English Language SBA (School Based Assessment)

Candidate’s Name: Antoine Mcgrowder

Candidate’s Number:1001211534

Centre: Titchfield High School

Centre Number:100121

Teacher: Ms. Phydelca Thomas

Year: 2023

Topic: social media

Sub-Topic: Instagram (Cyberbullying)

 TABLE OF CONTENTS

● Plan of Investigation

● Reflection 1

● Reflection 2

● Reflection3

● Group Report

● Oral presentation group

● Bibliography

● Appendix
 Plan of Investigation
I'm interested in the problem of "cyberbullying" since it affects so

many people, including my friends and family. I'll learn more about

cyberbullying and how to prevent it thanks to this research. As an English

Language student, I can increase my ability to employ Standard English

structures, my comprehension abilities, and my editing skills. Using the

internet and texts from the library, I want to look for a newspaper article, a

magazine article, and a short story. Through group discussions, I hope to

apply my abilities to analyse the writing styles of chosen resources.

 REFLECTION 1
THE TRUTH ABOUT CYBERBULLYING is the newspaper article I

will be talking about in my reflection.The creator of this article was not stated

.From the article I learnt that Jamaicans do not take cyberbullying seriously.

By uploading or disseminating false information on online social media

platforms, some people, especially teenagers, use the internet to abuse others

and undermine their self-worth. I became aware of the fact that using social

media may put you in a lot of uncomfortable circumstances and hurt other

people as a result.

The second article I read revealed the reality of cyberbullying.

Teenagers are either the targets of the crime or the prime suspects, and they

are also the harshest users of social media. The most frequent sorts are harsh

remarks and untrue rumours. I learned from this that you should never bully

someone since you never know how badly it may damage them. The last

article demonstrated to me how anyone may be used as a catfish by someone

else in an effort to fit in. This may cause you to turn against your pal who is

also a catfish. I learned from this not to put my confidence in strangers.

REFLECTION2
I noticed several differences in how my materials used language. First

of all, each composition has a distinct tone. The newspaper's tone raises

serious questions. The phrase "Cyber bullying is a modern type of bullying"

(line 4) and the phrase "threatens" are examples of this.

The gravity of the situation is expressed in line 5, "and spread

rumours." It's also quite troubling to read that "Cyberbullying makes it

simpler for youngsters to disguise their actual identities" (line 14).

The magazine article's tone is equally alarming. The essay gains power

through the inclusion of numbers, such as "One million youngsters were

victims of cyberbullying in 2011."

The protagonist's envy is depicted in the narrative via the author's tone.

I remember not speaking to some of my closest friends for days since they

had drawn his attention away from me, as can be seen in the statement. (Line
24-26). The first-person narrator's use allows the reader to understand the

narrator's actual emotions.

GROUP REPORT
Social media has had a significant influence on Caribbean culture,

particularly among young people. The negative effects of social media

are still permeating classrooms in the Caribbean. We all wanted to

witness how teenagers were impacted badly by social media. We looked

for works from all genres that addressed the detrimental effects of social

media as a result. Cyberbullying, the impact of social media on mental

health, and social media's impact on society were the subtopics.

The "Cyberbullying" newspaper story shed emphasis on the

problem in Jamaica. It also emphasised how inferiority complexes are

created in youngsters through cyberbullying. According to the "Ranking

of Social Media Platforms" poll, Instagram is the most unfavourable

social media site. It makes people feel anxious and lonely. Last but not

least, the magazine article "Social media makes me feel ugly"

emphasised the unfavourable effects some users may encounter with

social media, such as the risk of cyberbullying and how it may affect a

person's mental health.

Several obstacles had to be faced by our group as a result of some

of the members skipping or breaking class. We surmounted these

challenges by continuing our regular group sessions during the

intermissions, nevertheless. By doing this, we improved our attitude

toward collaboration and acquired time management skills.

 A SHORT STORY ON CYBER BULLYING
My technological obsession began in fifth grade when I received my first

phone. It was a purple flip phone, the fancy kind with a sliding keyboard. As an

eleven-year-old, that phone was my life and key to maturity, responsibility and

superiority compared to every unfortunate, phoneless soul. A couple years later, I

upgraded from my beloved flip phone to an iPhone 4, a colossal step from no

internet access to the entire web at my naive fingertips. I discovered social media,

downloaded the most stereotypical games (I’m talking Fruit Ninja), and spent

hours messaging my school friends and new ones I’d meet through various apps.

Of course, I knew the dangers the internet held, how you could be bullied,

catfished or have your personal information leaked. Teachers, parents, and

internet-weary friend had drilled the dangers of the internet into my head. None of

that bothered me; I had a device that gave me so much independence without

having to leave my room! Having a phone and gaining that sense of being an adult

was the best feeling in the world, but that soon changed. As I spent more and more

time online, I eventually met a guy named “Josh”. We liked the same books and

had mutual online friends, so of course we started talking. We went from

enthusiastically discussing our favourite characters to me begging him to talk.

From messaging him maybe once or twice a day, to making up stories about how I

was depressed just to make him talk to me. He came between my friends and me;

we were obsessing over getting his attention, even fighting over it with all-caps

yelling matches. I remember not talking to some of my closest friends for days

because they had taken his attention away from me. It took months for us to realise

that Josh was not worth losing our friendships over, that he had manipulated us

into hating each other, practically bullying each other in efforts to get closer to

him. We blocked him and started rebuilding the connections we had damaged so

badly. That was when Josh messaged us all and revealed that he was actually a girl

our age named “Sarah”, who had pretended to be Josh in order to get into our inner

circle. We had all been catfished and it was a shock for everybody. After

everything that happened, I finally saw how the internet and social media had

changed me for the worse. It had taken up the majority of my time and turned me

from a caring friend to a horrible one. I decided to reduce the time I spent online

and be more cautious about who I talked to. Cyberbullying is a scary part of

internet culture that affects one fifth of all Canadian teens. It happened to my

friends and me, people I never thought I would hurt or that would hurt me. I think

we all need to learn to manage the freedom of the internet and the consequences of

having an online presence.

 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ON CYBERBULLYING

Cyberbullying a serious problem

THE EDITOR :

Bullying among children is not something new to schools in Jamaica. It Has

always been around. What is changing is the nature of bullying.Cyberbullying is a

newer form of bullying. It involves making use of the internet to attack, threaten

and spread false rumours about people. As more children spend more time online

and texting, instead of going outside to play sports, some of them are taking their

conflicts online.In the past bullies used playing fields and schools to prey on their

victims. The Internet has made the playing field a whole lot bigger.Cyberbullying

incidents include exposure to sexual remarks, unflattering and suggestive personal

photos spread online, and being bullied, recorded and photos/videos distributed

online.Cyberbullying makes it easier for children to mask their true identities. So,

bullies are not necessarily physically imposing. Sometimes they are just children

filled withhatred.Some bullies are seeking a wider audience and may even go so

far as to capture physical attacks on video and post them online for others to
view.Bullying should be taken more seriously in Jamaica. Children who

experience bullying can feel all alone and become emotionally traumatised, leaving

long-lasting scars.Children feel extremely confused about how to deal with such

situations. Adults must partner with children to assist them in the creation of a

social network that will support them. It is time to take cyberbullying seriously in

Jamaica.

SIMON WRIGHT, Chaguanas

Wednesday 4 July 2018

Written by - Arthur Dash