Bullycide: An Ageless Problem
"Kids will be kids." "It's a right of passage." Stop lying to me and stop lying to yourselves! If it's not that big of a deal, why are hundreds of kids taking their own lives at the peak of puberty?
Schools, the workplace and social media are some places where bullying is making a popular trend. Wait, let me take that back. There is nothing popular about this because the violence and deaths are starting to spark attention. It's awful that blood has to be shed in order to acknowledge an ageless problem. As if the world doesn't have enough problems, bullycide is another problem/issue/epidemic that we humans have to analyze.
Bullycide is the reaction to atempt suicide triggered by ruthless bullying from peers and associated depression, according to Joyce Bender. It surprises me that people who are so unhappy with their situations in life contrive clever ways to harass, dehumanize, and devalue another innocent human being just for a hobby. At the same time, there's a scripture in the Holy Book that states that people would have no natural affection, not be open to any aggreement, without self-control, without love of goodness. Another pleads to cease being unreasonable.
As I read about the 34 teenage deaths that occured in 2010 on Christopher Burgess's website, I had a hard time trying to finish it. These kids were as young as 9 and no older than 19. Who is overreacting here? Who is doing something about it? How did it start? When is it gonna stop? There is no reason, whatsoever, for a parent to be picking out their child's casket when they should be picking out roller coasters and vacation spots.
I plan on catching this flick at the end of the month. I may post my reaction and review to it. I may even use it as a source for another work I'm doing. I'm sure many conversations have been started, but I would like to attribute to the wordplay. Someone's gotta to say something anyway, right...?
Schools, the workplace and social media are some places where bullying is making a popular trend. Wait, let me take that back. There is nothing popular about this because the violence and deaths are starting to spark attention. It's awful that blood has to be shed in order to acknowledge an ageless problem. As if the world doesn't have enough problems, bullycide is another problem/issue/epidemic that we humans have to analyze.
Bullycide is the reaction to atempt suicide triggered by ruthless bullying from peers and associated depression, according to Joyce Bender. It surprises me that people who are so unhappy with their situations in life contrive clever ways to harass, dehumanize, and devalue another innocent human being just for a hobby. At the same time, there's a scripture in the Holy Book that states that people would have no natural affection, not be open to any aggreement, without self-control, without love of goodness. Another pleads to cease being unreasonable.
As I read about the 34 teenage deaths that occured in 2010 on Christopher Burgess's website, I had a hard time trying to finish it. These kids were as young as 9 and no older than 19. Who is overreacting here? Who is doing something about it? How did it start? When is it gonna stop? There is no reason, whatsoever, for a parent to be picking out their child's casket when they should be picking out roller coasters and vacation spots.
I plan on catching this flick at the end of the month. I may post my reaction and review to it. I may even use it as a source for another work I'm doing. I'm sure many conversations have been started, but I would like to attribute to the wordplay. Someone's gotta to say something anyway, right...?
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