The Tide - Harrison High School - National Bully Stats Don’t Effect Harrison

The Tide - Harrison High School - National Bully Stats Don’t Effect Harrison
Everyone fears bullying: parents, students and even teachers. Anti-bully programs have been used all over the country but do they really help?
According to BullyingStatistics.org, a website dedicated to bullying statistics, thirty-two percent of parents fear for their child’s physical safety when the child is at school. Thirty-nine percent of parents with a child in grade six or higher are more likely to say they fear for their child’s safety.
Twenty-three percent of elementary students reported being bullied one to three times in the last month bullying statistics say. Recent bullying statistics admit that half of all bullying incidents go unreported. In a recent study, seventy-seven percent of the students said they had been bullied. And fourteen percent of those who were bullied said they experienced severe reactions to the abuse.
The top five states to find bullying acts were 1. California, 2. New York, 3. Illinois, 4. Pennsylvania and 5. Washington.
And the anti-bully programs only prevent fifteen percent of future bullying.
But here in Harrison High School it’s different; five out of eight students experienced bullying during middle school and one out of eight told a trusted adult about their incident.
A victim of bullying, who wishes to remain anonymous in regard to their confession, “Yeah I have been bullied but it was back in middle school and I believe because of the programs they were helpful to me.”
Although four out of the eight suggest that anti-bully do help out.
Yolmary Rios, a sophomore from HHS says, “I never got bullied but I’ve seen other kids have. And since the anti-bully programs have started I have begun to see less and less. I think it’s because more people are becoming more aware of the seriousness of the situation and are starting to report it as they see it.”
But everyone has their own opinion on solving the epidemic of bullying.
“I have never been bullied but I think that the best way to stop doing this would be to get the victim and bully to a conference or some kind of meeting to talk what’s happening.” Says Daniela Villalobos, another sophomore of HHS.