Bullying Later in Life

Bullying exists far past the realms of school. In school, bullies learn their bad habits and often hold on to these bad habits for the rest of their life. This video does a good job of depicting how such bullying is projected later in life. As we grow older, it seems that the playground is replaced by the office cubical and the bully is now "Fred" three cubicles down,or unfortunately even your boss. Whichever the case, bullying in the workplace is a very real factor that hundreds of thousands of adults deal with on a daily basis. Bullying can be prevented in the workplace and is often treated with several different organizations inside a company;however, treating the problem where it starts can be a concrete fix, not just a temporary one. If we attack the problem in the schools, then we ultimately aid everyone later in life.

Bullying is a large problem that creates gargantuan rifts in every aspect of our lives, despite our age. From elementary school to the work place, bulling NEEDS to be stopped.

Physical scars...

Are a thing of the past.
Over time, with much more social networks being created and widely used, no longer is bullying restricted to the playground. The bullying issue has expanded and spread like a virus among many of the social networks such as twitter, myspace, and lets not forget facebook, where victims of the bullying problem can not seem to find a break. It has turned into a 24 hours a day, 7 days a week online bashing to humiliate another.

Here are some statistics of the online cyberbullying based on a survey from 2004 with 1,500 students in middle school:

• 42% of kids have been bullied while online. 1 in 4 have had it happen more than once.
• 35% of kids have been threatened online. Nearly 1 in 5 have had it happen more than once.
• 21% of kids have received mean or threatening e-mail or other messages.
• 58% of kids admit someone has said mean or hurtful things to them online. More than 4 out of 10 say it has happened more than once.
• 53% of kids admit having said something mean or hurtful to another person online. More than 1 in 3 have done it more than once.
• 58% have not told their parents or an adult about something mean or hurtful that happened to them online.

Although there are no physical signs of this type of bullying the damage done is no less real, and can be more painful.

Those Little Actions

Its the small things that can have monumental effects.

Here are some things that others have done/created to spread the word. Some of these show the small actions we can do to make a difference, while others simply create a message against bullying. Whatever the case, they focus on aiding the anti bullying cause through peaceful and harmless ways, ways which benefit everyone including the bully. It is important to remember that every action counts and the small things do add up. Showing someone who is being bullied one tiny bit of love could be what saves them in the end. It could also show the bully the treasures found in love for others.
I leave you now with one question. What is that small action you could take today to save a life?