School is a place where you can learn, fraternize and feel safe. Well, sometimes children and young adults don't feel that way at all, some children face physical harassment at school. Nowadays, bullying doesn't just happen at school, but also online, in the privacy of your own home. The Internet is the main contributor because kids now frequent social networks and blogs, which represent one of their main forms of communication because they are far from the computer age. Scott Meech's article "Cyberbullying is worse than physical bullying" and Amanda Lenhart's article "Cyberbullying is no worse than physical bullying" both discuss why they believe one form of bullying is worse than the other. Although both articles illustrate their points using different tactics, Meech does a far better job because he focuses on a few hard facts while Lenhart bombards the reader with irrelevant statistics and points. In the article “Is Cyberbullying Worse Than Physical Bullying Bullying,” Meech explains how harmful cyberbullying is because of the long-term effects it has on a child or young adult. He then uses some statistics to illustrate his main point. “In March 2006, statistics showed that 75 to 80 percent of children between the ages of 12 and 14 had been victims of cyberbullying” (Meech). This means that this problem manifests itself more and more among today's youth. Unfortunately, it is difficult to stop cyberbullying because it is often impossible to identify who is spreading rumors or making threats. This means that if a parent wanted to report the harassment, most of the time the children would make up a fake name or account so they could harass anonymously and this would make it difficult to catch the perpetrator. Meech begins to argue... halfway through the paper... they were just as effective as Meech's. Plus, if her article had been a little more interesting, she would have been able to capture the reader's attention just like Meech did. Work Cited “Cyberbullying Is No Worse Than Physical Bullying” by Amanda Lenhart. Media violence. David M. Haugen, ed. Opposite Viewpoints® Series. Greenhaven Press, 2009. Amanda Lenhart, “Cyberbullying and Online Teens,” Pew Internet & American Life Project, June 27, 2007. www.pewinternet.org. Reproduced with permission. September 20, 2011. “Cyberbullying Is Worse Than Physical Bullying” by Scott Meech. Media violence. David M. Haugen, ed. Opposite Viewpoints® Series. Greenhaven Press, 2009. Scott Meech, “Cyber ​​Bullying: Worse than Traditional Bullying,” Educators' eZine, May 1, 2007. www.techlearning.com. Copyright © 2007 NewBay Media, LLC. Reproduced with permission. September 20, 2011.