Dbq On Cyberbullying

By limiting online speech, schools will be able to create an amiable atmosphere and keep students focused on school work. Confining speech will also legally protect students' and teachers civil rights to prevent violation of the Fourth Amendment. Lastly, schools should restrict online speech to avert emotional agony in teachers and students and even prevent causalities such as suicides caused by cyberbullying. With increasing technology, it's crucial to develop school policies limiting online speech to keep students focused on their future without the anxiety and fear of being

“We have freedom of speech, but you got to watch what you say” said the comedian Tracy Morgan. And he was correct. In this modern world today, numerous students abuse the First Amendment. Over the media, students are posting comments, videos, stories, etc. about other students and teachers. These students are cyberbullies. The schools should be allowed to limit students’ online speech because cyber bullying privacy and dignity are important, it hurts feelings, and affects the school.

Many students from a sample of 10-18 year olds, 16.6 percent of boys, and 25.1 percent of girls believe that they had been bullied in their life. Surprisingly, 17.5 percent of boys, and 21.3 percent of girls felt that even they have cyberbullied before. ( Doc A). Cyberbullying is shown to happen to many teenagers, and is thus quite popular in modern day schools. Cyberbullying is shown to happen to a large percentage of the students.

I believe schools should be allowed to limit students online speech because of cyberbulling, the civil rights law, and the effects cyberbulling. Cyberbulling is a big problem and a lot of people have been cyberbullied. According to a sample of 10 to 18 year old students 48.7 boys and girls have been cybetbullied in their lifetime. This shows us that almost halfof their school district have been cyberbullied.(Doc A) According to document E, there is a teacher complaining that students have been bullying him.

Schools and the public are wasting time and resources on the over-exaggerated issue of cyberbullying. Today, schools are wasting much of their time worrying about cyberbullying and in popular media it’s mentioned too much. Schools should not be allowed to limit online speech. It’s not needed since most students haven’t been cyberbullied, cyberbullying hasn’t been proven to be very disruptive and online gossip is not common.

On the issue of whether or not schools should be allowed to limit students’ online speech, I firmly believe that they shouldn’t. Doing so directly infringes upon the student’s first amendment rights to the freedom of speech, and for what? Numerous surveys have shown that cyberbullying isn’t a huge problem. Further, one document affirms the conclusion that cyberbullying is just another phase in the long-running evolution of bullying. With this essay, I aim to convince you that schools should not limit their students’ online speech, using my vast knowledge as well as cold hard facts.

Not knowing what to do with the problems. Should we stop stdentśmonline speech?My opinion is to limit studentś online speech so they can have less cyberbullying have no more harmful effect and to keep the civil right law. My opinion on cyberbullying is bad because lot of kids get hurt and harassed. The author states in document C,” K.K., who was a 12th grader at Musselman high school,used her home computer to create a discussion group on MySapce.com that accused a classmate ,S.N.,of being sexually promiscuous.¨(In document C

So you’ve been staring at an electronic screen for weeks, all day. People taking advantage of technology cause cyber bullying. Excessive technology, especially causes negative health effects and a lack of thought. Too much technology affects you terribly. Most importantly, numerous people get cyber bullied online.

Did you know that females are more likely to be cyberbullied, compared to girls? Most people, nowadays, have access to the internet, which makes it easier people to cyberbully others. Only 15.1% of British teachers have been a victim of cyberbullying, with the other 84.9% not being a victim. An assistant Secretary of Civil Rights has noticed that there are many forms of harassment. Schools should take more action when it comes to any type of bullying off school grounds. This is making people wonder if schools should be more restrictive to the student’s online speech freedom.

Students, parents, and teachers everywhere are being affected by cyberbullying and it is getting worse every day. With technology advancing as fast as it is, everything is starting to revolve around the internet even bullying. Cyberbullying is a problem especially in schools. As the rate of cyberbullying in schools increases, concerned citizens are raising the question: should students be punished for what they say online outside of school? While some people may say limiting students’ freedom of speech online is the best way to stop cyberbullying, the reality is limiting a students’ freedom of speech online is an unacceptable idea because it goes against the First Amendment, and, in truth, it would never get rid of the problem.

Over many years of history, there has always been some type of bullying that has taken place. It’s always been around however in different forms. In the 60’s and times before social media, it was done face to face by each other and people said directly at the victim being bullied. Now that social media is more popular and used than ever before, the way bullying was before, no longer exist. What it was before, a face to face interaction, is now face to phone interaction.

No, schools should not limit students online speech because cyberbullying does not affect most students and teachers. Girls are more likely than boys to be victim of cyberbullying (25.1% vs. 16.6%) (DocA). Majority of teachers not affected; no need to limit speech ( DocB). Most people in schools are not being cyber bullied,

Cyberbullying is defined as, ¨...bullying that takes place using electronic technology¨ by stopbullying.gov. Recently, schools have been taking actions to punish students for what they do or say online. There have been many debates and trails to figure out whether or not schools should have the power to limit and punish students’ speech online. The Supreme Court ruled that if online speech is disruptive, schools can punish students. School districts should not have the power to limit online speech because online speech does not affect most students and teachers, is not very disruptive, and free speech is a precious right.

Document A shows that nearly twenty percent of students are cyberbullies, and more than twenty percent of students have been cyberbullied. According to Document B, cyberbullying affects one in ten teachers personally. Cyberbullying affects the privacy, confidence, productivity of teachers and students alike. It is as large a problem as actual bullying, and the quick spreading of everything posted online amplifies the effects of cyberbullying. Schools everywhere concentrate so much of their effort to combat on-campus bullying, they have no excuse to overlook cyberbullying, which affects as many people, and as at least as dangerous as actual

I am writing this essay as I have been extremely moved by the recent suicide of a teenage girl in Ireland. Erin Gallagher a 13 year old girl from Donegal took her own life because of vicious online bullying. Her recent suicide adds to the growing number of teenage suicides not just in Ireland but worldwide that have been caused by bullying and cyber bullying or a combination of both. The issue of cyber bullying is something that needs to be addressed immediately both in the home and in schools. UNICEF carried out a study on bullying in Ireland and the results were staggering to say the least. 55% of children questioned admitted to being bullied in one form or another (Changing the Future, 2010). This