Permanent Damage. 2009. Web. 4 Nov. 2010. http//www.how-to-stop-bullying.com/bullyingstatistics.html16. National appoint of Child Health and Human Development (April 24, 2001)/ Survey finds bullying far-flung in U.S. schools. 17.National Association of Attorneys General. (2000). Bruised Inside What Our Children Say About offspring Violence, What Caused It, and What We Should Do About It. 18. Whittemore, Becky. Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones (But Words tolerate Do Even More Damage. Associated Content. 17, March 2009. 15 February 2011. http//www.associatedcontent.com/article/1571788/sticks_and_stones_may_break_my_bones.html?cat=41