In Fayetteville, North Carolina incidents of bullying are on the increase. Both elementary, middle and high schools are impacted by this trend. According to statistics, there is an average of over 80 bullying incidents that happen in this county every year. The worst case of bullying happened in 1999 when a 17 year-old female high schooler was killed. This case raised a lot of emotions and served as a wakeup call to initiate programs that would minimize this destructive behavior. However, these programs have not been much effective in addressing the vice. Bullying is still happening and it makes students to feel intimidated and some are rendered to stop schooling.
Bullying in Fayetteville mostly occurs to those who are seen to be different from others and those who are new in the school. In this regard, bullying is a way of bringing others down or discriminating them. It can also be utilized to show disregard for other students. In a recent incident, a mother posted a video of her seven-grade son who was bullied by fellow students. In the incident, some unruly students attack the young boy, kick him to the ground and put him a headlock (Cioffi, 2017). The mother, who was a new parent in the school, reported the incident to the school management but they did nothing about it. Subsequently, she posted the video on social media in bid to raise some awareness of what was happening in Fayetteville schools. The video gathered a large audience and high emotions. It was viewed over 400,000 times and shared globally (Cioffi, 2017). Most of the views condemned the school management for failing to take action.
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The best way to address the issue of bullying in Fayetteville and the whole of North Carolina would entail teaching morals, character and nurturing students in having compassion. The 17 year-old Rachel Scott who was killed in Columbine High School in 1999 wrote a statement before her death. The statement said “I have this theory that if one person can go out of their way to show compassion, then it will start a chain reaction of the same. People will never know how far a little kindness can go” (Knox, 2014). In this context, if students were compassionate to the others including the new students and those who are different, then there would be minimal or no bullying at all.
References
Knox J., (2014). Stop Bullying. Anti-bullying resources in NC. Retrieved from http://charactermattersnc.com/anti-bullying-k-12-resources-in-nc/
Cioffi C., (2017) . ‘Get away from me. Stay away from me’- video of alleged bullying goes viral. The news & Observer. http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article126082869.html
