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Twenty-year-old Thien To first learned about cyberbullying in her native Vietnam. The South Philadelphia High junior has since learned about cyberbullying American-style and has discovered a way out.
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Twenty-year-old Thien To first learned about cyberbullying in her native Vietnam. The South Philadelphia High junior has since learned about cyberbullying American-style and has discovered a way out.
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Cyberbullying hurts. I count myself as an expert for being bullied. In Vietnam, my home country, my classmates wrote mean blog posts and messages about me. They wrote nonsense things about my looks, my way of life, and my study. For example, one guy wrote, “She looks like somebody from the countryside.” When I came here a year ago, I thought that the U.S. would have even more cyberbullying. Sadly, I was right. Same as in Vietnam, cyberbullying hurts the victim. But, it also hurts the bully.
I know someone who was both a bully and a victim. Last year, my friend, Jenny posted mean things on the Yahoo blogs of two girls at school. She accused them of cheating. Within a couple hours, my friend got six lengthy comments and received 60 phone calls. Two days later, when I went to her house to see if she wanted to go for an ice cream cone, she told me what happened. She was still crying. It b...
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INTRO:Philly Youth Radio works with young people to produce their own radio stories. The project brings us the series "Students of Violence," where local high school students tell true stories about the violence that has changed their lives. 20-year-old Thien To first learned about cyberbullying in her native Vietnam. The South Philadelphia High junior has since learned about cyberbullying American-style and has discovered a way out.
OUTRO:That was Thien To for the series “Students of Violence.” Her essay was produced by Philly Youth Radio.
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Posted on January 06, 2013 at 12:37 AM | Permalink
Review of "The Cycle of Cyberbullying"
This piece is about cyber-bullying, a problem that’s just become apparent in our current generation. Twenty-year-old Thien, from Vietnam, moved to the U.S. when she was 19. She explains what cyber-bullying is and what we can do to stop it. She also tells us a story about her friend and a few other students from their school who were in a “cyber war” – as agents each other -- and how she helped to break up the fight and stop the cycle of cyber-bullying by deleting the negative comments.
This was an interesting story and well-written, well-made piece. The only thing I really had a problem with was that it was pretty hard to understand because she had a thick accent. All in all, though, this was a great piece with helpful advice that everyone should use try to stop the cycle of cyber-bullying.