Recent studies show that the more popular people are, besides the ones at the top of the ladder, The more likely they are to get bullied. This might be a surprise to the people who thought that outcasts where the main targets for bullying. Researchers “Robert Faris of the University of California at Davis and Diane Felmlee of Penn State University” write about the traditional, everyday views about bullying, reported that only a “fifth of teens” tells less then the full story.
This article, the author uses numbers and statistics to give information and facts on bullying to pull the reader in and realize how much bullying goes on and why it is so bad. Researchers studied “8,000 student” from over “19 North Carolina schools” and see what there stories are and if they get bullied or if they are the bully. They found out that about ” 0.72″ of students are bullied during the spring term, and about “2.2” are attackers. They also found that “Girls had higher rates of victimization” then boys do.
I have seen people get bullied before and i don’t like it at all. If someone is getting bullied you should always stand up and tell someone. Don’t ever just stand around and watch it happen because it is not the right thing to do. Ive been in the situation were i have seen someone getting bullied and i did not like it so i confronted the bully, and i dident even know the kid who was getting bullied. Don’t just think that sence you dont know them that it doesnt matter because about 99% of the time they will never stick up for them selves. Just don’t ever watch it happen and do the right thing and make it stop.