Many students and teachers are blind to bullying, and may feel that their school doesn't have problems with bullying, but this is beyond true. Students in schools deal with bullying day to day. "According to the National Center for.
Educational Statistics U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences published report about one third (32%) of middle and high school students are physically bullied and over half (59%) are verbally bullied. According to their report bullying is increasing." (Austin) From these results, it is proven that practically every student will be bullied at some point during their school careers, but even though this issue is common does not mean that it is acceptable. Bullying leads to students feeling uneasy about attending school, which makes teachers jobs harder when their students are less focused at school. All students should be able to feel safe at their schools. It has been "found that when students perceive teachers to be fair and the school to be a welcoming, safe place the probability of bullying is lowered by 6%. Bullying decreases the sense of safety at school and creates emotional stress for all students." (Austin) If bullying creates stress at school, then students aren't able to succeed academically in their classes. "School bullying is widely known to be associated with many negative indicators, including lower academic achievement, lower school satisfaction, and lower levels of attachment and commitment to school, known as school bonding." (Schneider).
Students that bully others will victimize others for many reasons. Very often, an offender of bullying wants to feel more powerful than their victim. A bully may feel like it's their place to hurt another person because of the way they look, their social status, their sexual orientation, etc. "Although any child could potentially fall prey to the bullying epidemic, studies and surveys have repeatedly shown that bullies disproportionately target gay students as the recipients of their abuse.