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 analyze the writing styles of

chosen resources.
 REFLECTION 1
I learned from the newspaper article that Jamaican 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 rumors. 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

rumors." 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. Each

participant was given a role, such as leader, editor, reporter, or recorder.

We chose the articles on "Social media and body image" and

"Cyberbullying" from our group's nine items compiled.

The "Cyberbullying" newspaper story shed emphasis on the

problem in TT. It also emphasized how inferiority complexes are created

in youngsters through cyberbullying. According to the "Ranking of

Social Media Platforms" poll, Instagram is the most unfavorable social

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

the magazine article "Social media makes me feel ugly" emphasized the

unfavorable 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

realize 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.