Cyber Bullying

Everyday cyber bulling is going on every day unreported and undetectable. Cyber bullying has slowly becoming a pandemic to teenagers. We may never be able to completely stop cyber bullying, but we can only be there for the victims they strike. Since technology has advanced so fast, some people haven’t found anything better to do but to make themselves feel better and make other feel insecure. There are too many cases of cyber bullying that go unheard. Understanding the consequences that cyber bullying is something that the bullies will never understand until they push their victim to the limit leading them to suicide.


A perfect example of cyber bullying being pushed over the limit is the Megan Meier Case. Megan Meier was a 13 year old girl who has had troubles with bullies her whole life. Since the third grade she had suffered from ADD, and severe depression. Megan had opened up a Myspace account. She met what she thought was an attractive boy named Josh. Josh was actually the mother of an ex friend named Lori Drew. Despite Megan knowing about the mystery behind Josh, she got really attached to Josh. One day Josh had sent Megan a message reading “I don't know if I want to be friends with you anymore because I've heard that you are not very nice to your friends". While Megan responded Josh pushed her over the limit saying "Everybody in O'Fallon knows who you are. You are a bad person and everybody hates you. Have a bad rest of your life. The world would be a better place without you." Megan replied with a message saying "You’re the kind of boy a girl would kill herself over”. 20 minutes after the conflict Megan attempted to hang herself. She was pronounced dead the next day.


It’s truly cold hearted to think someone would be able to hurt such an innocent person so horribly. Throughout the existence of the internet, the worst thing that has come out of it was the suicides that it has caused due to cyber bullying. Students know that once they get home the bullying should stop and they’ll be safe. Although kids should feel a sense of security at home, they aren’t. The bullies are following their victims home and on bullying them through the internet. The only thing we can do to stop the chain of cyber bullying is to spread the word. I truly learned the horrible effects cyber bullying can do on a person.


Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_of_Megan_Meier
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MxxqcH_Mkc
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3882520&page=1