Soc 305 Week 5 Discussion Questions Answers

Refer to a specific statistic found on the site, with proper citation. Tell us why this statistic surprised you, confirmed your belief, etc.While reading the assigned chapters for the week, I was not at all surprised by some of the statistics that were presented to me. According to the National Center for Education “six percent of students’ ages 12-18 reported being cyber bullied in 2009. About 3 % reported being subject to harassing text messages. About 4 % of females reported being subject to harassing text messages compared with 2 % of males” (NCES, 2011). While this statistic did not surprise me at all because it is becoming more and more relevant that cyber bullying occurs more than actually bullying someone face to face. Females do tend to be the ones in today’s society that are being bullied. The only thing that I am confused about is that I would have thought this statistic would be much higher than it is actually. In 81% of violent, targeted school attacks, at least one person knew someone was conceiving of or planning an attack. In most cases no one came forward with this information. Why do you think this is?The text states