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Perhaps part of the reason why the courts are so indecisive about the best way to punish juvenile delinquents is because there are so many reasons why these kids are committing illegal acts. One of the most influential factors that causes juveniles to get involved with delinquency is poverty. In the United States, there are currently about 20% of kids living in poverty (Haight, 2014). These kids and their families often find themselves in low socioeconomic standing and reliant on welfare. Juveniles who are a part of the welfare system, who later find themselves involved in delinquency, are often called crossover youth and 92% of crossover youth find themselves in the juvenile justice system (Haight, 2014).

The diversity of student backgrounds, abilities and learning styles makes each person unique in the way he or she reacts to information. The intersection of diverse student backgrounds and active learning needs a comfortable, positive environment in which to take root. Dr. King continues by explaining, “Education which stops with efficiency may prove the greatest menace to society. The most dangerous criminal may be the man gifted with reason, but with no morals.” From back then to today’s society, kids are failing because they lack those morals that they need to succeed.

A first program in review is juvenile boot camps. These programs were developed to mimic adult like boot camps; some offered treatment and skill building, while others implemented military-like discipline (Chambliss, 2011). These types of facilities are showing little to no positive outcome and even more links to higher recidivism in juveniles. While the boot camps brought about new issues within the system, they have also acted as a trial and error piece

What is far more difficult to mend is the primary wound that bullying victims suffer which is damage to their emotions; to their identities. Bullying is an attempt to instill fear and self-loathing. Being the repetitive target of bullying damages your ability to view yourself as a desirable, capable and effective individual. It only means that words also harm us not only by hurting us physically from time to time but words also take a lot more damage to us emotionally. Why do people deal with loneliness?

Worst Parts/Greatest Challenges: “Taking my work home could be the worst. Especially if it is one of those days where I felt I tried all I can to help a child but it seem not to work. Even the idea of mixing the children together can sometimes be nerve wrecking. In JDC there are kids who are criminals, and those who are there because of non-support custody issues. Honestly to me that is corrupting the minds of the children who never committed a crime, especially if it is consider a minor offense.”

Not all teenagers shoplift, have parties, and disrespect their parents. There are causes for rebellion and defiance to get out of hand. The main cause is a struggling home life. Again, teenagers are not legal adults, so whatever their home life is going through, they are going to have to be apart of it.

In this essay I will argue that peer pressure is not good for self-development based on my researches and understandings. As a teenager myself, I believe that every teen will face a form of peer pressure growing up, whether it’s negative or positive. Loneliness and desire for acceptance often drives students to give in to negative peer pressure. We often hear about the dangers of peer pressure and its effect to teens. One of the negative effects is losing their interest in their hobbies.

The article “inside the Teen Brain” by Marty Wolner, states that shocking evidence shows a teenage brain on how they take impulsive decisions. Development in the brain for teenagers are more active. Over the Years of living the brain starts to make mature decisions. Parents may find this time really exhausting. Teenagers are sometimes not capable of fully comprehending information, so sometimes making responsible decisions is hard.

Bullying is a childhood memory most of us hope not to remember. Many people end up being victims of bullying and are unaware of how to prevent it. Suicide, depression, criminal behavior and use of drugs and alcohol are common side effects of bullying. Nowadays, bullying has expanded into the virtual world in what has been called “cyberbullying. Cyberbullying unlike conventional bullying can be completely anonymous and is sometimes reported to bring many children to the end of their lives by committing suicide.

In Nineteen Minutes, the author uses conflict to develop the theme of how kindness or the lack thereof can affect someone’s life. For example, Peter was bullied all his life and never experienced true kindness from anyone, except Josie. Peter started being bullied

Bullying 101 Stenulson 1 “Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” Most of us have heard the children’s rhyme, which persuades a child being called names to ignore the taunting, refrain from retaliation, and to remain calm and level-headed. Now more than ever those words seem significantly untrue. In today’s society, bullying is a powerful epidemic in our homes, schools, and neighborhoods. An issue once thought to be just a part of growing up, has emerged as a “behavioral cancer” eating away at the academic, physical, social, and emotional development of all parties involved.

Individuals involved in bullying have long term complications throughout their lives. Both victims and bullies themselves are more susceptible to having countless mental health impairments. These issues that one faces, carry on with them from their adolescence years into later

In the deadly shootings that have occurred in high schools more than one normally pays a price for one bully that cannot get over their self, imagine that. In other cases a bully may have home problems that they bring to school and act out on others, due to the inability to seek help. One that has most recently been tossed around is a psychological disorder. Every-one involved in a shooting of any kind these days has a disorder. The Columbine shooting after years there was evidence released, the Harris and Kleblod personal journals and videos, which these experts say that personality disorder was the main cause of events that took place that day.

About seventy-five percent of the school-related aggressive behaviors are directly attributable to bullying (“Statistics”). Bullying is a pervasive illness that has struck modern society. Bullying affects individuals in the workplace and at home, but is most prominent in schools. Bullying is one of the most poisonous, most common, and preventable issues in today’s society. Shane Koyczan presented the spoken-word poem “To This Day” at the TED conference.

Summary The movie Bully by Lee Hirsch is an interesting take on the concept of bullying inside of an adolescent’s life. The main characters revolve around a couple of students who have faced much adversity throughout their time in school. Tyler, one of the people mentioned, was shown to have committed suicide due to the extent of the bullying that took place.