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Cyber Bullying

Imagine you are casually typing on your device, when a hate message pops up. You are thinking they are talking behind someone else’s back. But you realise, they’re talking about you. Shock shoots through you. Tears well up in your eyes. What would you feel like? What is this?

This is called cyberbullying. It is when people bully through text or email. A lot of kids and teenagers become a victim of cyberbullying. They all get emotionally hurt. 25 % of teenagers get bullied through their devices. 81% of kids think cyber bullying is easier to get away with than physical bullying. Actually all bullyings are the same.

Excerpt from text by Jasmin Ju

Is it wrong to fight? - Absolutely not!

When most people think of fighting, they think of bullying, beating up someone and war. By no means I support those reasons, but there are other types of fighting with various advantages.

First of all, wrestling is a sport, as most of you know. It is also a business. People enjoy watching wrestling. Wrestling can also support the health of wrestlers. They are more likely to have better strength and endurance than most people. Because (wrestling) is a sport, there are obviously rules preventing the wrestlers from being seriously injured. For example, in wrestling you actually get a warning, if you use an aggressive move (e.g. hitting or punching). All this makes wrestling a great sport.

Excerpt from text by David Zong

 Bullying needs to be stopped!

Do you think that bullying is wrong? I do. Bullying is terrible. It’s affecting so many people around the world, especially teens, aged 12 – 17. Here are several reasons why I strongly dislike bullying.

My first reason is it injures the person. Not just physically, but mentally, too. Their feelings could get hurt; it could lead to depression, and in some extreme cases where people are bullied about their weight, it could even lead to an eating disorder, also known as anorexia.

My second reason is that people who are bullied, sometimes consider, if not commit suicide. Studies show that 20% of people being bullied consider committing suicide and 10% of people actually do.

My third reason is that lots of people get bullied online. 58% of people say that someone has said something mean to them online and lots of people have been bullied more than once. 68 % of teens think that cyberbullying is a major problem.

So what do you think? Do you think bullying should be stopped? Today I have shown you three reasons why bullying should be stopped: Because it hurts the person mentally; they may think about suicide and lastly because of so much cyberbullying going on. Think about it! You can stop someone from bullying today. YOU can make a difference to our precious world. #stopbullying now!

By Fiona Cheng

Is it wrong to cyberbully?

Have you ever cyberbullied someone, witnessed cyberbullying or have been cyberbullied? 100% of teens answer yes to at least one of these questions. Some people cyberbully others because they will feel powerful or in control. Others do it, because it is easier to get away with bullying, when you are online. Here are a few reasons on how cyberbullying can have a huge effect on lives, not only to the victims, but on of all of those, who are close to them.

Firstly, feelings could get hurt and the victim will miss days of school which could lead to a poor education and lower grades. When feelings are hurt, you will have lower self-esteem and grow up not being able to have a friendly conversation with anybody.

Secondly, sometimes cyberbullying can lead to eating disorders. This could be a problem, because you could starve. Family and friends will be worried and most of all your brain won’t operate properly, so you could have problems at school, at home or even in public.

Thirdly, and this is the most serious consequence, some people even commit suicide. One out of five teens who have been cyberbullied think about suicide. One out of ten are successful in killing themselves. Most people who think about or commit suicide are depressed and aren’t thinking properly.

People that have been cyberbullied have their feelings hurt. Sometimes it can lead to eating disorders or it can get as serious as suicide. Remember 100% of teens answer “yes” to one of these questions.

By Joely Jones

Cyber bullying is wrong!

  

Cyberbullying – this is happening to 1 in 3 teenagers around the world. Have you experienced this? As technology is growing, so is cyberbullying. With so many kids and teenagers that have access to technology, cyberbullying is getting bigger and bigger.

Firstly, cyberbullying doesn’t only lead to depression, it can also lead to suicide. 1 in 5 victims of cyberbullying think about suicide and 1 in 10 attempt to. Depression, anxiety and eating disorders these are just some of the things cyberbullying can lead to.

Excerpt from a text by Madison Brown

Bullying has to stop! 

Fighting – some types can be good, but most are bad. What do you think? I definitely think that fighting should stop, especially bullying. Bullying and fighting are terrible ways to resolve problems and it usually ends with someone getting hurt. Plus, a lot of kids are scared of going to school because of bullying.

Firstly, there are many better ways to solve problems. For example, teachers and parents can be a big help and sometimes you just need to talk. Did you know that only 1 in 10 parents know when their child is bullied? This is because most kids think that telling someone will just make the bullying worse. But how else can you get the bullying to stop?

Secondly, heaps of kids are coming home hurt, but don’t tell anyone. Of course some types of fighting are for entertainment purposes, like wrestling and boxing, but any other types are not okay. And remember, fighting doesn’t just hurt people physically, but emotionally as well. Each year 4500 teenagers commit suicide because of bullying.

Thirdly, bullying can make kids so scared that they don’t want to go to school, because they know that they will get bullied. 1 million kids skip school each month because of bullying. Some kids are too scared to go anywhere because of bullying. That means that they will never learn to be around other people, so they won’t get very far in life.

In conclusion, bullying should be stopped, because it hurts people and scares them and there are many more ways to resolve problems. So next time you see someone getting bullied, be an upstander, not a bystander.

By Amelie Preece

Should Thirteen Year Olds Be Allowed To Vote?

I think thirteen year olds shouldn’t be allowed to vote.

Firstly, most thirteen year olds are not responsible enough to vote. Thirteen year olds haven’t fully developed and their brains don’t fully develop till their twenties. And so they are not mature enough to vote. They will muck around and choose any party, because there might be a girl that they like. Also thirteen year olds are very influenced by their friends.

Secondly, they are not old enough to be thinking about paying the mortgage, transport and those sorts of things. What I am trying to say is that thirteen year olds don’t care about parties and politics and they have no reason to vote and it doesn’t effect them.

Lastly, as I have already said, thirteen year olds shouldn’t be allowed to vote, because they are not mature enough and they have no reason to vote. So please, don’t allow this change to happen.

By Grace Hamblett - Davison