Answer the following questions based on the reading, Web of Popularity, Achieved by Bullying in 4-6 sentences and then respond to 2 of your peers for a total of 6 posts.
- Pick out one quote that was significant to you. Explain it and why it was significant.
- What biases did you have, for or against the subject, while reading this text? When did you become aware of it and did it hinder your evaluating the text in an objective way?
- What ideas were you unfamiliar with from the text and how did you approach that information?
- Pose one question you have about the text.
- Attempt to answer someone else's question.
- Respond to another student's ideas-- agree, disagree, or add to what they have written in some way. Do not merely restate or parrot their statement. As always, be respectful and academic.
1. The qoute that was significant to me was, ‘’The interpretation I favor is that they no longer need to be aggressive because because they’re at the top, and further aggression could be counterproductive, signaling insecurity with their social position. Because the ones at the top must have been aggressive to in the past trying to get there position ,and at the end it has to do with there insecurity .
ReplyDelete1. For many teenagers navigating the social challenges of high school, the ultimate goal is to become part of the "popular" crowd.
ReplyDelete-This basically mentions how no kid in high school wants to be known as a geek, but as the popular kid. Asking any typical teenager, no one wants to be the geek. I found this quote true because of the fact that now in days; teens join sports and clubs "just" to be popular. Some even do what ever others them to do just to get a high rank and been known.
2. I find myself against this topic due to that bullying doesn’t get anyone a high rank. Bullying basically shows hatred against the person and fear. And honestly I don’t know what type of satisfaction teens get of being hated and feared on. As mentioned earlier, teenagers do other things to get popular. For example, things like drugs, going to certain parties, sports, clubs, etc.
3. An idea I am unfamiliar with was Dr. Faris when he mentioned, “A related study, he added, also suggests that its not just popularity that influences aggressive behavior, but how much the student cares about being popular”. I don’t think popularity influences aggressive behavior at all. I think kids with aggressive behavior are just naturally angry kids probably going threw ruff problem which leads them to bullying others.
4. Reading this text makes me think; are teenagers really bullying others to become “popular” or are they just using bullying others as an excuse from them not to get picked on instead? Or is it that they like the satisfaction of them putting others down making them feel better about them selves?
2. I agree that this is true.It made sense to me after reading, since they want to be popular because of their insecurity of their position they act aggressive to be seen and known. Their insecurity is their dealt with picking on the arrivals since they feel that they can’t pick on the popular ones because their above there level.
ReplyDeleteI was un aware with ''It does highlight that it's typical behavior that's used in establishing social networks and status".I don't think every bully, bully's to reach a certain status because who wants to be friends with a mean person? I think some also do it because they feel lousy about themselves and making someone else feel the same way will make them feel better. I also think theirs bully's who bully because they probably put up a front to not show their insecurities or weaknesses, and don notice what their doing.Everybody's unique so their must be different reasons why.
ReplyDelete4.Do you think bullying is really going to stop by just telling them to stop it's not cool? Or does it have to do with issues of their own that need to get fixed?
ReplyDelete1. “It’s not simply the number of friends the kid has, it’s who their friends are.”
ReplyDeleteI found this very much true because a person can have a lot of friends but it doesn’t mean they are necessarily popular. Sometimes it’s who they are friends with that make them popular. Teenagers now in days care too much about being “cool” instead of being their selves.
2.I agree with the article because this is seen in all high schools every day. Teenagers bullying other teenagers just so they can be known as someone. Even if the school tries to fix the bullying problem they will not be able to get rid of the problem itself. It is the bullies choice whether they want to end it or continue.
ReplyDelete3.I was unaware that popularity does not play an influence in aggressive behavior. I do not agree with this. Popularity plays the biggest role in aggressive behavior. Because the popular crowd is already popular they feel they can treat anyone the way they want to. No disrespect to Dr. Faris but popularity is a major role to a teenager’s aggressive behavior.
ReplyDelete4. Why is being popular such a big deal to teenagers? Is being yourself not good enough?
ReplyDeleteThe quote that was significant to me was, “Schools and parents need to be tuned into this as a behavior that occurs all the time.” It means that school districts need to have policies that deal with this, and I think it means also that we need to turn to the adolescents for some of the solutions. I think parents and teachers should pay more attention to their students and kids. I’m agreeing with the subject that educators and parents need to be aware of these because bullying and aggression is inside and outside of the school. Students who have been under aggression are afraid to go to school. Teenager aggression occurs throughout the social ranks as students jockey to improve their status. Student thinks they get more benefit to going after somebody who is a rival and they care about being more popular. This is occurring in the middle to upper ranges of status. As I read the article, I think that bullying is not limited to high school years. I think bullying happens all the time to most of us. Is there a difference between the personal characteristics of the individual and the group bully?
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1-“ It’s entirely possible that one act, one rumor spread on the internet could be devastating”.
ReplyDeleteI found this quote is really true. The majority of teenagers don’t think before acting, and this is a really bad thing. For just a little rumor true or false any teenager can loose the good reputation or even worse can make them feel really bad and make them try to hurt their self. In these days a lot of teen have kill their self for just a little rumor or just a picture in the internet.
2- I agree with the article because the bullying problem exists in every high school. In these days the teenagers do anything to be popular. They don’t even care if they hurt someone feelings or make them pass for an embarrass time. They just want everybody to know them no matter what they have to do to get it. I think is great that some people at least are trying to decrease bullying in schools.
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ReplyDelete3- I was familiar with the article but the part I don’t agree with is “The latest studies suggest that various form of teenage aggression and victimization occur throughout the social ranks as students jockey to improve their status”. I don’t agree with this because not all the teens are aggressive with others to improve their status, some of them just have problem at home so they go to school to be a bully so they can have attention from their parents. Some of them maybe have problem on their own and they go and bully someone to take the anger out. I think some parents have to pay attention to their children and see how can they help them with their problems. I think this would stop some of the bully type students.
ReplyDelete4-I wonder if parents pay more attention to their teens, the bully will stop or at least decrease?
ReplyDeleteRespond to Guiselle: I agree with you I don’t know why is such a big deal for the teens to be popular , I think they should be happy and proud for who they are and stop trying to be any one else just to be popular.
ReplyDeleteRespond to Stephanie: I don’t think bullying will stop by just telling them stop it’s not. I think it have to do with issue in their home or with their parents that need to get fix and this at least will decrease bullying not stop it.
ReplyDelete1. After carefully reading the article the quote that most caught my attention was “The interpretation I favor is that they no longer need to be aggressive because there at the top and further aggression could be counterproductive, signaling insecurity with their social position”. The reason I favored this quote was mostly based on my own experiences and observations during my own high school years. My position within the popularity hierarchy would best be described as in the middle class, as stated within the article aggression wasn’t truly seen occurring within the “middle class”. Yet I was able to witness a hostile and aggressive behavior amongst the more popular teens.
ReplyDelete2. While reading this text, I was for it because it is important to know how bullying is changing and how to or reduce bullying. This way there will be fewer kids that have to face it. And yes it did hinder my evaluating the text in an objective way due to the fact that my perception of the fact that they should continue affected my acceptance of the reasons.
3. The idea that I was unfamiliar with was the idea that the more popular teens are less aggressive due to the fact there is little competition. I approached this by reading more of the facts and opinions and trying to understand the basis for those reasons.
4. Why does popularity mean so much in high school, when in reality everyone is just a bunch of critics and hypocrites?
5. In response to Daznaa’s question: I think the most popular teens bully others to stop themselves from being picked on as well as put others down so they can move up the popularity hierarchy.
6. I’d have to agree with Giselle’s question as well. Being yourself should be enough to be respected fairly. Popularity may be a big deal in high school but after u graduate and enter the real world none of that will ever matter in life.
1-The quote that I chose is: “but the latest studies suggest that various forms of teenage aggression and victimization occur throughout the social ranks as students jockey to improve their status.” A lot of teenagers once they are at schools, they want to be on the top of the social hierarchy or near to it. Bully means to them an important tool to improve their status, in some cases they are even the victims of it, but for them all this is for a good reason “becoming part of the popular crowd”. I don’t think that bullying should be an option for you in order to get into the popular crowd. For me bullying doesn’t make anyone popular instead it makes you look like the bad guy and most of the people that seem to be your friends, they are just feigning because it’s better to be your friend than a possible target of that person. A lot of these teenagers think that knowing this kind of people who are on the top of popular crowd in somehow it will facilitate their way up there.
ReplyDelete2- I am against this kind of behavior adopted for a lot of these people, the ones who wants to improve their social status by bullying others. In most of these cases bullying includes physical violence, verbal abuse, etc. I became aware of this some time ago, not only when I was in my last year of high school in this country but also every time I watched any kind of movie related to this subject. This subject didn’t hinder me because I think in the same way I used to before I read it and I believe that no one gets to the top of any kind of popular hierarchy by mistreating other people and if it works for anyone in that way, that person shouldn’t expect to please too many people.
3-I was unfamiliar with the idea of “the kids in the top 2 percent are less likely to be aggressive,” I think those guys who are at the top, they don’t need to scale anymore because they are already there at the highest point. They just have to keep their profiles as the bad guys. They have been so aggressive in the past that the rest of the kids should be scared enough of them. As the text says” any further aggression could be counterproductive because it can be taken as a signal of insecurity and weakening”.
4-Are you less likely to be bullied or a target of kids who are striving for their status if you are one of the kids on the margins and no the one that is the rival? Or it doesn’t matter?
5-Respond to Stephanie: Bullying has always been there and I don’t think that it will stop at all but what you can be sure of it’s that bullying can be decreased but not just by parents and educators telling students to stop it, it isn’t cool. It is a process that needs to be done by speaking with them, understanding their reasons and helping them to fix issues of their own.
6-I agree with Aabreu when she answered question number one, in which she said that the majority of teenagers don’t think in the consequences of their acts. These acts can have a big impact on anyone’s self-esteem and can damage his or her reputation even if what it’s said of this person its true or not. Some people can go so far that they even commit suicide. I think that those people who use to make comments about someone else, first they have to look at themselves and make critiques of themselves. We all are human beings, and we all make a lot of mistakes because no one is perfect. Besides to this, there is something called private or personal life and no one has the right to interfere on it and less to divulge it.
1)One quote that I should say that just got to me was the one mentioned that said "a related study also suggest that it's not just popularity that influences aggressive behavior but, how much the student cares about being popular. That totally states the main point of this story or research of fitting in or at all cost being popular and not caring what to do to get what you want.this was significant to me due to the case that people tend to believe that poplar is something to be proud of or they want to be part of some group that they feel good to be in. also at the same time they judge others for being in groups of that involve acting or chess club or musical or any of that matter. So i find it rather interesting about people think that being their is the right thing to do well it might be for that moment but you know that later on in life you probably wont see half of the people you were with. So, why bother in joining a group of peers when you can join a group that will help you later in life
ReplyDelete2)The biases that I have is I have personally experience that the feeling of being with the 'Cool Kids' that's what people know them as so as i was in high school they weren't always separate but rather all together and talked to each other of any kinds of social groups their.So, I was neither in favor or against it cause later in life influences can help you with a start it all is about hanging around who you think is right to get you were you want not being steeping on them or taking advantage but people who succeed and their you will see who you really are as a person and as part of a group. So, I became aware of the reading as soon as I saw the title and new it was about fitting in or out. It's like saying no to a credit card to spend money on what you want but with limits. yes it did hinder my point and just made it stronger to believe students focus to much in belonged to a group and not rather succeeding in life and being ready for whats next not getting in trouble. So, I knew it will the topic was interesting to know people who actually research and have prove accurate.
ReplyDelete3)The Ideas that I was unfamiliar with was the one that states 'the role of individual traits is "overstated".that was one that I was unfamiliar cause I new most of what I have read but this statement was significant to me due to I don't really understand what the author is trying to state here I don't get his point onto saying that the traits are "overstated" so was unaware of it that the traits can cause people to think and act different that's what I think from the text know. Also that researchers did tracked the students that most often accused of aggressive behavior. I knew that they checked on them and new who they were but to track them down know that's taking it to the next lvl and very intelligent to see and act fast and know who did it. So, it is very interesting to know this I encounter it in a good matter cause it lets me know how people mostly researches focus on things happening to the community and surroundings it's good that they care.
ReplyDelete4)why is that students want to join a social group and not a formal club that involves attending on a daily biases?
ReplyDelete4)why is it that people join a group of kids that once were one is it that they want something in return.?
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ReplyDeleteI wonder if parents pay more attention to their teens, the bully will stop or at least decrease?
ReplyDelete5)Answering Aabreu question is that I would say nor it will help nor make it will decrease cause at the end of the daythe teens attending school are the one's having the pressure of not fitting in and try to fit at all cost. So as you can say
it might help some what but it will be their cause when theirs good theirs bad and watch I am not saying that the bully's are badI try to see them as another peer that is passing a bad time find their inner spirit that is deeply and they lose it as soon as they step school were they believe they are alone. Also, that they think that bully will make them better then others will I don't think so it will for the moment but for what it's like today for me and tommoro for you. They just need to find a way to put all the anger into something morehelpful for himself and people who surround him or her like friends.
1)"The Overall rate of aggression see to increase as status goes up. What it suggest is that a student thinks they get more benefit to going after somebody who is a rival."
ReplyDeleteThe meaning of the given quote was, that a student believes beating up another student, who may be more popular than them, will make achieve a better standard than their rival. Students will be ignorant on whats right when they grow, a grown up knows and should understand by relating. So in turn, the significance of this quote comes to be that young students, who may not see answers in their life, will see popularity through wrong doing,or "None of the above", as an answer. I believe through time and right experiences a student finds out the trueness of their past life goals, that were once believed as "right things to do".
1.The quote I picked was "It's entirely possible that one act, one rumor spread on the Internet could be devastating". I totally agree with this quote because now with all the new technology the bullies have more tools to bother others. With just one click they can make someones reputation go down. I have seen online how many people bully others online.
ReplyDelete2.I agree with the article because it's something that happens daily in school. If you go to any school in the US you would see how kids bully others. Many of these think thst by hurting other being "tough" would get people to respect them when in reality what they get is for others to be afraid of them. Instead of being popular for having a specific talent they are becoming popular for hurting others and their bad habbits.
ReplyDelete3.I was unfamiliar with the fact that the people at the top of the "pyramid" were less agressive. I didn't know that, I tought that they were still bully others and take advantage of their "power".It made me remember when I was growing up and I realized it was true. When I was in school the popular kids were more nice than the ones in the "middle".
ReplyDelete4. Why do people have to bully others? I mean can't they just be themselves without worrying what others think
ReplyDelete5. Answer to jovani: I think that they prefer joining a group of people because they will always be together and when someone gets hurt or bullied by others they would always be protecting each other in a certain way. like they feel kind of "protected" but when in reality they are not brave nor strong because when they are alone they don't act the same way they do when they are surrounded by their so called friends.
ReplyDelete6.I agree with A.Abreu in what she said about how kids hurt others without thinking before. Now a days many poeple have commit suicide and gotten depressed because of the "preassure" they feel of being hurt. Not only physically but pshycologically too. Sometimes a bad rumor hurts more than a punch.
ReplyDelete1. Latest I suggest a very phone has a crush and victimization occur throughout the social rank as students jockeys improve your status. I agree with a statement because many students jockey each other in order to gain social reputation as well as improve their own ways of life. I don't worry agree with it because bullying is nice and a loser harmful to other people. I believe the bullying can easily be countered with peer pressure as well as other forms of defense.
ReplyDelete2. I believe that popularity has a lot to do with bullying. I also believe that there are inbred tablas in society that cause many problems. The low ranks and the top have nothing to worry about. The mid ranks are always fighting tho. I realized this in my own time by feeling this in school when I was younger.
ReplyDelete3. I was unfamiliar with the fact that teachers were getting involve by getting the support of other students to stop bullying. I don't believe it's something that's good because most teachers have a bad relationship which you cant get along just like that. this is why didn't quite understand why they would do it because they wouldn't easily help one another. I think they would both settle things differently.
ReplyDelete4. Why is it that violence seems to be the only way to move up in thr social world?
ReplyDelete5. Towards Jovani's question I believe this isnt Because thrre peterhead lack of attention. It has top do with the child and the bully not thr parents. I also believe that noone can strip someone from being who they are. In this case it is being bullied. In oth er r cases its being a bully.
ReplyDelete6. As Jovani stated in high school being ith thr cool kids, its not exactly as it seems. Some kids pick on each other while some just get along and do things as a crew. When I was in high school I was cool with all the crowds and had no problems worth anyone s time. So Because of that I got along with everyone. sometimes we should all just get along.
ReplyDeleteWhat ideas were you unfamiliar with from the text and how did you approach that information?
ReplyDeleteI was unfamiliar with all the crazy stuff these people do to get attention. Go find another way obviously people arent caring what they think. How are you going to turn a man vegitarian by making a strip club that promotes vegitarin ideas. I understand what they are trying to get at cearly but if I do go to a strip club im not think about becoming vegitarian at all, my mind will be somewhere else and I think I speak for every man.
7. Shouldn’t we be caring a lot more about people killing themselves at war then aniomals being eaten?
ReplyDelete2)I believe the matter of bullying is something in which many should be against, no matter if it be for popularity. An example of why i'm against bullying was, "rather than going after the kids on the margins, they might be targeting kids who are rivals". Things such as this matter can only be looked down upon, because a student will believe there choices are right ones due to ignorance. The article's texts were a clear understanding of negativity in bullying.
ReplyDelete3)The idea of looking to be popular through bullying is something I found unfamiliar. Beating up another human-being, with imperfections like us all, is and, will never be right. To become something important in the eyes of others should be done through methods much more positive. Popularity should not be reached through bringing pain to another living soul.
4)Is their a way in which a student can correct ignorance, in their student minds?
5)Bullying can be compared with an epidemic. It has been around for a long time, besides its existence in schools. People will commit things such as bullying for many reason, it could be personal or because of an a certain goal the have set through such an approach. Reason for why a bully is a bully, answer to the question in which asked by Stephanie.
6)I agree with the statement given by Keshia. School is something not meant to be gone through for eternity. People will out grow past immaturity and move on to the grown men/women they were destined to become. Popularity is just a student replacement for toys, and soon Real world matters will just replace the image of popularity.