By Emma Kalonda
Courier Staff Reporter/Photographer
There was recently an email about cyber bullying sent out by Mr.Brar.
The email talks about how here at James Logan there is a no cyber bullying policy that we as a school will enforce.
Repercussions against cyberbullying are supposed to get stricter. In all 3rd period classes, there’s supposed to be a conversation about bullying, and how it affects the students.
The question here is, is cyberbullying really an actual thing here at James Logan? I decided to go out and ask the student body.
Jocelyn Rosales, a junior, claims that cyberbullying isn’t present at all at Logan. “I feel like people take the word cyberbullying out of proportion. Cyber bullying is repetitive, I think that people forget that. A cyberbully isn’t someone that tweets you and says they don’t like you, it’s completely different.”
When asking if she, herself, has been cyber bullied she scoffed. “No, not at all. Have people said mean things about me online? Of course. Is it repetitive? No, it’s not.”
Going on from that point of view, I decided to ask staff. Melanie, a counselor here a James Logan, gives her take on cyberbullying. “Oh, I definitely believe that cyberbullying is an actual thing. A very REAL dangerous thing. Do people take the term ‘cyber bully’ and run with it? Of course they do. It’s very important to know the difference between knowing when someone is being a jerk online, and when someone is being a cyber bullying. Cyber bullying and harassment are very much so related.”
So gathering the information from a student, and from someone is staff, is it safe to say if cyber bullying is real? Or is the word ‘cyber bully’ taken out of context?
