I am planning on writing my argumentative paper about bullying on Facebook. I am still not very sure what my thesis will be, or what stance I am going to take on the issue, but I really want to write a paper about it.
I read an article that discussed a few people who committed suicide after being harassed and bullied on Facebook for a long period of time. I was shocked at how many people actually took their lives because of the way they were being treated. There was one case when a 9 year old boy was found dead in a nurse's bathroom at his school where he had hung himself. This article really brings to light the effects of bullying, especially among young children. Here in the link to the article, if I find any more interesting articles I will just post them to the blog.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/cyber-bullying-factor-suicide-massachusetts-teen-irish-immigrant/story?id=9660938
Interesting. I think that this could potentially turn into something big... like an outreach or something for all those kids who do get bullied. Bullied enough to the point of committing suicide was a really popular subject in Cosmo a few months ago.... Interesting
ReplyDeleteThat sounds awesome! I hope we're in the same peer editing group again; your last essay was awesome!
ReplyDeleteAlso, to piggy-back onto what Chelsea said, cyber bullying is becoming more common, even than traditionally bullying. I think I read something like that in Cosmo too; it's absolutely ridiculous, yet completely relevant.
Good luck! :)