For my term paper I decided to investigate on a deeper level the meaning and outcome of what bullying can do and how it affects our society.   Bullying is such a vast subject in our society today.   I choose this topic because I have witnessed firsthand what bullying can do to a child.   I have seen the happiest child be brought down so low that they feel so unimportant and lost. Bullying is defined as the use of superior strength or influence to intimidate (someone), typically to force him or her to do what one wants.  
Bullying in the school setting can be defined as unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involve a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time it can include threats, spreading rumors, attacking someone physically/verbally and purposely excluding someone. Both kids who are bullied and who bully others may have serious, lasting problems.
I thought it would be best to focus on the social cognitive theory for my topic from both the bullied and the bully stand point.   Social cognitive theory refers to how a person thinks about and responds to one’s social environment and learns by watching others.   For this research I will be introducing you to bullying in many different aspects.   A few of those are bullying in school, cyberbullying, gay bullying and bullying-related suicide.   I will also provide you with statistics of bullying and ways to help detect and prevent bullying.  
I will be using the internet to help find information pertaining to bullying and also utilize the use of scholarly papers as well as the virtual library.   I will also be giving you a first-hand encounter of bullying. By doing this I hope that one will see how much damage even the smallest amount of bullying can affect a child.   I hope with the information I am going to share with you that it will help our society understand why we need to come together and stop putting bullying on the back...