Teen Cyber Bullying

Bullying can happen anywhere, even in small town St. Marys. It was easy for the bully since they hid behind a computer on a social networking site called Twitter. This user created an anonymous account and would post gossip about other people. Most teenagers thought that this account was funny until they got something secret written about them. A lot of the insulting posts led the teens of St. Marys to believe things about themselves that probably were not even true. This page spread so large that it got reported to the police, and eventually shut down. Bullying is a serious problem and most adults don't even know it is happening. Kids and teens are probably too scared to tell an adult that they are getting bullied. Teachers may want to help, but they cannot add students as friends on Facebook, or follow them on Twitter so they don't know it is happening. Bullies can use the internet as a form of bullying. They can also tease because of increasing popularity or because of their gender. Some ways to fix bullying are to educate students and reinforce punishments.

There are many different types of tormenting but cyber bullying seems to be the most used in St. Marys. Denise and Michael Accordino, co-authors of “An Exploratory Study of Face to Face and Cyber bullying in Sixth Grade,” remind everyone that cyber bullying is horrific because it can be anonymous. Many children mistreat social media (Accordino). Kids that have been bullied face-to-face will most likely use technology to get their revenge(Accordino). There are many ways that are classified as cyber bullying, such as using social media, like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, or using handheld connections, like texting or e-mailing (Accordino). However, cyber bullying mostly...

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