Real+Stories+About+Bullying

Real Stories about Bullying

Melissa Lytle, Emma Underwood, Vanessa Baird
A Teen Tragedy: Girl's Death Puts Bullying in the Spotlight ====The purpose of the article is to raise awareness of how serious bullying can be with teens and young adults in high school. It puts bullying in perspective as it shows how this young girl, age 15, commits suicide as a result of the continuous harassment of her fellow classmates.The author was trying to prove that bullying at the extremes can be very serious. Bullying at the extremes can be life threatening like the one girl stated in the article. On a particular rough day, she had a sports drink thrown at her, and this is the day she committed suicide.Consequences such as suicide and other personal effects can harm a person a lot. The author states that the best thing that you can do when it comes to bullying, is find an adult you can trust and report it to them. Bullying can become so bad that it comes to the point of even suicide. ==== "A Teen Tragedy: Girl's Death Puts Bullying in the Spotlight." Gale Opposing Viewpoints. Current Events, a Weekly Reader Publication, 3 May 2010. Web. 9 Feb. 2011.
 * Bullying Cases in Court, Suicide, Gender Bullying **

**Brian Stoya **
===Teen’s suicide prompts a look at bullying === ====Bullying in schools now-a-days is a huge cause of teen suicide. Bullying someone puts down their self-esteem and confidence, and the bully is the one who is insecure the majority of the time; also, they are the ones who end up being cowards. The death of this freshmen girl could have been stopped, but it wasn’t brought to anyone's attention that she was bullied until she committed suicide. None of the students have been disciplined since her death; the school has a memorial made for the girl. ====

**Suicide, Internet Harassment, Cyber Bullying through Facebook/texting **
====﻿McCabe, Kathy. "Teen’s Suicide Prompts a Look at Bullying - The Boston Globe." Boston.com. Globe Newspaper Company. Web. 09 Feb. 2011 ====

**Amanda Brewer **
===Exposing Bullies: Can You Recognize Bullying When You See It or Hear It? Read These Scenarios to Find Out.(PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY). ===

====Bullying happens everywhere in every high school. Kristin Lewis, the author of this article, tells readers what they can do if they see bullying, or are the person being bullied. This article is targeted for teens,and Lewis talks about the different types of bullying and the effects they have on kids. It’s about all these different people who are being bullied in school, and all the types of bullying going on. There are different stories being told by the kids that are or were being bullied. They talk about how they handled it and Lewis also adds to what you can do to help stop bullying. The author tells the reader the different actions they can take to stop bullying if they see it go on. She tells you to take a stand and to tell someone when you see bullying happening. ====

**Reasons for Bullying, Prevention, Helpful Actions **
====﻿Lewis, Kristin. "Exposing Bullies: Can You Recognize Bullying When You See It or Hear It? Read These Scenarios to Find Out.(PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY)." Scholastic Choices 1 Sept. 2010: 4-5. Student Resource Center. Web. 4 Feb. 2011 ====

** Nico Scroggy **
====Introduction to Violence: Teen Decisions ==== ====﻿The purpose of this article was to teach teens about how bullying affects school environment. The information this article is based on is from the Columbine School shooting and the causes and effects of it. This article shows what happens when bullying is pushed too far and people start to get hurt. At the Colombine School, many people got hurt from this tragic shooting. ====

**﻿Guns, Violence, College **
====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Grapes, Bryan J., ed. "Introduction to Violence: Teen Decisions." Violence. San Diego: Greenhaven, 2001. Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 4 Feb. 2011. ====

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Brian Stoya =Here’s your sign: Teen gets public punishment--Mother makes girl suspended for bullying hold poster outside schools =

Giselle Shaw Hubbard, Jeremy. "Fifth Gay Teen Suicide in Three Weeks Sparks Debate." ABC News/ U.S. ABC News, 3 Oct. 2010. Web. 18 Feb. 2011.
 * Fifth Gay Teen Suicide in Three Weeks Sparks Debate **

=Public Punishment for Boy Accused of Bullying=

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Giselle Shaw The Surge in Gay Teen Suicide <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px;">Burford, Michelle. "The Surge in Gay Teen Suicide." // AOL Health //. AOL Inc., 12 Oct. 2010. Web. 14 Mar. 2011.

Giselle Shaw Two more gay teen suicide victims - Raymond Chase, Cody Barker mark 6 deaths in September

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px;">LGBTQ Nation. "Two More Gay Teen Suicide Victims — Raymond Chase, Cody Barker Mark 6 Deaths in September." // LGBTQ Nation //. LGBTQ Nation, 1 Oct. 2010. Web. 14 Mar. 2011.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px;">Giselle Shaw <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px;">SUICIDE: Nick Kelo, 13, Dead From Gunshot After Suffering Anti-Gay Bullying For Joining Band <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px;">Simon, Max. "SUICIDE: Nick Kelo, 13, Dead From Gunshot After Suffering Anti-Gay Bullying For Joining Band." // Queerty //. Queerty, 14 Mar. 2011. Web. 13 Mar. 2011.

Giselle Shaw <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px;">New Gay Student Suicide Adds to National Tragedy <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px;">Vanasco, Jennifer. "New Gay Student Suicide Adds to National Tragedy." // 365gay //. MTV Inc., 21 Oct. 2010. Web. 13 Mar. 2011.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px;">Giselle Shaw <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px;">Youth Suicide Problems <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px;">"Youth Suicide Problems." // Youth Suicide //. Youth Suicide, 2011. Web. 13 Mar. 2011.