Got to help the victim first.

 “I have nobody…I need someone” -Amanda Todd; these words, in my opinion, are the key to a problem solution of the cyber-bullying. Danah Boyd argues that too much of publicity about the cyber bullying and regulations made in order to stop offenders and on-line predators do more harm than good for victims of online bullying. Although, certain actions must be done to stop cyber-bullying, I share Boyd’s opinion on that issue. I think that any drama involving teenagers must be solved in a very delicate way with as little publicity as possible. Public regulations such as “zero tolerance” policy deal with cyber bullying in a very broad manner excluding all of the unique nuances of the issue. Punishment of offenders will stop an offender, but it might not necessarily help the victim. In the example of Amanda Todd’s situation she was doing mistakes and bad decisions on her own that made people to turn away from her very quickly. If school where Amanda studied before she committed suicide was to punish all of the fifty students that were bullying poor fifteen year-old that could make the situation worth. Punishment of significant amount of students because of one person that no one cares about may arouse even larger student body hatred towards the victim. My solution to this problem is working with students and their parent individually. Students that are being bullied have to be assisted first. The key thing is to provide support for the victim and ensure that he or she doesn’t feel all alone facing the rough problems caused by cyber bullying. I believe that there were many more problems in Amanda’s story. From the video I understood that her parents were divorced and she felt very lonely living with her dad. No one helped teenage girl with the problem she couldn’t resolve on her own, her luck of knowledge and experience in this life led to bad decisions and anxiety. I believe that if victim is being assisted to not feel like victim, taught to look at the problem from a different perspective and showed how to make right choices in one’s life there will be less tragic stories like one of Amanda Todd.

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