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It used to be that so called cyber-bullying merely meant harassing someone via instant message or saying mean things on MySpace, but online bullying is increasingly becoming a full-on public multimedia blitz of photos, videos, and fake user profiles.
Take for example the case of Ricky Alatorre, a 16 year-old with plenty of book smarts, but not a whole lot of friends. Someone snapped a picture of Ricky in English class and put together a fake MySpace profile called "The Rictionary." The profile claims that Ricky "loves" dictionaries and is gay (he's not). Ricky has been picked on since kindergarten, but was particularly affected by the mock profile. The public nature of the mocking multiplied the sting of the school yard taunts.
Sites like MySpace and YouTube have added a whole new weapon to the arsenal of bullies. These online assaults often lead to real world consequences including fights and suicide. We think it's important for parents to take action not only if they think their child is the victim of bullying, but also if their child is the bully in question. [Source: USA Today]
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Subscribe to commentsDarkLightJul 19th 2008 3:52PM
Well, like Ricky, I am a long, long time victim of bullying.. No matter where I go.. That's why I stopped (physically) going to school. Now I am on the open school (that's a raw translated name, I don't know how it's called in other countries.. But it's where you study at home and only do the exams at an actual school at the end of each month)...
Let's get real here: (Assuming schools and parents in other countries are like those of Mexico) Neither the parents or the school will do anything about it.
The school simply doesn't care. And your parents don't even believe you. Sadly, I can understand the "suicide" part, because I had to threat my parents with suicide for them to let me leave the normal school...
That's really the only thing I can recommend to persons like me.. As much as bullies are 1d10ts, you can't deal with them. They're actually very intelligent when it comes to bullying. (They focus all their brain power on this?).. Older people think it's easy, but it isn't. Not at all. They think they understand, but they don't. And this is from someone who actually lived it..
KenJul 19th 2008 4:11PM
@DarkLight:
I understand you, as a bullying victim also it is very hard to coupe with. Unfortunately in the US public schools don't allow students to only take exams and assistance is obligatory.
There are many children committing suicide these days, and I guess bullying is one of the underlying causes. parents and schools should take bullying more seriously.
DarkLightJul 19th 2008 4:25PM
No the normal schools don't allow you to do that..
There are special schools that do this, you have to search for them (At least in Mexico, they're also from the goverment, and just as cheap.. It's just that they are not advertised, they don't want a lot of people to use them)
Timber WolfJul 21st 2008 1:03AM
I used to be bullied in elementary, and middle school the only thing that ever work for me was to stand up for myself and break a couple of noses, I was a big kid but never liked violence, and sometimes is hard when you don't even have your parents to help you... I guess my point is that until you don't stand up for yourself you are going to be bullied, and might be hard but you have to do it some day, violence will not solve every problem in your life, and to be franc now that I've seen my ex-classmates from middle and elementary they are afraid I'm going to beat them up for what they did to me as little kids(I became a pretty strong man)..... I joined the U. S. Air Force
DO NOT ALLOW TO BE BULLIED.