5) Explore what you already know. Access Leading Issue summaries ("Topic Overview" or "At Issue" Pages) and Timeline (under Research Tools) from the SIRS Leading Issue you have chosen. In 3-5 sentences, summarize the background and historical information of the Leading Issue you selected. Include main controversies, key figures, important organizations, and key events.

Briefly list what you know about your topic already. Consider the following:

• Surprising facts or statistics- Schools do more harm than good when it comes to bullying. Half of bullies take out their anger on people from other forms of abuse, while the other half do it under peer pressure.

• the extent of the problem- The extent of the problem is that most suicides are caused by bullying and 2,000 teens commit suicide each year.

• important people or institutions involved- The "It Gets Better Club" of CSI,  William S. Burroughs, ALL SCHOOLS, LGBT club

• key schools of thought- I.S.51 middle school, Port Richmond high school

• common misconceptions- School counselors keep saying "Go to an adult." or "come to me if you need help", however these cannot stop bullying at all. If the bully finds out, things can only get worse.

• observations you've made- There are three types of people in a bullying society: Bullies, victims, and bystanders. Bullies do the harm first and attack the victims. The victims take the abuse, go under depression, and die. Bystanders do nothing out of fear.

• important trends- Pornography, Violence, Cyberbullying, Rape, Abuse,
• 7 in 10 young people are victims of cyberbullying.
• 37% of them are experiencing cyberbullying on a highly frequent basis.
• 20% of young people are experiencing extreme cyberbullying on a daily basis.
• New research suggests that young males and females are equally at risk of cyberbullying.
• Young people found to be twice as likely to be cyber bullied on Facebook as on any other social network.
• 54% of young people using Facebook reported that they have experienced cyberbullying on the social network.
• Facebook, Ask.FM and Twitter found to be the most likely sources of cyberbullying, being the highest in traffic of all social networks.
• Cyberbullying found to have catastrophic effects upon the self-esteem and social lives of up to 70% of young people.
• An estimated 5.43 million young people in the UK have experienced cyberbullying, with 1.26 million subjected to extreme cyberbullying on a daily basis.

• major controversies- The major controversies of bullying are 

1. The uncovered bullying controversies of California
2. Victims are afraid to stand up and tell someone or fight back.
3. Schools try to hide the facts they have bullies
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