Bullying Is A Major Problem That Has Gradually Gotten...

Bullying is a major problem that has gradually gotten worser over the years. With technology evolving teens have taken bullying to a new level, by cyberbullying. Bullying is a way of verbally or physically harming someone else to try and seem superior. People who bully are very insecure about themselves so they chose to bully others in order to make themselves feel better. There are others ways that teens may use to bully such as cyberbullying. Cyber bulling is a form of harassment online through social media, email, and text messages. Cyberbullying presents a challenge because it can be done anouomusly so it may be hard to catch the person. In America, bullying is one of the greatest issues that we face and technology has only added to the problem by opening up other opportunities for bullying. As many as 25% of teenagers have experienced cyberbullying according to Justin W . Patchin, who studies the phenomenon at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.(Justin). He and colleagues have conducted formal surveys of 15,000 middle and high school students throughout the United States and found that about 10% of teens have been victims of cyberbullying in the last 30 days.’’(cnn.com). A study conducted at two schools in Philadelphia assessed the prevalence of bullying over cyberbullying. The findings of the study were that the percentage of bullying was 17.3 percent while the percentage for cyberbullying was only 9.3% The main question is why is it that people choose to bully ?