Cyberbullying
Dear President Obama,
I am currently finishing my senior year at Western Illinois University where I have studying English Education. This past semester I have had the opportunity to take and Educational Law class where I have learned about policies, issues, and laws surrounding education. Recently, I have learned about a new issue that is growing rapidly throughout schools in the United States. Cyberbullying is a form of bullying using emails, text messages, websites, and even pictures. It is my opinion that schools across the country should be enforcing rules for cyberbullying along with more severe punishments.
For example, schools should restrict the use of cell phones within the school during school hours. By doing this, students will have a better opportunity to focus on their classes rather than texting or sending picture images. Also, this will eliminate the amount of cyberbullying that is going on during school hours under the noses of our schools teachers and administrators. It is also my opinion that cell phone usage during school hours can interfere with the right of other students.
Another way to help eliminate the amount of cyberbullying occurring during school hours would be to demand school computers to be used for school purposes only. For example, stronger filters can be installed into computers as a way to ensure that websites commonly known for blogging, chatting, or emailing will not be accessible. Also, school administrators can require for students along with parents to sign an agreement stating that they understand the policy for proper computer use. This could be a requirement before the students receives a password and a computer account on school computers.
Finally, there needs to be a stronger punishment for students who are posting, emailing, or texting explicit or harmful messages, pictures, and information about other students or teachers. This does cause a substantial disruption to others at school and therefore a policy would make an effect on the schools of our nation.
Cyberbullying leads to many emotional and psychological problems among students and therefore it is a serious problem that needs to be addresses. There have been many cases where students not only became depressed and refused to go to school, but also have decided that suicide was their only way out. With your help, cyberbullying can be diminished and students can begin to feel safe and comfortable in our schools once again.
Thank you for you time,
Lydia Loehner
This post was submitted by Lydia Loehner.
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