Cyberbullying has sadly become an everyday thing for many...

Cyberbullying has sadly become an everyday thing for many teens all across the world. Just recently, a cyberbullying incident involving three girls resulted in one girl commiting suicide. The victim, Rebecca, started dating a boy back in 2012. Another girl did not like this so she began to harass and bully her telling her that she should â€Å"drink bleach and die† (Newcomb). The bullying did not stop there, it only escalated from online verbal harassment to physical confrontations at school. On top of that, the girl allegedly bullied any of Rebecca’s friends and turned one of her closer friends against her. During this school year (2013-2014), Rebecca tried to start fresh by going to a new school only to find that the bullying would continue.†¦show more content†¦As said before, teachers are able to be bullied also. In a story written by Sameer Hinduja [a writer for the cyberbullying research center] a teenage girl went online to express her anger about a teacher on a twitter. The girl went on to call the teacher a â€Å"whore† and a â⠂¬Å"bitch†(Sameer Hinduja). After the teacher found out, she confronted the girl in the middle of class in front of the entire class. The girl later apologized for her actions but an apology couldn’t fix the damage that was already done. There is not one â€Å"typical bully†. There are many different types. A website called â€Å"StopCyberbullying† has made a list of the different types of bullies such as the â€Å"Mean Girls†, the â€Å"Vengeful Angel†, the â€Å"Power Hungry† and the â€Å"Inadvertent Cyberbully†. The â€Å"Mean Girls† do exactly what the name implies. This is usually a group of girls that get together and talk about people and make fun of them. This type of bullying is intentional. Next, the â€Å"Vengeful Angel† is a person who starts to bully the bully. They believe what they are doing is right but in reality they are doing the same thing the bully was doing so it doesn’t make it right. 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