Authors Note

Authors Note

As you may notice, my book contains a character that is bullied through out the book. Bullying is a huge issue in our country and it appears to us in many ways. Not only does it effect children, but it also can effect adults to. It has many negative effects on people such as depression, fear, and even suicidal thoughts. “stopbullying.gov” says that bullying can also lead to mental and physical health as well as substance abuse. The last thing we want children to be doing is drugs. I believe that we as a country should fight to end bullying to put a stop to all of the deaths annually because of bullying.

I myself haven’t really ever found myself in a situation in which I was being bullied. Given that, I definitely have seen bullying whether it’s on the street or in my school. In fact, 70.6 percent of teens like me have too. This is quite a big number which tells us that there is a problem that needs to be stopped. To stop this problem we should work as a team to give everybody the help they need to either prevent themselves from being bullied or to help them recover from being bullied. Also, there are many different types of bullying. There is the regular type, with variations like, sexual harassment, purposeful isolation, stealing someones belongings, rumor spreading, and teasing. All of these things have something in common which is that that they all can start off as a joke. I want people to be aware that it may be funny to you, but the person you are aimed at could be having the worst time of his/her life. People need to learn that there is a fine line between joking and bullying. If that could happen then we can have a chance to stop bullying. 

Bullying can lead up to many other things beside just “hurting someones feeling.” By now we probably have all heard of many tragic school shootings. Well according to “NoBullying.com” 75 percent of school shootings have been linked to past bullying. This statistic is so powerful because it is talking about all of the lives lost maybe cause someone started a rumor about you. We need to teach everybody that any joke taken too far can become destructive to someones mental heath. The fact that a little joke to you can cost the life of another person is heart-breaking because that life could have easily been saved from a little attention from a parent or teacher.