Many students in the United States believe that cyberbullying is less of a problem than bullying at school, but more than half of teenagers have been victims of cyberbullying. Many incidents of cyberbullying result in the expulsion and, in some cases, suicide of the victim. Additionally, 80% of teens use or own a cell phone, making cyberbullying very common. Cyberbullying is a problem that may seem small to the world today, but is more than capable of becoming something bigger (Cyber ​​Bullying Statistics). More people practice cyberbullying than bullying at school because it is very easy to do so when you can be anonymous, someone you don't know or even behind a computer screen. Furthermore, it can happen whenever and wherever. Where at school there are teachers, other students and sometimes cameras to prevent bullying. Additionally, an unknown fact about cyberbullying, which makes it much more common than school bullying, is that if something is posted online it cannot be removed. Even if a photo or post is deleted, it remains in the site's data. However, if it happened at school, it is very likely that the people who witnessed the bullying will forget it later. As it turns out, bullying in school is typically one male teasing or attacking another male, while on the Internet cyberbullying can occur between girls and boys; young or old. This makes cyberbullying even more of a threat to today's youth society. Since it may seem harmless to someone who is not a victim of cyberbullying, or to the cyberbullies themselves, what are the effects of cyberbullying? It has been shown that children who are victims of cyberbullying are more likely to get bad grades, use drugs, skip school the next day and have lower self-esteem. What makes cyberbullying worse is that people tend to think less about the victim... middle of paper... unishment. Plus, there are many other scary rules to stop kids from cyberbullying. In some very serious cases, if the victim were to commit suicide, the bullies will most likely end up in prison or worse. Although many will continue to believe that cyberbullying is actually not that big of a problem to solve among all the others. , but it's definitely not something to joke about either. Whether cyberbullying or bullying at school, students need to remember to think before they act and remember the consequences of saying something rude or mean on the Internet. Works Cited “Cyber ​​Bullying Statistics.” Bullying statistics. Np, nd Web. March 6, 2014. “What is Cyberbullying.” Stop bullying. Np, nd Web. March 6. 2014. .