Disarming the Rage

MCU University
李憶菁 Christine Lee / Seat No : 2
TIME: 65202-Th 6:30~8:15
The presentation of Cause & Effect essay: 12/29/05
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Event to be analyzed: The effects of being tormented by a school bully
Controlling idea : (1) + (2) + (3)

Thesis Statement :
The effects of being tormented by a school bully are far reaching and can range from ( 1 ) the simple daily dread of going to school, ( 2 ) to feelings of depression and isolation, ( 3 ) and even to premeditated acts of retaliatory violence.

OUTLINE
Title: Disarming the Rage
paragraph 1:Introduction (5 sentences):

Background material :

The number of school shootings has been unbelievably on the rise. In what has been a shocking wake up call to parents and school administrators, many of the recent acts of school violence have been attributed to retaliation by the victims of school bullying.

three effects

Paragraph 2
topic sentence1=transitional expression+ reference to thesis statement+ immediate effect
The effects of facing a school bully can begin with the simple dread of going to school each day.

Supporting details
160,000 children skip school each day because of intimidation by their peers

restatement
As the teasing and harassment continues, these abused victims carry the fear home with them and can begin to have nightmares which then carries the effects further.


topic sentence 2=transitional expression+ reference to thesis statement+ proximate effect

Being the constant victim of a school bully will eventually have an emotional impact on a child’s well being.

Supporting details
1. Their self-esteem is usually very low and the fear and hopelessness.
2. These victims can begin to suffer from emotional distress, depression and isolation

restatement
As the harassment continues and even progresses, the victim of this schoolyard abuse may begin to feel rage toward his aggressors.

Paragraph 4
topic sentence 3=transitional expression+ reference to thesis statement+ Remote effect
Continuing to endure the cruelty doled out by the school bully can trigger the victim to resort to some sort of retaliation

Supporting details
1. Some victims have become so despondent and fearful that they have taken their own lives in an effort to end their pain.
2. One over-weight student who had been teased for years by the popular or athletic kids committed suicide in front of a crowded classroom


restatement
There are more cases where the once powerless victims find dominance behind guns and bombs and randomly vent their rage at any students or teachers in their path.

Works Cited

Jerome, Richard. " Disarming the Rage " People 4 June 2001: 54-61.

In recent years, the number of school shootings has been unbelievably on the rise. School children are leaving the safe environment of their homes to trudge off to school carrying the heavy fear for their safety right along with their backpacks. In what has been a shocking wake up call to parents and school administrators, many of the recent acts of school violence have been attributed to retaliation by the victims of school bullying. The effects of being tormented by a school bully are far reaching and can range from the simple daily dread of going to school, to feelings of depression and isolation, and even to premeditated acts of retaliatory violence.
The effects of facing a school bully can begin with the simple dread of going to school each day. According to the National Education Association, 160,000 children skip school each day because of intimidation by their peers (Jerome 61). It is sad to think that these innocent children are singled out by school bullies because of their appearance or perceived weaknesses. These students carry the constant fear of being harassed by others for being overweight, short, bespectacled or having speech impediments. Victims of bullies fear being injured by their tormenters because they are usually overtly anxious and insecure with their classmates anyway. As the teasing and harassment continues, these abused victims carry the fear home with them and can begin to have nightmares which then carries the effects further.
Being the constant victim of a school bully will eventually have an emotional impact on a child’s well being. These children usually have so many other issues in their lives that adversely affect how they see themselves. Consequently, their self-esteem is usually very low and the fear and hopelessness they experience daily only makes it worse. These victims can begin to suffer from emotional distress, depression and isolation. Even though they may see others like them being victimized also, they feel that no one can truly understand they pain they live with daily. As the harassment continues and even progresses, the victim of this schoolyard abuse may begin to feel rage toward his aggressors.
Continuing to endure the cruelty doled out by the school bully can trigger the victim to resort to some sort of retaliation. Some victims have become so despondent and fearful that they have taken their own lives in an effort to end their pain. One over-weight student who had been teased for years by the popular or athletic kids committed suicide in front of a crowded classroom. This was his form of retaliation without physically hurting anyone else. However, as the nation has watched the number of incidents of school shootings increase, the death toll of innocent bystanders continues to climb accordingly. There have been cases where a victim has been pushed beyond his limit, finds a weapon, and pursues the particular aggressors who have tormented him for years. Yet, there are more cases where the once powerless victims find dominance behind guns and bombs and randomly vent their rage at any students or teachers in their path.
Parents, school administrators and police departments have been forced to take a look at the big picture when investigating why this senseless violence continues to happen in our neighborhood schools. They can no longer bury their heads in the sand as sensitive, mild mannered students are bullied beyond fear into emotionally charged rage ultimately exploding into retaliatory violence. The exposure to this carnage is taking a toll on the innocence of the youth in America.
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