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Bullying Bully victims are between 2 to 9 times more likely to consider suicide than non-victims. Of all the people who have considered suicide almost half have attempted. As easy as it is for someone to bully another it is almost impossible to get through for the victim, and often ends in a tragic outcome. Typically those who bully use their strength, popularity or power to harm, control or manipulate others. They usually target those who are weaker in size or may have a difficult time defending themselves. There are many major problems that can result in bullying in general. Recently there was a girl by the name of Amanda Todd, and she got bullied for a while after making a few bad decisions that got spread around and later committed suicide. Since the incident suicide awareness has been high. The problem with our society is it takes this girl to bring up suicide awareness when there was already thousands probably millions of others who have committed suicide. After the suicide a group of people made a support page on Facebook that now has over 800,000 likes. It’s great that they are showing her support now, but where were they before when she was crying for help. People don’t care about anything until they are gone. Another important problem is that everybody glorifies one person. Approximately 560 people commit suicide in America alone. And they don’t have a Facebook page or any type of support for that matter. We need to stop focusing on one thing and think about everything in general. A person can change a person’s decision but what’s the point if they are taking too long or focusing on one person. Teen bullying is a problem in its self. Whether its physical, verbal, emotional, or cyber bullying they all hurt equally and can cause a tragic outcome. Almost 30 percent of teens in the United States (or over 5.7 million) are estimated to be involved in

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