Sociology Discussion: Examining the Impact of Bullying in Schools

This sociology discussion post examines the pervasive issue of bullying in middle schools and its detrimental effects on students, teachers, and parents. The discussion highlights that bullying, often fueled by internet usage, exposure to criminal content, and substance abuse, leads to severe consequences such as suicide, mental health issues, and even the use of firearms. Many students avoid school due to fear of bullying, while others suffer in silence, leading to decreased self-esteem, loneliness, depression, and academic decline. Furthermore, the discussion emphasizes that those who witness bullying and fail to intervene contribute to the problem and should be held accountable. The overall school environment is negatively impacted, creating a climate of insecurity and hindering students' ability to learn effectively. The discussion underscores the urgent need to address and combat bullying to create a safer and more supportive educational environment.

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Impact of Bullying in Middle School...........................................................................................................2
2 Short replies How bullying affects Individuals........................................................................................2
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Impact of Bullying in Middle School
Bullying creates negative impact on several students, teachers and parents. It occurs among the
teenagers due to several factors such as, by heavy usage of internet, watching criminal activities
in various websites and by the use of excessive drugs. It results in several negative outcomes like
suicide, mental health and use of firearms (Middle School Students Share Personal Struggles
with Bullying, 2019). It has been observed from the video that more than thousands of students
stays at home because of bullying and few of them who remain in schools, commits suicide. Two
hundred fourteen (214) of the middle schools are worried about bullying among the students.
Many students said that they were bullied by the strong students due to their different
personality, behavior and attitudes (Mahler & Kimmel, 2019). It has been seen that students gets
interested in harassing other students, merely for fun and this generates negative impact on those
students. On the other hand, because of violence and abuse, many teenagers gets afraid to go
school.
2 Short replies How bullying affects Individuals
Bullying affects teenagers, individuals and students in various ways. Students absent their school
and sometimes their self-esteem gets lower due to bullying. Individuals who suffer from bullying
can experience the feeling of loneliness, depression, loss of interest in exciting activities, change
in sleep and could not achieve their respective academic goals (Espelage et al., 2018).
Bullying also affects kids in several ways. The kids who suffer from bullying at younger age,
engage themselves in various criminal activities like violence, abuse, drugs or alcohols with
other kids. Those who notice activities of bullying and do not protest against bullying, are
responsible for harassing other students and they should be punished. Bullying affects so
dangerously, that as a result, the entire environment of the school is affected badly, the students
have to face difficulty in learning, they feel insecure in school and they start hating their school.

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References
Mahler, M., & Kimmel, M. (2019). SAGE Journals: Your gateway to world-class journal
research. Retrieved from
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0002764203046010010
Middle School Students Share Personal Struggles With Bullying. (2019). YouTube. Retrieved 15
February 2019, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=-6pZslb5OAY