Cyber Bullying Awarness

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Created on Tuesday, 23 April 2013 16:51

Written by Mario Viola

LYNDON-This day in age bullying has evolved into more than just the simple name-calling.

We are at a point in technology that with a push of a button, a bully can call someone a name and the whole world will hear about it.

This is whats more commonly referred to as cyber bullying, "It happens in a place where we cant go and that's cyberspace," said Lyndon State College's Dean of Student Affairs Jonathan Davis.

Cyber bullying is any type of harassment on a social media website such as Facebook or Twitter. These mediums have become a powerful tool in the world of bullying and it has become very difficult to police. Currently Vermont state laws on bullying do not include cyber bullying. According to Lyndon Institutes hand book any type of bullying is defied as, “Bullying" means any overt act or combination of acts, including an act conducted by electronic means, directed against a student by another student or group of students and which: is repeated over time; is intended to ridicule, humiliate, or intimidate the student; and (a) occurs during the school day on school property, on a school bus, or at a school-sponsored activity, or before or after the school day on a school bus or at a school-sponsored activity , or does not occur during the school day on school property, on a school bus, or at a school sponsored activity and can be shown to pose a clear and substantial interference with another student’s right to access educational programs."

 Its not just a problem in high school it even stems to college. "We deal with it on a case by case situation,"Davis said. Although Lyndon State College has no set program for cyber bullying, Davis says that it is usually resolved with simple communication and just listening to one another "We have has a couple of issues that have been resolved by simple mediation," Davis said ,"But we do not have a set program against cyber bullying"

One of the biggest reasons cyber bullying can be so difficult on a child, is that he or she has a very difficult time getting away from it. Not only will it take place online but it will more than likely take place in person as well, which makes it very difficult to control it and put a stop to it once it has started. So if your child is being cyber bullied don’t wait for it to go away it needs to be handled immediately with the proper people to put a stop to it before it goes out of control and permanently damage the learning process of our youth.