What do you do when the mother you love is no longer of Sound Mind? -June article, Pg 65-71.
The author's mother had a case of Alzheimer's disease and a serious one. She received many e-mails on her mother's condition and when she received another one, she had to quit her job and fly back home to take care of her mother, with her 78-year-old father. Her father had been wearied out for four and a half years,taking care of her single-handedly. Her mother had become like a child of two years and all she chould do was move herself around. She recognized her husband but that was all. They decided to put her under paliative care, after trying their hardest and deciding that they couldn't take care of her any longer. They didn't have a choice in the matter as her mother would still be well if they did.
Reflection:
I find family bonds the strongest bonds that anyone can ever make, even as the saying goes, "blood is thicker than water." When sickness or diseases or even death comes to break this physical bonding that we have, we usually do nothing but cry and lament, not fully realising that the spiritual bonds are still there. The loss of a loved one is definitely a most deplorable thing to happen but we have no choice in life and death. We can not control the lengthspan of our lives or our memories. When we are seperated from our loved ones through death, we cry because we miss them, but do we still hold them in our memories? If we still do, then there is not much a need to cry although tears still fall.
Aside from seperation, we should cherish whatever time we have with our loved ones now, the good times, the bad times, the sad times. All things past are now memories safely locked in our hearts and minds and as long as we do keep them, we can live on even in the worst of times.
Children often see their parents as naggy and claim that they do not understand their feelings but all parents are trying their best to do what they can to help their children live on as best. They reprimand their children for the benifit of their children but they usually see it as a bother or that their parents do not care about them. If the parent did not want the child to improve, he/she would not have bothered to correct them or scold them when what they are doing is wrong. Still, as the children grow, they should start to understand the pains of being a parent, especially when the family comes from a poor background. Others though, only understand how it is to be a parent when they finally become one.
As parents have duties toward raising their children, children have duties of obedience to their parents as well. Parents are trying their best to cater to their children's needs and so must the children try to do their best. They also have a duty to be taking care of their aged parents when they are old and weak, unable to do much for themselves.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
The Rise of Cyber Bullying
Reader's Digest May 2008
Page 114-119
Done by: Yee Jian Hui Richard(42)3E
Page 114-119
Done by: Yee Jian Hui Richard(42)3E
Reflection:
Cyber bullying can turn deadly as the Internet is an always-on playground or schoolyard harassment. The rise in cyber bullying is a worrying fact many parents and Internet users feared, for online bullying can cause devastating effects that may result in depression and even death. With one-third of the targets being teenagers and children, it is a very serious matter that all of us, including parents or Internet users should think up solutions and solve this rising problem. Having read this article, I felt that there are two main reasons that led to the rise of online bullying.
Firstly, in this fast paced and modern world, many people are having stress problems and they do not know how to cope with it. For example, students, they have tests and examinations and co-curriculum activities in school to handle with. And maybe at home they may have tuition and extra lessons on other aspects such as art and music. For adults, they have their own career to fight for so they will have stress too, with personal and family matters to take care of. But unfortunately many people have no way of handling with stress. They found that the ‘only’ way to distress is to bully others online so that they could forget about their problems at that short period of time while giving others problems, disturbing them. They might have found it quite ‘effective’, thus they will continue bullying the targets that they had found earlier. But they did not care or think about the victims’ feeling about the insults (mostly) they had made before. Others Internet users might also join in the bullying feeling that it was fun. They might think it was a joke that they had made but not knowing that the victim would be emotionally hurt and think that it will simmer down after some time. But that not true, for the bullying will continue up to a few months or even years.
Secondly, the cyber net is always on, 24/7, 365 days a year. The Internet does not need face-to-face contact thus the bully can be anonymous without the need of revealing his identity. The lack of face-to-face contact might tempt the bully to higher levels of cruelty than ‘face-to-face’ bully. On the playground, seeing the stress and pain of the victim face to face might ‘stop’ the bullying to an extent. But in the cyberspace, there is no visual contact, thus there will be more extreme bullying. This might explain the rise of cyber bullying. And also, some victims that get bullied in a visual contact might be very angry with themselves being ‘weak’. Therefore they want to be ‘strong’ and become a cyber bully. So, as a result, this bully might continue to bully online targets when he/she got bullied.
With cyber bullying rising, there are some ways that we should implement some ways to solve this problem. Singapore had been looking into this problem some time ago. The news had broadcast about it and gives viewers especially parents to look out for their children actions seeing if they are depress, upset after using the computer, grades declining and emotional. They could have a talk with their children and give suggestions on handling such problems. Schools also need give talks about cyber bullying telling the students that if they encountered such harassment, they should approach their parents, the teachers or the school counselor. Students could be taught how to handle such problems so that they will not get very badly affected after meeting cyber bullying.
Cyber bullying can turn deadly as the Internet is an always-on playground or schoolyard harassment. The rise in cyber bullying is a worrying fact many parents and Internet users feared, for online bullying can cause devastating effects that may result in depression and even death. With one-third of the targets being teenagers and children, it is a very serious matter that all of us, including parents or Internet users should think up solutions and solve this rising problem. Having read this article, I felt that there are two main reasons that led to the rise of online bullying.
Firstly, in this fast paced and modern world, many people are having stress problems and they do not know how to cope with it. For example, students, they have tests and examinations and co-curriculum activities in school to handle with. And maybe at home they may have tuition and extra lessons on other aspects such as art and music. For adults, they have their own career to fight for so they will have stress too, with personal and family matters to take care of. But unfortunately many people have no way of handling with stress. They found that the ‘only’ way to distress is to bully others online so that they could forget about their problems at that short period of time while giving others problems, disturbing them. They might have found it quite ‘effective’, thus they will continue bullying the targets that they had found earlier. But they did not care or think about the victims’ feeling about the insults (mostly) they had made before. Others Internet users might also join in the bullying feeling that it was fun. They might think it was a joke that they had made but not knowing that the victim would be emotionally hurt and think that it will simmer down after some time. But that not true, for the bullying will continue up to a few months or even years.
Secondly, the cyber net is always on, 24/7, 365 days a year. The Internet does not need face-to-face contact thus the bully can be anonymous without the need of revealing his identity. The lack of face-to-face contact might tempt the bully to higher levels of cruelty than ‘face-to-face’ bully. On the playground, seeing the stress and pain of the victim face to face might ‘stop’ the bullying to an extent. But in the cyberspace, there is no visual contact, thus there will be more extreme bullying. This might explain the rise of cyber bullying. And also, some victims that get bullied in a visual contact might be very angry with themselves being ‘weak’. Therefore they want to be ‘strong’ and become a cyber bully. So, as a result, this bully might continue to bully online targets when he/she got bullied.
With cyber bullying rising, there are some ways that we should implement some ways to solve this problem. Singapore had been looking into this problem some time ago. The news had broadcast about it and gives viewers especially parents to look out for their children actions seeing if they are depress, upset after using the computer, grades declining and emotional. They could have a talk with their children and give suggestions on handling such problems. Schools also need give talks about cyber bullying telling the students that if they encountered such harassment, they should approach their parents, the teachers or the school counselor. Students could be taught how to handle such problems so that they will not get very badly affected after meeting cyber bullying.
Of course the best way or first line of defense is not to use the Internet. But that is definitely impossible for the currently always- on generation. Precaution should be taken to avoid such bullying. Mental wounds are more complicated/difficult to heal than physical wounds. But the best is not to get any ‘wounds’ and I hope that bullying will stop for both face to face and cyber bullying.
Reader's Digest May 2008 CYBER BULLYING
Having read the article on cyber bullying in the May's issue of the reader's digest, it seemed clear to me now how devastating the effects of cyber bullying can be. Just what is cyber bullying? It is the practice of using technology to hurt someone's feelings, causing them to be mentally and emotionally depressed. A cyber bully is able to use various platforms such as the internet, interactive and digital technologies or mobile phones. to cause hurt to their victims mentally. Some examples may include sending out death threats, posting embarrassing images of a victim or private messages.
And just why would these "cyber bullies" do such a thing? They do so as they are often motivated by anger, revenge or frustration. Sometimes they do it for entertainment or because they are bored and have too much time on their hands and too many tech toys available to them. Many do it for laughs or to get a reaction.
My first reaction when i first read about cyber bullying some time ago was that it was something that would pass by quickly without causing a big impact, like a "trend". Hence, I did not pay a much needed attention to it. But I was terribly wrong. Over the years, there has been an alarming increase in the number of cyber bullying cases. What's so terrifying about cyber bullying is that is causing more harm to a victim than just bullying itself. Unlike bullying where you will only experience when you come face to face with the bully, you have no idea who is sending those death threats or posting those videos footages as it is hard to track that person down. It can be quite a nerve-wrecking situation for the victim. Also, if it is an image or video, as it is on the internet, anyone one person in the world can view it at any particular time. It would not stop. The video will circulate and more and more people will view it. The pressure and stress can also drive the victim up the wall and he or she might just commit suicide to escape from all this.
Cyber bullying, in my opinion, is definitely a serious matter. More and more teenagers are addicted to it as some of them might do so unknowingly. Whatever the reason, the negative effects of cyber bullying is great, and it is causing many victims to feel lost, hopeless, humiliated, threatened and unwanted. This will indefinitely affect the growth of the victim, who is of a young age, and might even spoil his or her life. The reasons for cyber bullying is due to either anger, revenge or fun. If we could all just maintain some self-control over ourselves and not do anything that could hurt someone's feeling, to forgive and forget and to solve problems before it sinks deeper, cyber bullying cases will definitely decrease. We must act now before it is too late. We must all do our part to stop cyber bullying now.
Gerald Chan (18) 3E
And just why would these "cyber bullies" do such a thing? They do so as they are often motivated by anger, revenge or frustration. Sometimes they do it for entertainment or because they are bored and have too much time on their hands and too many tech toys available to them. Many do it for laughs or to get a reaction.
My first reaction when i first read about cyber bullying some time ago was that it was something that would pass by quickly without causing a big impact, like a "trend". Hence, I did not pay a much needed attention to it. But I was terribly wrong. Over the years, there has been an alarming increase in the number of cyber bullying cases. What's so terrifying about cyber bullying is that is causing more harm to a victim than just bullying itself. Unlike bullying where you will only experience when you come face to face with the bully, you have no idea who is sending those death threats or posting those videos footages as it is hard to track that person down. It can be quite a nerve-wrecking situation for the victim. Also, if it is an image or video, as it is on the internet, anyone one person in the world can view it at any particular time. It would not stop. The video will circulate and more and more people will view it. The pressure and stress can also drive the victim up the wall and he or she might just commit suicide to escape from all this.
Cyber bullying, in my opinion, is definitely a serious matter. More and more teenagers are addicted to it as some of them might do so unknowingly. Whatever the reason, the negative effects of cyber bullying is great, and it is causing many victims to feel lost, hopeless, humiliated, threatened and unwanted. This will indefinitely affect the growth of the victim, who is of a young age, and might even spoil his or her life. The reasons for cyber bullying is due to either anger, revenge or fun. If we could all just maintain some self-control over ourselves and not do anything that could hurt someone's feeling, to forgive and forget and to solve problems before it sinks deeper, cyber bullying cases will definitely decrease. We must act now before it is too late. We must all do our part to stop cyber bullying now.
Gerald Chan (18) 3E
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Cyber bullying May 2008.
This article talks about the dangers of the cyber bullying. Cyber bullying cases is increasing in numbers in years. It includes sending threatening messages, displaying private messages and posting embarrassing video footage.Cyber bullying is a much more serious case compared to schoolyard bullying. As school yard bullying happens only during the lunchbreak and the schooldays. But cyber bullying would be there 24/7 as long as the internet connection is present in the society. It would not stop. There is also another reason why cyber bullying is lethal. There is a benifit of cyber bullying compared to school yard bullying. It does not inflict any physical pain. But the victim would experience emotional pain. Which could be far more worse than the physical pain. As emotional pain would take days, months and years to heal. Or to make the matter worse it would be permanent. Victims have not been able to heal from the emotional pain because they would feel embarassed or shy to talk to someone about the incident. They keep their feelings to themselves and one day they could not take it anymore they would take the alternative way to solve the problem. So that is the reason why many victims of the cyber bullying cases would rather commit suicide to solve the problems.
We could see that somehow cyber bullying have became a trend in the society. Nowadays we could just use the search engine and we can find many videos that are out to embarrass the victims online. The cyber bullies might have done that to relieve their anger. As on the internet nowadays we could remain anonymous in whatever we do. So when people feel angry they might go on the net to look for some target. They are not afraid of the consquence as the victims would not be able to track them down so easily. The children are the main victims of the cyber bullying cases as we can see. The main reason is that there are lot of teenagers addicted to the online gaming world. The online gaming world could help them to make friends that is including the good and the bad ones. So when the bad friends starts the cyber bullying and the victims can't take the insults they began to feel angry or even emotionally hurt.
In my opinion cyber bullying is definitetly a very serious matter and it can't be overlooked. The increasing in the numbers of the cyber bullying clearly shows us that kids nowadays are somehow 'addicted' to it. As they might think that it is just a joke and anyone could take jokes. But they do not know the heavy consequences behind it. They will not understand how the victim would feel. So in order to solve the problem. we ourselve have to practise a sense of self-discipline or self control. If everyone would to have self-control and stop themselves from posting anonymous message or finding ways to embarass the victims online. Less people would to get hurt and less people would commit suicide and it would be ableto solve the whole lot of the problem. Parents should also play a part in this too although they can't help to reduce the cases of cyber bullying. They could see signs of their children being under cyber bullying. They could sit down and talk to their kids about the problems in a more relaxing way. This could reduce the death rate caused by cyber bullying. so cyber bullying can be stop with the help of everyone.
Lai Jian Hsien (29) 3E
We could see that somehow cyber bullying have became a trend in the society. Nowadays we could just use the search engine and we can find many videos that are out to embarrass the victims online. The cyber bullies might have done that to relieve their anger. As on the internet nowadays we could remain anonymous in whatever we do. So when people feel angry they might go on the net to look for some target. They are not afraid of the consquence as the victims would not be able to track them down so easily. The children are the main victims of the cyber bullying cases as we can see. The main reason is that there are lot of teenagers addicted to the online gaming world. The online gaming world could help them to make friends that is including the good and the bad ones. So when the bad friends starts the cyber bullying and the victims can't take the insults they began to feel angry or even emotionally hurt.
In my opinion cyber bullying is definitetly a very serious matter and it can't be overlooked. The increasing in the numbers of the cyber bullying clearly shows us that kids nowadays are somehow 'addicted' to it. As they might think that it is just a joke and anyone could take jokes. But they do not know the heavy consequences behind it. They will not understand how the victim would feel. So in order to solve the problem. we ourselve have to practise a sense of self-discipline or self control. If everyone would to have self-control and stop themselves from posting anonymous message or finding ways to embarass the victims online. Less people would to get hurt and less people would commit suicide and it would be ableto solve the whole lot of the problem. Parents should also play a part in this too although they can't help to reduce the cases of cyber bullying. They could see signs of their children being under cyber bullying. They could sit down and talk to their kids about the problems in a more relaxing way. This could reduce the death rate caused by cyber bullying. so cyber bullying can be stop with the help of everyone.
Lai Jian Hsien (29) 3E
Monday, June 16, 2008
Reader Digest Reflection
Reader Digest Article From The June Issue : What do you do when the mother you love is no longer of Sound Mind?
This article is about a person's mother suffering from Alzheimer's diease, having being the eldest among her siblings, she have to put down her work and visit her parents whenever her mother's illness deteriorates. Most of the caring of her mother was shouldered by her father, who was also old and weak. Taking care of her mother was not an easy task for her father, from feeding her to making decisions on her behalf. The author then realised the seriousness of her mother's illness. The things that she could do on her own was quite limited. To some extent, she had even forgotten what a toothbrush was, and coaxing was required for her to finish this simple task.
Because of her illness, had resulted her to wake up in the wee hours of the morning, deciding what to do next. The author and her father would take turns to observe her, no matter how tired they were. And also because of her illness, she had caused much trouble to her family and her neighbours. Seeing how much her father had done for her mother, the author wondered if her father was a saint.
Knewing that they could not continue going on like this, the author made research and found a lodge which was suitable for her mother to stay in. The author knew this was the best choice they could made for her mother as it was affordable for the author and her mother will be well taken care of. But then her father considered for a period of time and thought that he was not ready, including her mother. He believes that she could still recognise her despite her diease, but the cruel fact was that her mother's intelligence had been reduced to a two-year old's. The final decision was made after a long decision. The author and her father decided to move her mother into the lodge, and making frequent visits before moving her permanently.
In my opinion, to a certain extent, Alzheimer's diease can be cruel to anyone who suffers from it, and this could be a burden to any family who does not know how to take care of their elders properly, and it can consume time and energy drastically. However, from another point of view, this illness has shown the true love of life. The existence of this illness is a test to show people that they really cherish their loved ones even in the darkest times of their life, and are willing to rescue their loved ones from difficult situations. I think that what the author did was perhaps the best choice for her parents. She knew her father does not have the ability to take care of her mother till the arrival of death. And he would be less worried if he knew the author's mother was in good hands.
This article has also showed the hesitation of making decisions in crucial moments for there were still moments where the author and her father was sandwiched between "yes" and "no" decisions of whether to move her mother into the lodge or not.
Done By : Chan Wai Hong(17)
This article is about a person's mother suffering from Alzheimer's diease, having being the eldest among her siblings, she have to put down her work and visit her parents whenever her mother's illness deteriorates. Most of the caring of her mother was shouldered by her father, who was also old and weak. Taking care of her mother was not an easy task for her father, from feeding her to making decisions on her behalf. The author then realised the seriousness of her mother's illness. The things that she could do on her own was quite limited. To some extent, she had even forgotten what a toothbrush was, and coaxing was required for her to finish this simple task.
Because of her illness, had resulted her to wake up in the wee hours of the morning, deciding what to do next. The author and her father would take turns to observe her, no matter how tired they were. And also because of her illness, she had caused much trouble to her family and her neighbours. Seeing how much her father had done for her mother, the author wondered if her father was a saint.
Knewing that they could not continue going on like this, the author made research and found a lodge which was suitable for her mother to stay in. The author knew this was the best choice they could made for her mother as it was affordable for the author and her mother will be well taken care of. But then her father considered for a period of time and thought that he was not ready, including her mother. He believes that she could still recognise her despite her diease, but the cruel fact was that her mother's intelligence had been reduced to a two-year old's. The final decision was made after a long decision. The author and her father decided to move her mother into the lodge, and making frequent visits before moving her permanently.
In my opinion, to a certain extent, Alzheimer's diease can be cruel to anyone who suffers from it, and this could be a burden to any family who does not know how to take care of their elders properly, and it can consume time and energy drastically. However, from another point of view, this illness has shown the true love of life. The existence of this illness is a test to show people that they really cherish their loved ones even in the darkest times of their life, and are willing to rescue their loved ones from difficult situations. I think that what the author did was perhaps the best choice for her parents. She knew her father does not have the ability to take care of her mother till the arrival of death. And he would be less worried if he knew the author's mother was in good hands.
This article has also showed the hesitation of making decisions in crucial moments for there were still moments where the author and her father was sandwiched between "yes" and "no" decisions of whether to move her mother into the lodge or not.
Done By : Chan Wai Hong(17)
Reader's Digest Article!
Reader's Digest Article: The Rise Of Cyber-bullying. (May 2008 issue)
Page 114-119
This article talks about the number of people who get bullied on the Internet. Many bullies now have much more resources available for them to bully people. For example, there are chat rooms and even social networking areas for them to attack their victims who are totally oblivious to the current situation. More importantly, the bullies need not reveal their true identity. So even if their victim wants to sue them or even take revenge, it is hopeless. Moreover, it is far worse than in the past, meaning that bullying is on the rise.
In the past, students could only have the chance to bully on the school ground if there were no teachers or when they were having their breaks. But now, they can bully their victims throughout the whole day because their victims are bound to have their computers on. This makes cyber bullying even more tempting and easier to accomplish. When the bullies do not put their names up, it is far worse for the victim. The reason being is that they do not know who is even attacking them. It could be their best friend or even their siblings. This may be too hard for them to take and they might just succumb to it and commit suicide.
The European researchers are currently trying to launch a new software known as "Fearnot!". It teaches students to empathise with a victim of bullying and to give words of advice on the computer. Countries all around the globe are also trying to curb the problem by reinforcing laws on severely punishing the bullies. However, it is not taken seriously by some of the courts.
In my opinion, the victims are always being bullied because they appear to others as being weak and frail. The bullies think that they are useless. I feel that the reason why bullies are attacking others is because they may not have the attention that they want, and they think that bullying someone will get them their needed attention. Some of them are actually weak and they try to bully others to convince themselves and others that they are not weak but instead, 'superior'.
I deeply feel sorry for those who had committed suicide because they could not carry on and fight the nightmare anymore. They are the ones who show us how important the need to stop cyber bullying is. The bullies should think about how they are harming not only the victims but themselves. If they found out that their victims died because of them, could they even have the nerve to go on living their life as if nothing had happened? Would their conscience allow them to live on properly. They have ruined their own lives. They should think about the consequences of bullying instead of jumping right into it like it is some game.
Prior to this situation, I think that the governments are trying very hard to curb the problem by giving talks at schools as well as designing beautiful posters that discourage people from bullying as well as to encourage victims of bullying to report the event to their elder and to not be afraid. I hope that the government's efforts will not go to waste and that the bullies will please realise what harm they are doing and change their ways while it is still early to do so.
Written by: *Karen*
Page 114-119
This article talks about the number of people who get bullied on the Internet. Many bullies now have much more resources available for them to bully people. For example, there are chat rooms and even social networking areas for them to attack their victims who are totally oblivious to the current situation. More importantly, the bullies need not reveal their true identity. So even if their victim wants to sue them or even take revenge, it is hopeless. Moreover, it is far worse than in the past, meaning that bullying is on the rise.
In the past, students could only have the chance to bully on the school ground if there were no teachers or when they were having their breaks. But now, they can bully their victims throughout the whole day because their victims are bound to have their computers on. This makes cyber bullying even more tempting and easier to accomplish. When the bullies do not put their names up, it is far worse for the victim. The reason being is that they do not know who is even attacking them. It could be their best friend or even their siblings. This may be too hard for them to take and they might just succumb to it and commit suicide.
The European researchers are currently trying to launch a new software known as "Fearnot!". It teaches students to empathise with a victim of bullying and to give words of advice on the computer. Countries all around the globe are also trying to curb the problem by reinforcing laws on severely punishing the bullies. However, it is not taken seriously by some of the courts.
In my opinion, the victims are always being bullied because they appear to others as being weak and frail. The bullies think that they are useless. I feel that the reason why bullies are attacking others is because they may not have the attention that they want, and they think that bullying someone will get them their needed attention. Some of them are actually weak and they try to bully others to convince themselves and others that they are not weak but instead, 'superior'.
I deeply feel sorry for those who had committed suicide because they could not carry on and fight the nightmare anymore. They are the ones who show us how important the need to stop cyber bullying is. The bullies should think about how they are harming not only the victims but themselves. If they found out that their victims died because of them, could they even have the nerve to go on living their life as if nothing had happened? Would their conscience allow them to live on properly. They have ruined their own lives. They should think about the consequences of bullying instead of jumping right into it like it is some game.
Prior to this situation, I think that the governments are trying very hard to curb the problem by giving talks at schools as well as designing beautiful posters that discourage people from bullying as well as to encourage victims of bullying to report the event to their elder and to not be afraid. I hope that the government's efforts will not go to waste and that the bullies will please realise what harm they are doing and change their ways while it is still early to do so.
Written by: *Karen*
Sunday, June 15, 2008
the RISE of CYBER BULLYING
Over the net, we will not be able to know the person's real intentions and this is extremely dangerous. We may have a slip of tongue and offend the person without knowing. This may cause harm to the person and may push them over the edge. This is because bullying does not only exist physically, but also emotionally. The worse thing is that, we do not know the person's feelings.
Internet is a means of getting information and spreading messages to others rapidly, but some of us misused this accessibility. Therefore, as years passed, technology is getting more and more advanced, and bullying has been improved to cyber bullying. Cyber bullying can cause a lot of people to commit suicide. The victims of cyber bullying are ranged from a small kid to an adult! These people who cyber bully target their victims through the use of net, for instance messaging. Most of the people, nowadays, own at least one computer, hence the percentage of being a victim of cyber bullying is very high and common. Therefore, in my opinion, one should not believe anything what the cyber bullies said.
Through Massive Multiplayer Online Games, it is common to have cyber bullies. The players may gang up to bully a particular person, by spouting vulgarities and racist comments in a "shoutout" box. This infuriated a lot of people and caused a lot of arguements.
However, other than the bullies, the victims have faults too. It is because as long as you have confidence, no negative comments will be able to defeat you. Therefore, you must stand by themselves and believe in yourself.
The bullies often chat with people anonymously, thus making the percentage of being a victim a lot higher. Furthermore, nowadays people cannot cope with their work or studies without computer, adding on to the percentage. However I tend to think that the bully’s behaviours may be explainable, it may be due to pressure given by peers, parents and teachers and they need to be vented out. Therefore the bullies went ahead without considering for the victims. Hence some bullies go to the extend of sending hurtful rumors around anoymously, leaving no evidence. Teenagers are influenced easily, hence cyber-bullying has gradually become a trend and appears to be cool. I suppose their ultimate aim is to make the victims feel inferior.
After reading the article, I really felt sorry for the people that are mention in the article. They should not have believed in the words that the cyber bullies said. According to the article, a research had shown that one in every eight young people think that cyber bullying is even worse than physical bullying. To reduce the number of victims, people should avoid talking to people whom you are not close to or whom you are not sure of his/her identity.
On the other hand, some bullies may do this due to the lack of love and care from the parents, who are always workaholics. As the dissatisfaction and loneness accumulates, the child will try to attract the parents’ attention that he’s yearning for by bullies and doing idiotic things; even beatings from his parents will satisfy him! Hence, parents and teachers should give fullest support to the child. However, some parents and teacher will think that the child is trying to make a mountain out of a mole and thus ignoring him. Therefore, when something bad happened to him, it will be too late for any rescue.
In conclusion, to reduce cyber bullying, we should start from family, to the school, and the government. As for family, parents should be aware of the child's doings and keep a close relationship with their child. As for the school, instead of holding more education seminars to help students understand the dangers lurking in cyber bullying, the school should hold more education seminars for the TEACHERS to guide their students and give the students their fullest attention. The school can also lengthen the hours of all CCAs and keep the students occupied with homeworks; this can also train the students for time management! Its killing many birds with ONE stone! As for government, they can ban more websites to avoid more cyber bullying.
~GLINNIS
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