So Many Problems, So Much Hurt

There are so many problems that students face here at Sunridge Middle School, whether

it’s the food not being good enough, students arguing with teachers, kids not paying attention during class, air conditioning, bullying or much more. But it always comes to one of the biggest problems that was mentioned by a few students during my interviews. Students all over our school are being bullied, but some bullies are too scared to attack in school of the fear of getting in trouble, or suspended. Bullies at Sunridge have been attacking their victim through the internet to avoid these things, and today I see more kids being cyberbullied than actually being bullied face to face at school. But through the internet it is much harder to stop the victim from being attacked due to the variety of social media that the bully can attack through. But limiting cyberbullying may or may not be hard. It mostly depends on the victim. A few students suggested that just staying off of their phones, watching phone uses, and to talk to your principal or counselor if you are being cyberbullied could help prevent this problem.

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Although staying off of phones could be a pretty hard way to solve cyberbullying, it’s not quite impossible. Avoiding cyberbullying is very important, and you might just have to give your phone a little break if you are being cyberbullied to risk the chances of being hurt. Zoe, a seventh grader at Sunridge says “watching phone uses could help solve cyberbullying.” A lot of students all over our school may be getting cyberbullied, and you probably don’t even know or notice. Some students don’t tell anyone if they are being bullied online, and are could be hurting from it. It causes hurt feelings, depression, and even suicide, and we definitely don’t want any students around our school or at any other schools to have these problems. But if you are one of those students being cyberbullied, and are hiding, I suggest to tell an adult, and reduce being on your phones or electronic devices, so that you can avoid the bully before it gets too out of hand.

As a students you can help yourself to avoid cyber bullies, but so can principals, counselors, your parents, or any responsible adult. After being asked what could be a solution to this problem Joycelene, a 6th grader at Sunridge replies “talking to the principal, a counselor, or teachers and having them talk to the bully.” There are problems like this that happen all of the time and sometimes students can’t face the bully on their own, who most likely need a responsible adult to help them stop the bully. Telling the principle could be a huge step in to helping with this problem. They can talk to the bully and have them stop what they are doing and even talk to their parent. Also, talking to your parents or guardian can help a lot. Although they may reduce the amount of time you use on your phone, they are doing it for the better. Talking to any adult will definitely help you defeat the bully, and will prevent the large amount of cyberbullying happening anywhere.  

This is such a huge problem at our school because so many of our students are being bullied over the internet and through social media which causes a lot of depression and bad thoughts of our students. But I think that if more adults step in, and if students themselves step up to the problem, ignore the bully, and watch their phone uses then cyberbullying would not be as big of a deal.