We have talked a lot about bullying and it's effects on students. Please read the following question and respond in paragraph format.
“A common form of harassment is spreading hurtful gossip about others. Is this type of bullying any less harmful than physical bullying? How can it be stopped?”
You are also asked to respond to the post of one of your classmates.
Gossip is more hurtful than phisical bullying and we can stop it by not whispering to our friend and being nice to everyone
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MR HOCKEY 18
11/26/2013 09:11:15 am
yes. That is the same as physical harrasment but its abuse to the mind not the body it hurts mesntaly and kids loose trust,respect and confidence in them selves. This form of bullying can be stopped by telling an aldult or a teacher on duty. I also think that this happems more on the english side then the french because the french side is willing to allow the english kids to play with them at recsess. But the english arent as willing to do so but the french side also ismt the angles becaus for Will and Andrew.G. we dont let them in the convorsation because they dont know what or who were talking about or when they happen we can stop that by filling them in on the new stuff that happend.
-KYLE :)
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Taytay
11/28/2013 12:17:26 pm
Hurtful gossip is so much more worse than physical bullying because it spreads around faster and everyone around you knows. Another reason I think it is more hurtful is because all the people that were your friends might leave you since your getting bullied cause they don't think it's cool to hang out with you. And also the hurtful gossip doesn't stop at school it can also happen online, cyber bullying.
Clare
11/26/2013 04:42:48 am
I do not think that spreading hurtful gossip about others is any less hurtful than physical bullying because this type of bullying is very dangerous and powerful that can make someone make the wrong choices. Gossip can change a relationship between people and is very common now a days but can be prevented if everyone can understand what bullying can do to a person and talk through what's going on and not be a bystander but to help and stand up for the ones that are getting bullied. Incouraging one another to do what they love and stay strong is simply life changing for people so they don't have to live in misery. Doing the right thing can feel good that you helped someone. I know that mlle sleiman says 2 wrongs don't make a right and I think it's true that if you see someone getting bullied and you don't do anything for your safety isn't right.
Stand up, Help and Incourage.
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katie loop
11/28/2013 08:02:40 am
Yes i agree with you clare, i do not think spreading hurtful gossip about others is any less hurtful than physical bullying and making people feel better will be life changing. I also agree that if you see someone getting bullied you simply MUST do something!
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Taytay
11/28/2013 12:19:59 pm
Bullying can stop with a by stander by saying something. Another way it can stop is telling an adult or a friend, they will help you. You can also try standing up for yourself, don't let bullies push u around!
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Alexis Y
12/1/2013 07:07:41 am
I agree with you Clare , because no matter what you say or do can really hurt someone. Whether you are spreading gossip or physically bullying someone is dangerous and gives the person spreading gossip a lot of power.
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bAiLeY
11/26/2013 05:17:00 am
I think that gossip is more hurtful because it hurts someone mentally and you will never forget that feeling that someone gave you when they said something about you. But you will forget how someone hurt you physically because the pain will eventually go away.
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j @ ( I<
11/27/2013 08:21:00 am
i agree it hurts the mentel mind and can affect youre school work and life eneywhere.
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Molly
11/26/2013 05:29:38 am
I think that they both equally hurt the same because gossip if more girls because they whisper and point in the halls to other girls through the day that girl feels sad and can not concentrate on work. Most boys use physical bullying that also hurts just as much as gossip. We need to stand up and say something to stop bullying . It hurts when you gossip and physically bully people for whatever reason you do. Stand up to bullies.
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megan
11/26/2013 06:21:50 am
I think that gossip and physical abuse are the same they are both hurtful and a form of bullying . Physical abuse is more used by boys and gossip is mostly used by girls. Ways we can stop this, yourself not spreading rumors and to tell adult to help the ones in the problem. You might just thinks its a joke but to the person your saying it to they might take it the wrong way so another way to stop this is think before you speak,if you know you wouldn't want someone to say that to you than don't say it to them.
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Clare
11/27/2013 05:10:49 am
I agree megan! If you wouldn't like what you just did to that person don't do it at all! Also if it not a nice joke, people can take it the wrong way!
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Madi
11/27/2013 05:29:12 am
I agree with Megan! I think gossip happens more by girls and physical happens more by boys. Also, I agree that we can stop by not spreading rumors, thinking it is a joke but to the other person it is not and think before you speak. Nice job!
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the short one (ethan)
11/26/2013 08:06:23 am
Bullying used by gossip is more hurtful than physical bullying because that gossip will spread very quickly throughout a group of people and eventually one of those people will turn it into cyber bullying which will follow you at home. All that physical bullying can do is not badly injure and can be easily reported when verbal bullying can be harder to report because some people may be scared to tell someone about it because they'll be embarrassed to tell them.
Bullying caused by gossip can be stopped when any bystander decides to make a difference and stand to do the right thing and that may not always be the easiest thing to do but its the right thing. Standing up can be when you do something positive to stop the bullying or counter the bullying with niceness. That can mean telling an adult or making the person who is being bullied fell better by hanging out with them or give them kind comments to them or just a friendly smile whenever you pass them in the hall
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Ashley
11/27/2013 04:57:26 am
I agree with ethan! If you are a bystander help make it stop and treat that person who was getting talked badly about nice like giving thwem a smile , its that simple to make someones day!
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katie loop
11/26/2013 08:08:00 am
I think that gossip can be more hurtful than physical bullying because usually it hurts more to hear something bad about yourself that other people are telling everyone then to actually be physically hurt by someone. In both forms of bullying the victim can be hurt mentally and physically. It can be stopped by not being a bystander and standing up and also if you see it happening or if its happening to you then you need to tell and adult you trust. Always think before you say and never say anything about someone that you wouldn't say to them in person.
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Chloe
11/27/2013 04:52:15 am
I agree with you Katie! We should always treat other people how we want to be treated ourselves!
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Chloe
11/27/2013 04:50:01 am
I think spreading hurtful gossip about others is more painful than physical bullying because bruises from physical bullying heal faster than feelings being hurt by gossiping. Boys tend to bully each other physically and get over their problems with each other more quickly. Girls tend to bully with hurtful gossip and whispering in the halls which causes sad feelings that last longer. These hurt feelings can also cause girls not to want to go to school or not to be able to concentrate on their school work. This type of bullying needs to be stopped. We can stop it by telling a teacher, parent or adult or simply by standing up to the bully ourselves. Tell bullies not to spread hurtful gossip!
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Ashley
11/27/2013 04:55:07 am
No, hurtful gossip is not less harmful than physical bullying because its spreads very fast and it torments that person even more than hurting them. When you hurt someone its wrong but also that pain goes away but when you gossip rude things about people it sticks with them, it hurts them so much and they feel so weakened by what you said that they will never forget what you said. They could go to bed replaying your words in their head , it hurts and that pain will never go away. Physical bullying only happens in person when you see them but now with the internet and social networks the gossiping could lead to cyber bullying which hurts a lot too with gossiping because it follows you and keeps coming up. If the bully understands and by standers understand how that person feels they could stop or if children gets educated about this, or if you receive the gossip don't pass it on and laugh about it, tell an adult and it will stop.
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abbey
11/27/2013 09:20:37 am
Yes, I completely agree with you Ashley! It isn't any less harmful! And I here, words can spread very fast, and before you know everyone could know something you don't want to know about them within ten minutes. I also agree how words do stick to you. Once someone says something bad about you, you will never forget what they said again, the words will stick to you forever. Plus, I agree with how the gossip can turn into cyber bullying. If a rumor gets out there about you, people could later on send you mean texts about what they heard. Then it could just get worse, and worse from there.
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Madi
11/27/2013 05:23:08 am
I think that gossip and physical bullying are equally painful because, gossip is when someone starts a rumor about someone else and that person tells another person and they keep telling people until everybody knows except that one person. Also, it can spread to the internet. Physical bullying is when you hurt someone physically for example, you punch someone in the face on purpose that is physical bullying. In the end for both someone gets hurt. We can stop this by standing up for that person or tell an adult about the situation.
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bAiLeY
11/27/2013 07:29:55 am
I think that Ethan is right because any bystander can make a difference instead of just staying there and laughing at him.
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Alexis.M.
11/27/2013 08:21:28 am
“A common form of harassment is spreading hurtful gossip about others. Is this type of bullying any less harmful than physical bullying? How can it be stopped?”
Yes, I believe that spreading rumors about someone that you know or just someone that you heard of on Facebook, Instagram, Snap Chat etc. is more harmful then physical bullying because if you get mad at someone and if you punch them in the face they might get a black eye for like a week or something and then it's all gone.If you tell all of your friends that this person did this, But they actually didn't you just want attention, That person probably doesn't want to come to school because their afraid the they will get bullyed because everyone thinks that they did something. They probably don't want to tell someone because there afraid that they will bully them and that person will get embarssed.
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j @ ( I<
11/27/2013 08:24:12 am
I think a really easy way for bulling to stop is people would just stand up for eachother. And the bullies should think, would i want this to happen to me? And if its mentel bulling then i could effect you're attitude and school work and everything else in you're life .
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Alexis.M.
11/27/2013 08:28:52 am
I argree with Clare because if you and your friend are in a fight and your mad at each other then your problems won't get any better because you are both mad at each other.
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brenden
11/27/2013 08:37:21 am
think gossip is the worst kind of bullying because one person can start a rumor then it can spred through the school or even between your friends at home.
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abbey
11/27/2013 09:04:33 am
This common form of harassment, in my opinion, is not any less harmful than physical bullying, it can be just as bad. Yes physical bullying is very bad, painful and harmful, but getting gossip spread about about you can be just the same. Because, when someone spreads bad, harmful gossip about you, it makes you think everyone hates you. It gets voices inside your head, and makes you think things that may not even be true about yourself. Plus, that form of harassment, is not only having others cause mental pain to you, but you cause mental pain to yourself. Then if the gossip, and people talking bad about you behind your back, gets really bad, it's not only mental pain, but the victim may cause physical pain to themselves. The pain of some words people use against you, can hurt you from the inside out, so in my opinion, this form of harassment, is not any less harmful than physical bullying.
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hollywood(cole)
11/27/2013 09:27:04 am
I think gossip is not any less painful then physical bullying.I think gossip con be stoped by every one just getting along.Not every one has to get along just don't make fun of each other.
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hollywood(cole)
11/27/2013 09:29:15 am
I agree with abbey gossip is not any wors than physical bullying.
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Emerson
11/27/2013 10:00:29 am
gossip is just as bad if not worse then physycal harassment phisical harassment may hurt but you can prove that someone did that to you.
gossip is most of the time unproveable.though getting punched or hit may hurt but is easealy healable most of the time.gossip can cause peir prusser depression and other mental damage and will most likely stay with for a very long time.
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emerson
11/27/2013 10:06:32 am
I agree with cole harassment can be stopped if evrybody is being treated evenly and evryone is respected. Harrasment may not stop all at once but evry person makes a difference
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Noah
11/27/2013 11:27:10 am
Yes, I personally believe it is as hurtful as physical bullying but it is abuse to the mind and feeling not the body with bruises or cuts.it challenges your confidence, trust in others and oral ability. A good way to stop this would be to tell an adult that you trust like a teacher or a parent. You should treat others the way you want to be treated because if you are nice to someone they probably will be nice to you. Or, if you are mean to someone they will probably be mean to you.
TREAT OTHERS THE WAY U WANT TO BE TREATED!!!
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Noah
11/27/2013 11:29:54 am
I agree with Emerson I think gossip is worse than physical harassment because gossip is often unprovable where as physical is pretty easy to prove with bruises or broken bones.
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Andrew
11/27/2013 12:27:50 pm
Yes gossip is as bad as physical bullying or it might be even worse because if someone starts punching you,kicking you (etc.)it might hurt on the outside but you might not take it as seriously as gossip because in gossip in less then a week 1000000 people can know all that stuff and can make fun of you and you cant tell who is starting it but physical might get you injured but you can still tell who is behind it all.I think that gossiping starts physical bullying because they could make you do stuff which gets you hurt.
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maile
11/28/2013 06:12:44 am
yes. gossip is as bad as physical bullying, I think this because it is mentally abusing the person inside, and to that person u lose all respect and trust (like what kyle said) and because what you say to a person can really hurt them inside even though you might think that wasn't as rude it cant effect the person in a different way. and this is usually how the physical bullying starts because first they start to say mean things about her/him and it leeds up to physical bullying or saying thing like ex: kill youself, nobody likes you and that can leed up to the person physically hurting themselves so I think that it is the same and it can be stop by somebody just one person standing up and telling th ebully to stop or just becoming friends with the person getting bullied and just make them feel there is a reason they should be on this world and that a lot of people love them and just cheering up the person.
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Alexis Y
12/1/2013 07:01:11 am
I think gossip is as bad as physical bullying , because you may say something rude and they may look okay but inside they are actually hurt and sad.Gossip is like spreading rumors when you spread a "rumor" to someone else that gossip and you do not know if its true or not but you are losing all your trust from other people that is a type of bullying that can really hurt someone , say you told your friend about someone else, that was mean , and its a rumor going around that does not stop. Physical bullying is were you are physically hurting them using your arms or legs ( a body part ) to hurt someone else so no matter what you do whether its physical bullying ar gossip , you cant take it back and yes you are losing all you trust and respect from your friends and family members , its still out there and it will start with one person that knows then they will spread it then ten people know it does not stop also an example of physical bullying is when someone message you "kill yourself" or "go die" is physically hurting them ans sometimes they may wonder "why am i even here" so you are physically bullying them there is two types of physical bullying.
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emilyyyy:]
12/1/2013 09:47:37 am
Yes, i do think gossiping and verbal bullying in general is as bad and in some cases even worse than physical bullying.
Alot of times it is very difficult to stop gossip because it can be spread through your school, your sports team, social networking and alot of other ways.
However, with physical bullying is easier to be open about because people wont think your weak or a bad person as easily and with verbal bullying because it usually requires to say something rude to get verbally abused.
With physical bullying there is proof, for example: if you got in a fight you could see bruises or wounds but with verbal you can't tell if the ''bully'' actually said what the ''victim'' said they said or not unless it was over social media.
Therefor gossip can be worse than physical bullying.
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emilyyyy:]
12/1/2013 09:51:27 am
I agree with abbey that gossip can cause the same amount [or more] or pain and trouble that physical bullying can.
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Reagan
12/5/2013 04:40:07 am
I think that gossiping is a bad, and if not worse than physical bullying.
No matter whether the person is hurt mentally and/or physically, you are still harming the person.
I understand that physically punching or pushing a individual can cause more serious damage. But at the same time, harassing them over the internet or calling them rude names behind their backs can cause a person into depression of anxiety, which is the cause of a lot of teen and preteen deaths.
There are many ways to prevent a student from being hurt or being harassed by someone in a mental way. Some of the easier ones that you learn a long time ago id to always tell a teacher or a student if you are being gossiped about or being bullied. There are other ways such as not starting gossip in the first place. it will make this world better if you just keep your feelings for someone in your head if they are not nice.
It doesn't matter if you do not like the person, You still have no right to make fun of them or start rumors about them
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Reagan
12/5/2013 04:41:30 am
I agree with abbey that gossip can cause the same pain as physical bullying.
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