Bullying

Bullying is a major problem now a days amongst teens throughout the entire world. People see someone that is different or not exactly like them and they feel the need to put them down, or raise themselves above these individuals. The fact that people think they can tell someone that they are worthless based off of stuff like their appearance or sexual orientation is just sad. This is an extremely disappointing and hurtful topic for many people, and it must be dealt with, and now people are taking more serious steps to preventing bullying as a result of a 14 year old boy from Western New York that took his own life as a way of coping with bullying. Jamie Rodemeyer had been tormented and teased by his peers to the point where he could not take it anymore and committed suicide. Jamie was an avid fan of Lady Gaga, and she was one of his biggest fans because of her support for homosexuals like himself. Bullying is something that cannot be easily prevented, but teachers in schools everywhere are doing their best as a result of this particular incident. I believe that there should be no toleration for bullying, and that if swift action and discipline is taken, that it will show others what will happen if they decide to bully somebody and then they might not go through with it. Also, if people are being bullied, they need to tell someone of authority immediately, because it will in most cases be dealt with before that individual lets the anger and frustration build up so much inside that it gets to the point where they see taking their life as their only possible option. If kids talk about it, and bring light to the subject, it is more likely to be stopped, but talking about these types of things are hard for many adolescents.