Amanda Todd

So in my past blogs I’ve been talking about bullying, the side effects, what kinds of bullying exist and more but for this blog I’m going to talk about a story about one teenage girl that will always be remembered so here we go

Amanda Todd was born in 1996 in British Columbia. Before everything happened she was a normal, happy girl with lots of friends she had a typical average life. But one day her life changed forever and continued that way. One day she was introduced to an anonymous person on Facebook who flattered her so much and played her and made her believe in him. One day Amanda made the worst decision she ever made to flash her topless body to someone she didn’t know.  And she though it wasn’t a big deal because she though he was a sweet guy. But was she ever wrong.  A year after that happened the same person or someone different sent her the picture and the picture went viral. It was all over Twitter, Facebook , instagram  and at first she was happy because she was getting attention she though it was a good thing but then she realized her reputation was ruined forever. Amanda that year lost all her friends; she was always bullied, picked on, teased and made fun off every single day. Amanda had to transfer schools almost every couple months because everywhere she went people knew about her and her story it wasn’t safe anywhere.  And a year after Amanda Todd took her own life.
After her death, her YouTube video went viral to the point that it reached 17 million views.

http://nobullying.com/amanda-todd-story/

Here is the link of her video and information if you want to know more about her.
In my opinion it is trulely sad how people can be. The guy she was talking to made her seem like he liked her and cared for her and he made her trust him and the fact that he got the pictures and posted them everywhere is just I can’t even explain. Again she shouldn’t have sent him pictures without clothes on but he shouldn’t have disrespected her like that. In my opinion the guy Amanda was talking to just cared about popularity. I feel like he posted her nudes because he knew he would get attention from his friends and everyone else. He wanted to be cool and now it backfired because now he has to deal with the fact that made a girl kill herself because of him and everyone else.  

to prevent bullying

Theres many things you can do to prevent bullying. And theres also many ways to prevent it and stop it completly. For example if you ever experience being bullied or seeing someone getting bullied you can always informe an aldult such as a teacher, parent , grand-parents and more. Also companies make websites and help phones for teens that get bullied and are to ashamed to tell someone about it. As simple as it sounds you can always tell a friend also for advice. In my oppinion i think its good that companies make these help phones because alot of teens are too scared and care about what others think, so this way they can get help without anyone knowing, But also i think that people should be more open about being bullied because having all that anixiety and stress on you isint good. To continue, Other things you can do are the following : 1. Avoid escalating the problem or situation
2. know when to walk away
3.Dont respond to cyber bullying attacks
4. Dont wait to long
5. Take legal action
6. Stand up for other people. 

These are things you can do to make bullyinng less effective and in my oppinion i think if everyone followed those rules there would be less bullying everywhere and even on the internet. 

6 facts about bullying that everyone should know!

fact 1: It’s a mistake to assume that all bullies are loners or have low self-esteem. while some bullies do suffer from self-esteem issues, there are others who bully because they feel entitled for they have fallen into peer preashure. Bullying involves having power over someone. As a result, many kids who bully have a craving for power. In other words, the bully is looking to improve his status.
fact 2.  People need to realise there isint just one target. We mostly see in movies that the un popular kids get bullied.. but thats not always the case even the most popular kids get bullied as well.
fact 3. Bullying can occure at any age 
fact 4. there are 4 types of bullying : physical, verbal, relational agression and cyberbullying
fact5. When it comes to bullying, boys and girls tend to bully differently. For instance female bullies tend to be “mean girls” who use relational aggression and cyberbullying to control and manipulate situations. Girls also resort to more name-calling and tend to bully only other girls. And for guys they use way more agression and by that i mean they like to punch and beat them physcally. 
fact 6. those who are usually victimized by bullying dont often report it and in my opinion i find that thats a really bad idea because a person should never feel alone and have all that pressusre on them cause it can have consequences later on .