De Anza student’s views on bullies
by Lily Nguyen
by Lily Nguyen
In an afternoon at De Anza you can
see students passing by, maybe even giving hugs and smiles or you might even
look into a classroom and see students paying attention to lecture. You might
not even catch the growing problem of bullying.
Lina Nguyen, 23, a communication
major, said she has never experienced bullying at De Anza, but she’s seen
people get bullied and even experienced it first hand in the past.
According to The Harris Poll, 6 in 10 Americans say they or someone they know have been bullied.
photo taken from Harris Poll |
According to The Harris Poll, 6 in 10 Americans say they or someone they know have been bullied.
Nguyen was bullied in middle school
by her friend who used to live down the street from her. “They made a fake Facebook
account and said things like you’re a loser and nobody likes you,” said Nguyen.
Jasmine Wang, 19, an accounting
major, said she personally never been bullied but she knew a classmate from
high school who did.
Quickly she sits up and looks around. She recalls the bullying in her high school that involved a Facebook hate page from schoolmates.
Quickly she sits up and looks around. She recalls the bullying in her high school that involved a Facebook hate page from schoolmates.
Jen Loukes,
vice president of the Harris Poll School Pulse said this is an issue affecting
many Americans. “We feel
it's essential to discuss bullying and related issues which can so negatively
impact the school experience,” said Loukes.
This holds true for Jessica Galvin, 26, a psychology
major. School bullying does exist and hits home according to The Harris Poll.
“I’m against bullying but if
someone messes with you then you do what you got to do.”
Recently her 6-year-old daughter, came home from school with scratches on her
neck. When Galvin asked her daughter where she got the scratches from she
replied that another girl in her class scratched her. She called the school and
had a conference with the teacher
When asked why she got it her
daughter replied “I don’t know.”
Gabriel Gonzalez, 19, a fashion
major, said he’s never been picked on at De Anza College but in elementary he
was picked on.
“Bullies usually picked on the smaller and weaker,” he said and he was picked on for wearing glasses when he was younger.
“ You got social media today and you see it in
news and movies about cyber bullying,” said Gonzales
Technology makes it easier to make
someone else’s life harder according to HarrisPoll.
Eddie Vasquez, 25, a business
major, experience bullying at a local park.
Vasquez said “A drunk 18-year-old tried interrupted his basketball game.
He kept harassing to play but we were in the middle of a game and tried
ignoring and continue playing even though he was on the court. He got annoyed
that we were still playing then he started cussing. It started to make the
players feel nervous after he said he was going to mess them up and that’s when
we stopped playing.”
“I had to step in and regulate the
situation before it escalated,” said Vasquez.
According the Harris Poll, there is
more adult intervention with bullying but some believe victims should stand up
for themselves.