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Clean the Mean

January 30, 2014
By Keshaun BRONZE, Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Keshaun BRONZE, Williamsport, Pennsylvania
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Doors don't just open you have to keep knocking.


Over 3.2 million students are victims of bullying each year. I know that’s a big number. Now think about this one. 56 percent of students have personally witnessed some type of bullying at school. Out of those 56 percent how many do you think did something about it? Would You? Bullying can be calling someone a name or spreading rumors about them. Have you ever done that? A lot of kids are afraid they’ll get bullied also if they “Snitch” on them. But what happens if you don’t speak up and tell someone. The majority of school shootings and suicides are caused by bullying. Approximately 160,000 teens skip school every day because of bullying. Think about that almost 160,000 didn’t go to school today and won’t go tomorrow, because of bullying. 1 in 4 teachers see nothing wrong with bullying and will only intervene 4 percent of the time. If only 1 in 4 teachers don’t think bullying is wrong then who else is going to stick up for them. Think of all this next time you see someone being bullied.


The author's comments:
I hate bullying so I wrote this to inform people.

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Emack37 said...
on Feb. 8 2014 at 2:51 pm
Positive and very encouraging writing on an issue for everyone read and hopefully act.