Informative Essay: Teen Activists In Schools

Rujuta Swadi #20 Period 1/2 A Message to Victims (Topic Sentence/Question) Every year, about 3.2 million kids teens are bullied at school to the point where suicide seems like their only escape. Jamie Nabozny was one of those people who almost committed suicide because he felt hopeless. After being encouraged to sue the Ashland School District in court, and winning, (thesis statement) he has made it his mission to encourages others to fight back. (Background Info)

Bullying’s Impact Analysis Bullying has become a prevalent social issue among teenagers, and its consequences can be devastating to a teen's mental health. In the novel Speak, the main character Melinda goes through the struggles of the aftermath of sexual assault at a summer party before her freshman year of high school. Throughout the book she also deals with bullying and that heavily impacts her behavior and the way she responds, as well as the way she thinks and views herself . While Speak shows what it is like to be the target of bullies, the article “I Used to be a Bully and Why I stopped” shows the perspective of a former bully, the author of this article gives the reader more understanding about bullying from a former bully’s perspective.

Alex Libby is a teen activist who fights against bullying. Throughout his years of school, Alex was bullied because of the way he looked. He didn’t want other kids to go through what he did, so he decided to fight for what’s right. Alex was chosen to star in the documentary “Bully” and to talk about his life as a kid and what he went through. Alex’s bullying experiences, The documentary “Bully”, and Bullying, in general, are very important to his fight.

The next disruption will occur during the video Bullying Starts and Ends With Us. This is a powerful video that shows physical bullying, few people help but many walk away or say nothing while a young man is being punched and kicked. During each of these activities students will be asked to share their own thoughts and opinions of the matter. Multiple Views

In the Ted video Nicolas Carlisle talks about bullying during his childhood and many other aspects of bullying. A specific part of the video that stood out to me was the part when he talked about the high school bullies that were brought together and were informed about how Alvero was feeling, this was about making the bullies feel empathetic for Alvero. The group of highscoolers then went on to end bullying through the the entire school. What I learned most during this video was how to help a situation in which one is being bullied. For example during the video Nicolas talked about how to stop and prevent bullying by stepping up but he also said how it is sometimes better to take a step back.

Sometimes the world can seem like a dreadful place surrounded by brutal situations with no way out. Child labor, bullying, and world hunger are just some examples of those situations. These circumstances can lead to physical injury, social problems, emotional problems, and even death. Luckily, some teens around the world have decided to stand up for what they believe is right. They change the world by making things better for us.

Teen activists try to help solve many problems in our world. However, fighting for certain causes comes with a price. Some teen activists are safely fighting for what they believe in, however, several teen activists are putting their lives at risk while fighting for these causes. Teen activists are determined to fight for what they believe in even when it comes to setbacks.

high school. Although several students stated that they have sought individual counseling, Teens Working Against Bullying believes that individual counseling combined with group counseling would be more effective than individual counseling alone. In addition, Teens Working Against Bullying also believes that group counseling would be a great opportunity for students to share their thoughts and feeling with other students. The group will give students an optimistic feeling that they are not alone. Teens Working Against Bullying is a voluntary group, which means that each student has a decision on whether he or she would like to attend group counseling.

He was bullied non-stop by his peers. One of the reasons why he was bullied was because he chose not “to smoke or do drugs or anything else that would make him cool” (Nastoh, 2004, p. 35). They would abuse him physically and verbally. Nastoh also wrote a note for his parents to read before going to the bridge, explaining why he made this decision and how he wanted his parents to bring awareness of bullying so other kids would not have to suffer like he did.

All though they are mostly fighting for differents beliefs like child labor, education and anti- bullying which, I don’t know about you but those seem to be very different, but teen activists are always passionate, inspiring and most of them overcome life changing obstacles that help inspire. Here are some examples of how they are all inspiring, passionate and how they mostly all overcome obstacles. Almost all teen activists are relatively the same. For instance, all of them are inspiring. This is shown by Malala Yousafzai in her book called “I am Malala”.

Teen activists can’t do big things/changes by themselves. Here are some examples. Many activists get in danger because of the cause their supporting. That can lead to physical or mental violence.

There are many ways to stop bullying for good with a little help from everyone we can make it possible. Alex a kid that was in Bully a movie that tells more in depth about bullying had a hard time growing up being bullied. He is one of many who suffer or have suffered from bullying. Kids are bullied for many things now in modern times. They are even picked on for what their siblings look like, for example Alex’s sister was for what her brother looked like.

Name: Syed Saheemuddin Topic: Bullying Thesis Statement: Bullying has long been a practice witnessed in schoolyards and classrooms across the country. To varying degrees, bullying has been proven to cause anxiety and depression in teens. Today's generation of teenagers, however, experience a heightened sense of fear due to increases in violent bullying behavior Background: Bullying is most common way if showing hatred toward others in today's society. family genetics play a big part because the type of behavior a child is raised upon, most likely he will end up doing the same things.

Bullying is an undesirable, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves actual disparity of power. According to Megan Brooks bullying is a serious public health problems, with significant short-and long-term psychological consequences for the child who is bullied and the child who is the bully. This only tells us that bullying can lead to difficulty that a certain children may experience and will have either short or long term problem. “Bullying has long been tolerated as a rite of passage among children and adolescents, but it has lasting, negative consequences and cannot simply be ignored.” Committee chair Frederick Rivera, MD.

There are many things in the world that could make a society better. Many people look down on some adults because they don’t think that kids and young people could make a difference in society. They laugh when a young person say that we want to make a difference because we have to stereotype that we just go out and smoke, take drugs, and never want to pay attention to the society. Many grown ups do not think that kids cant do it, they just want their kids to be normal and go to school just like the other kids. Young people came make a change in society by their Jobs, Community Services, and voting.