The Lack of Bullying Interventions in Today's School Systems

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In school systems today bullying is only talked about as being wrong or not tolerated. No one does anything about a bully until someone has committed suicide, tried to commit suicide, or has taken matters into their own hands violently. Administrators, teachers, and parents should pay closer attention to prevent the bullying that happens right in front of them.

In an article written on Columbine, Greg Toppo uncovers the many events of April 20, 1998. The two boys involved were Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. On the day of now one of the most famous massacres to happen in America, Harris and Klebold entered their school with guns and killed 13 people, injuring another 24 just before turning the guns on themselves. In a video made just before the shooting the boys address the people who had made their life a struggle and made them want to do what they did. Dylan Klebold says in these videos, now known as the Basement Tapes, "You've been giving us shit for years. You're fucking gonna pay for all the shit! We don't give a shit. Because we're gonna die doing it." (Zero Hour Episode 3) Eric Harris wrote in his journal "I hate you people for leaving me out of so many fun things. And no don't … say, 'Well that's your fault,' because it isn't, you people had my phone #, and I asked and all, but no. No no no don't let the weird-looking Eric KID come along.” (Toppo) Friends of Dylan and Eric said that the boys were bullied in front of teachers. "People surrounded them in the commons and squirted ketchup packets all over them, laughing at them, calling them faggots," their friend Brooks Brown says. "That happened while teachers watched. They couldn't fight back. They wore ketchup all day and went home covered with it." (Prendergast) Students ...

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...mind when thinking about bullies, they are all very serious and can possibly have some seriously damaging effects on both parties involved.

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Lett, Jeff. “Facts and Statistics: The Numbers Continue to Rise Every Month.” Make Beats Not Beat Downs. Cartel, 2009. Web. 23 Jan. 2014

"Massacre at Columbine High". Zero Hour. Season 1. Episode 3. 2004. History

Milsom, A. “Bullying in Middle Schools: Prevention and Intervention.” Middle School Journal, Web. 31 Jan. 2014

Prendergast, Alan (July 13, 2000). "The Missing Motive". Denver Westword News.

Rosenberg, Jennifer. “Columbine Massacre.” About.com 20th Century History, N.p., N.d. Web. 06 Feb. 2014

Toppo, Greg (April 14, 2009). "10 years later, the real story behind Columbine". USA Today. Retrieved April 14, 2009.

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