"Cyberbullying"

GSE level: 62 - 66 CEFR level: B2 Word count: 476 Sentence count: 28

Vocabulary above the level of your text

cyberbullying | bullying | impersonation | familiarise | stalking | humiliating | responsibly

| considered | accessibility | truthfully | centralise | damaging | books | networking

Cyberbullying is a type of bullying that takes place with the use of any electronic technology. Cyberbullying is a
major problem affecting young people today. There are different types of cyberbullying. This topic comes as an
interest to many people these days because bullying is very common and it can ruin a person s life. These days,
cyberbullying is considered a new form of bullying. It can happen over the internet by computer, mobile phone
or any other electronic devices. Cyberbullying could involve any form of unpleasant words or pictures being
displayed on the internet for others to see. It could also involve the spreading of lies about the victim on the
internet. Many people are stepping up efforts to prevent bullying in the first place. Other types of bullying may
involve the passing of notes behind someone s back, rumors being whispered about someone, or being
threatened in the internet. The most common types of cyberbullying include passing of humiliating photos, cell
phone pranks, cyber stalking, impersonation, online slam books, and text wars. Bullies appear scary but
truthfully they are the unhappy ones. Majority of bullies have been bullied by parents, siblings, or other young
people. This may trigger them to bully and pick on other kids. The other consequence of cyber bullying is that
the victims begin to fear associating with other people. This is usually the main intention of cyber bullying.
Victims start avoiding their friends and activities as they start seeing them as enemies especially in cases where
the victims do not know who the bully is; this leads to great emotional damage. The parents should also take up
the role of protecting their children from cyber bullying by taking a number of precautions; one, they need to
centralise the laptops and computers and keep online accessibility where the parents have frequent access and
the screen kept in a way that is viewable. Secondly, parents should establish communications with their children
so that children can open up to them when faced with such bullying. Parents also need to familiarise themselves
with online facilities, social networking, and chat rooms. The more knowledge a parent has about these, the
higher the chances of being able to secure their children from cyber bulling. In conclusion, cyber bullying has
very damaging consequences to individuals. It disrupts school life, has great emotional damage and may have
fatal consequences. Though technology has brought new opportunities for students and teenagers, it is

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important that everyone learn to use it responsibly. Policies should also be put in place to ensure that
technology is used responsibly. School management should put in place ways of identifying, preventing and
responding to cyber crimes in schools. Parents should also take up the responsibilities of protecting their
children. Teenagers, on the other hand, should take the first measures necessary to prevent cyber crimes and
bullying.

Other readability measures

ARI Coleman Liau Flesch Kincaid FOG SMOG

11.3 12.7 11.0 12.9 12.3

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