As the Cold Dark Winter Comes... and then goes

So, my school has officially gotten more classy. We have an unofficial smut list. For those of you who don't know what a smut is, it's basically a slut, but at the same time, it's a different classification of porn that really objectifies women. Thankfully, I am not on said smut list, and I'm very grateful for that. But this? This is a clear example of bullying that I was talking about. It's wrong, and within the past week, there have been 152 hits about it, but within the pasurs, there were 2 articles written, and those were only about bullying as a whole. We fail to realize that cyber bullying can be just as hurtful to those being bullied. That facebook status that says "The girl you just called fat? She's been starving herself and has lost over 30 lbs. The boy you just called stupid? He has a learning disability and studies over 4 hrs a night. The girl you just called ugly? She spends hours putting makeup on hoping people will like her. The boy you just tripped? He's abused enough at home. Post this as your status if you're against bullying." only really references bullying that everyone can be aware of, but you have cyber bullying as well, which causes just as much damage-if not more. I've looked up some statistics for you.

• One in four children is bullied, usually by peers at school, and it's usually verbal bullying.
• 77% of all students are bullied, and of that 77%, 14% admit to having a lot of psychological scarring because of it.
• One in every five kids admits to doing some kind of bullying.
• Every 7 minutes, a child is bullied. Adult intervention occurs 4% of the time, peer intervention occurs 11% of the time, but 85% of the time, there is no intervention.
• 100,000 students will carry a gun to school each year.
• 282,000 students are violently attacked each year by their classmates.

For the record, those statistics were not made up. There are more, and if you're curious, you can go to http://www.pascack.k12.nj.us/70271919141818/lib/70271919141818/Bullying_Statistics.htm and there's more information there. The fact that only 4% of the time there's adult intervention for bullying sickens me. It's actually disgusting to know that's how faculty and adults respond so ambivalently to bullying, and the top five worst places for bullying are:

1. California
2. New York
3. Illinois (kinda random, but okay)
4. Pennsylvania 
5. Washington (state, not DC)

It's kind of sickening the facts that you can find out online about bullying and what it does, isn't it? Hazing is bullying. Everything you can think of that's rude, offensive, and mean is bullying, and 77% of all students are bullied at one point or another.... yeah, more than 3/4 for people who aren't mathematically inclined, much like myself. Teens who are bullied are more likely to become suicidal or even clinically depressed as backlash to this treatment. If you think that I'm kidding, I'm not. The "smut list" that was started at school caused a girl to leave because she was crying. She's not even a whore, and she's still a virgin. Please, explain to me how she makes it onto that list? Is it because of the boy that she dated who cheated on her? Or is it because she likes to party? I really have no idea, but the fact that people feel as though they can get away with this kind of bullshit is sickening and it's offensive. 

I'm pretty sure that I talked about bullying and suicide for being a homosexual, but even if you aren't, it's still important to know something about how drastic this is. 88% of all cyber bullying takes place on a cell phone, which is where the list started out in my school. With developments in technology, there are more and more ways to hurt another person's feelings, and many school shootings are in backlash to bullying. 

Yeah, so I just wanted to let you guys know about that, and my music for today is:

HEY MONDAY-Candles

KAYNE WEST-Power

TEMPER TRAP-Sweet Disposition