Effects of Bullying

I can personally relate to bullying. I, myself was bullied all though school, starting in kindergarden and not ending until I graduated. It was a very hard time for me. I personally had many side effects going through it. I had the depression, loss of interest in my favorite activities. I also gained a lot of weight. I would always tell my mom I wasn't feeling good and I wanted to stay home. I would come home crying every day. It wasn't just at the school I was bullied. I was bullied on the bus and at the bus stop every day.

There are many different types of bullying. Physical, verbal, relationship and cyber. A majority of my bullying was Physical and verbal. I was tripped down stairs, pushed into lockers, spit at and call tons of names. The name calling did not really bother me as much and the physical bullying did. I would come home with cuts, bruises and bumps all over.

Later on in high school, I joined the cheerleading squad. Lets just say this put an end to a lot of my bullying. Eschool Today posted some facts about bullying. The list is below.

• Almost half (46%) of children and young people say they have been bullied at school at some point in their lives.
• 38% of young people have been affected by cyber-bullying.
• Almost half (46%) of children and young people say they have been bullied at school at some point in their lives.
• 38% of disabled children worried about being bullied.
• 18% of children and young people who worried about bullying said they would not talk to their parents about it.
• Two thirds (65%) of lesbian, gay and bisexual young people have experienced homophobic bullying at school.
• 38% of young people have been affected by cyber-bullying, with abusive emails (26%) and text messages (24%) being the most common methods. 28% of children did not tell anyone about the abuse.Girls are less likely than boys to report being victims of violence at all ages, BUT are more than twice as likely as boys to report being victims of name calling.
• Exclusion is a common form of bullying reported amongst girls.
• Boys are more likely to see bullying as part of growing up and something that would need to get quite bad before they did anything about it.
• Girls tend to agree that they would like more help and advice.
• 62% of children agree that being physically bullied is worse than being called names.

Eschool Today. (2014). Bullying… what is that? . Retrieved from http://eschooltoday.com/bullying

Refutation Blog

I recently read an article called "How Liberal Arts Colleges Are Failing America" by Scott Gerber. I was a article about how colleges these days are not teaching their entrepreneurship classes correctly. They are also saying that a majority of college graduates are currently unemployed. Studies show that 1 out of 2 bachelor's degree holders under 25 were jobless or unemployed. This is happening because there are a lot of jobs out there that require you to have the degree plus experience. How else are you going to get the experience if no one will hire you to get it. It makes no sense. Some postings I have seen say either or. Either your have the degree or you have equivalent job experience in a related area. Having the degree to me helps have the upper hand. With my degree I am going for (Business Management) it will help me have a better understanding of what goes on behind closed doors. Having a good entrepreneurship class will help students understand what it is like to run your own business. According to research conducted by Buzz Marketing Group and the Young Entrepreneur Council, 56 percent of students age 21-24 never had access to entrepreneurship classes at all; of those who did, 62 percent found them inadequate or poorly executed -- even though 92 percent agreed entrepreneurship education was vital to their success today. Talk about a disconnect. I personally think they should have this class sooner in life. Maybe in High School. Junior Achievement is the closest thing they have.

Sources:

Gerber, S. (Sept. 24, 2012). How Liberal Arts Colleges Are Failing America. Retrieved from http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/09/how-liberal-arts-colleges-are-failing-america/262711/?single_page=true