Cyberbullying

After watching the videos about cyberbullying, it gave me a lot of insight as to how hurtful it can be. The video entitled “Feathers in the Wind” gave a good meaningful explanation of how gossip spreads. It is almost hard to believe how quickly word can spread. It is important to not talk badly and make things up about other people. The second video called, “You Can’t Take it Back” showed how once something is on the internet, you can never take it back. This video specifically talked about rating people online, and once they made the website, they cannot get it back. This does not have to only be specifically about rating people. It also can include any information you put about yourself on the internet. Once that it is up, it is extremely difficult to get that back out without anyone seeing it. The video entitled, “Broken Friendship” provided insights about who you can and cannot trust with information. It discussed how you could not trust anyone with private information, not even your best friend. After watching the videos, I felt so bad for the students who had been a victim in cyberbullying. It is an awful and degrading thing that happens. The people who took part in cyberbullying must feel awful about themselves. It is rude to deliberately hurt someone in the way they do. The people who do such a thing do not realize the victims have feelings. The victim from, “Broken Friendship” was explaining how she wished she could disappear or move and start over. It is awful to hear such stories, and the trauma of cyberbullying will last with the victims for the rest of their life.

As a future educator, a teacher must not allow cyberbullying to take place. Although it can be difficult because the students are cyberbullying from their homes, it is important to not let the nonsense be continued into the classroom. Once word gets around about a situation, it is difficult to stop it, as described in “Feathers in the Wind.” If a student continually brings up an inappropriate topic, the educator can inform the student’s parents of the actions to hopefully the parents can prevent it from happening at home.

Real Life Stories. NetSmartz Homepage. Web. 17 Nov. 2010

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