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October September RSS Feed. John Hartnett. Home Project Composition Examples Critiques. Bullying Bullying is a big issue in news headlines these days. The negative mental and physical effect on youth. It can lead to issues such as depression, drug abuse, and even suicide. It happens a lot in schools where social status is a big deal to people, and some people try to lower others in order to make themselves feel better.

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This type of social class system in schools only causes more bullying to happen as kids try to prove they are worth more than someone by putting them down. This then causes the bullied to look for ways to vent their emotions, but sometimes they don't feel comfortable talking to a counselor or therapist. This could be because of many reasons such as social anxiety or even a fear of being bullied even more.

This causes kids to turn to unhealthy alternatives such as self harm, negative mental attitude, drug abuse, self arm, and in some severe cases even suicide. In a study conducted in 12 in 15 school shooters had been bullied. This topic needs to be recognized more by everyone. Bullying is causing permanent damage to kids and ruining their future.