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Essay On Ways of Preventing Bullying in Schools
Essay On Ways of Preventing Bullying in Schools
According to the American Psychological Association (2011), 70 percent of middle and high
school students have experienced bullying at some point, nearly 40 percent were reported having
bullied or been part of bullying during their year in school, approximately 15 percent of youth
are severe victims, and about 12 percent are chronic bullies. This therefore means that bullying
has become a disaster to teenagers in schools since it affects their learning in a negative way.
Basically bullying is a form of violence which involves taking up a physically weaker person or
somebody of low standing to you. This is may be either physical or verbal. Normally males
engage in a physical form of bullying while on the other hand girls do the verbal way. All this
forms of bullying have an impact on the students’ academic performance as well feelings for
instance low self-esteem. This may go to the point of committing suicide. The trend is however
worrying since the number of suicides associated with bullying has been on the increase. The
This means that much need to done in order to curb bullying in schools.
One of the best ways of preventing bullying in schools is trying to prevent it before it starts. As
the saying goes prevention is better than cure, it a perfect definition of why schools should adopt.
This will start by first assessing the situation in school and determining the potential risk factors
that might contribute to bullying in schools. One of them being drug and substance abuse which
is a key causes of bullying in majority of schools. This therefore means that the school
authorities should get to the root cause of bullying. Once the cause is found the authorities
should formulate the possible solutions to the menace. For the case of drugs and substance abuse,
the school authorities may put stringent measures to prevent substance and drug abuse. This may
include prohibition of drugs and substance within the school premises. This may go ahead to
even subjecting anyone found in possession of drugs to disciplinary action for instance being
given a suspension.
Being subjected to violence in the form of bullying is demeaning and disturbing to the victims
.Some of them would want to revenge for what they had been done. Bullying in itself disturbs
mentally and leads to depression and low self-esteem .Students who have undergone through
violence in form of bullying should be taken to classes that help them recover from the form of
violence they had already undergone. This helps them get through the traumatizing experiences
In order to curb bullying the school authorities play an important role in making sure that the
students relate well to them. This involves making the students appreciate the effort of the school
in preventing bullying and other forms of indiscipline associated with bullying in the school.
This can be achieved through positive social interactive sessions and inclusivity. School
authorities need to involve the students in the formulation of the rules preventing bullying .This
can be done by getting their piece of mind about the same. This helps enhance a cordial
academically as well as mentally on the victims. This can be done by formulating rules and
importantly is all the stakeholders should play their role in fighting bullying in schools (Anon.,
2011)
References
Anon., 2011. American Psychological Association. Bullying.
Tsai, K. C., 2012. Effects of Bullying in Schools: The Teachers’ Perspectives. Journal of Society and
Commuication, 12(print), pp. 7-21.