...adulthood, and the bullies themselves are more likely to engage in criminal behavior later in life.” Duane Alexander, M.D., director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). Have you ever been called names, tripped or hit, or made to do something you did not want to do out of fear? If you have, then you have been bullied. It happens every day and everywhere. There is no age group that cannot and has not been bullied. Even though bullying happens to people of all age groups, it can have lasting and sometimes disastrous outcomes for the younger generation. Bullying occurs when one person, or group of people, inflict harm on another person. Multiple forms of bullying exist in the world today. Name calling, teasing, taunting, physical harm, and threats are all ways to bully someone. Because of the age and inexperience of children (both adolescents and teenagers), they cannot handle the harassment. Both bullies and victims do not understand the effects that bullying can cause. Some of these effects may be short term, whereas others may lay dormant until the child becomes an adult. Therefore, I have decided to look at not only the characteristics of bullies and victims, but to look at the short and long term effects of bullying also, whether the bullying happens in person or through what has become known as “cyber bullying.” Before people can understand bullies and their victims, they need to understand the ways bullies intimidate their...
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...speech is to inform the audience about Cyber Bullying and the effects it has on people. Thesis: It is easier to bully over the internet than it is to be a bully face to face with someone. 1. Introduction- A. Attention Getter: According to “NoBullying.com” hate speech is used among bullies and cyber bullies against their victims. About 1/10 of middle school and high school students have been on the receiving side of their hateful speech. B. Reasons to Listen: The internet makes cyber bullying easier due to the lack of physical or verbal contact between the “bully” and the one being “bullied”. Because the reaction of the victim is usually unseen, the bully doesn't take it seriously. C. Credibility Statement: I did extensive research, which makes me a credible source about this topic. D. Thesis and Main Preview of Main Points: Today I am going to cover what cyber bullying is, the effects of it, and how to stop/prevent cyber bullying. 2. Thesis- It is easier to bully over the internet than it is to be a bully face to face with someone. 3. Restate Thesis- A. Statement of First Main Point - What is Cyber Bullying? a.) Cyber Bullying is any harassment that occurs via the Internet. Vicious forum posts, name calling in chat rooms, posting fake profiles on web sites, and mean or cruel email messages are all ways of cyber bullying. > Transition: Cyber Bullying Causes these things: B. Statement of Second Main Point...
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...Bullying others is a hurtful thing. It's like they are bullying their own sisters and brothers! Bullying is a strong way to other people down. Innocent people are committing suicide all over the world just because of bullying. We need to be more than a bystander to save more lives,to prevent all of this nonsense. There are so much of different kinds of bullying, how would we do it.Because bullies think it's right. Also how many people are bystanders and why are we scared to stand up? Bullies think its alright to do, how many bystanders that don't step in to help and why don't they help? Subsequently, More and more kids think it is alright to bully others and not get in trouble. Like teasing them talking about hurting them and spreading rumors....
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...people and sometimes causes them to preform destructive actions to themselves and other people; therefore, it needs to be taken seriously. Despite all the fights against bullying, it still happens. Whether at home, school, or work, bullying is an epidemic for children, adolescents, and adults. One of the unfortunate experiences that marks many childhoods is bullying. Bullying generally brings to mind children being taunted on the playground. According to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, “Close to half of all children will experience school bullying at some point while they are at primary or secondary school. At least 10 percent of children are bullied regularly.” Childhood bullying is a serious problem in schools everywhere, and it can be very harmful, long term to children. Bullying damages their own self-image in ways that can affect them for life. Children who are bullied can be stunted emotionally and socially, as well as see their schoolwork suffer. In some cases, serious depression and attempted suicide can result from childhood bullying. It’s been reported by Make Beats not Beat Downs, that 90% of 4th through 8th graders are victims of bullying. There are many types of bulling such as physical, verbal, and cyber bullying just to name a few. Many children today are subjected to physical abuse due to bullying. Children who are subjected to this type of...
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...BSHS/325 Mary Carlisle Due 10/5/2014 BSHS 325 WEEK 2 ASSIGNMENT BULLYING REPORT BY Matthew Lindsay Bullying- Bullying is an issue today with children at an early age and can continue through adult years. Bullying is about power and control with a person. A person who thrives on power preys on the week like a person with low self – esteem. This type of behavior can last though a person’s adult years. Bullying is an issue and has been an issue for centuries. With the study of human development it is an issue because it can lead to depression, substance abuse, suicide, and can effect a student’s learning and development and sometimes lead to safety issues for an individual or a group. Bullies have been around for generations, but in recent years experts have realized that bullying has long term effects both for the victims and the bullies. Bullying violates a section in the Unites Nations Universal Declarations of human rights. Also medical associations released a statement in 2002 declaring bullying a public health problem, because of its long term effect long term mental health results. There are three types of bullying, which are physical bullying, direct bullying and indirect bullying. Physical bullying is bullying by use of physical force, which is prevalent in schools. This type of bullying may involve spitting...
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...Bullying Research question- Why do people in high school bully each other? Outline I. Introduction- thesis II. What is Bullying? a. Definition of Bullying b. Who is affected? III. Effects of Bullying a. Extreme stress b. Poor Academic Performance c. Suicide d. Drug use IV. How to stop Bullying a. Parents Involvement V. Conclusion Bullying is when someone or a group of people with more power repeatedly and intentionally causes hurt or harm to another person or group of people who feel helpless to respond. In school, this has become a common problem causing many parents to be concern as to the affects of this with their children. Children that are bullied by other school mates are often times depress have poor grades in school and socially not as involve as other kids in school activities or activities at home. This leaves a major and pressing question, why do children in high school bully each other? Bullying is the use of force to abuse or intimidate others. The behavior can be habitual and involve an imbalance of social or physical power. It can include verbal harassment or threat, physical assault and may be directed repeatedly towards particular victims, perhaps on grounds of race, religion, gender, sexuality, or ability. If bullying is done by a group, it is called mobbing. The victim of bullying is sometimes referred to as a "target". Bullying can occur in any context in which human beings...
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...with parents, teachers, nurses, and many more. They work in certain areas such as hospital wards, clients ‘homes, prisons, and the list goes on. SLT’s also work closely with babies who have difficulty swallowing and feeding. SLTs also work with children who have mild, moderate or severe learning difficulties and voice disorders such as Down syndrome. They also work with adults who have communication or eating and swallowing problems following neurological impairments and degenerative conditions, including stroke, head injury, Parkinson's disease and dementia. “Speech therapists hourly median salary is $32.85 per hour. The lowest 10% earn $20.34 per hour and those in the upper 10% earn more than $48.95 per hour”. (Speech Therapist Salary). “Yearly, Speech Therapist salaries are $68,350. The lowest of 10% earn less than $42,310 per year while the upper 10% earn more than $101,820 per year. These salaries are calculated...
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...The Damaging Effects of Bullying, Why It Needs to Stop, and How to Stop It There are many problems in our school system today, but the number one problem, in my opinion, is bullying. “An Analysis of School Anti-Bullying Laws in the United States,” written by Maryellen Kueny and Perry Zirkel, states that “bullying has been a persistent problem in middle level and high schools.” According to Kueny and Zirkel’s article, “an early national study found that among sixth through twelfth graders, 56% of students witnessed bullying and 71% know of a peer who is being bullied.” In the same article mentioned before, “a study of bullying in American schools found 86% of students in grade 6 through 10 engaged in bullying sometimes or more frequently.” As you can see bullying plays a big role in our school systems today and causes many problems not just for the student being bullied but for the bullies themselves. Bullying should be put to an end because it causes damage to those who are bullied and the bullies, as well. Physical bullying, verbal bullying, convert or hidden bullying, and cyberbully are the four main types of bullying. Out of the four types, verbal bullying and cyberbullying are the most common. Verbal bullies use words to harm others through name-calling, insulting, making racist comments, or harsh teasing. Cyberbullying can happen at any time. The Alannah and Madeline Foundation says that cyberbullying includes: “abusive or hurtful texts, emails, posts, images or videos...
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...happens daily, whether it happens at school, the babysitter, or sports practice. There needs to be more awareness on bullying; at times it seems to be swept under the rug, ignore it and it will get better. This seams to be the best way to deal with anything that is not understood, get rid of the evidence and everything will be better. But it is not getting better, daily you hear of a child losing their life due to the effects of bullying, whether it be from death, or depression. No child should have to feel the effects of this, or have to live this daily because it is easier to ignore the situation than to find a solution. Hurtful words and actions taking place in the schools are unfortunate not only for the victim but also the bully and the bystanders; Bullying is out of hand and needs to be stopped. Children and young adults who are bullied tend to have a low self-esteem, and little to no confidence which can make them dread going to school. The effects of bullying are many, it starts with low self-esteem and according to researchers serious cases of bullying can end in suicide or murder. This is not only hard on the victim and the bully, but it is also hard on the parents, teachers and administration. There is not a cut and dry answer on how to stop bullying and most cases are different than the last. This is what makes it so hard to control, because it takes time and energy to evaluate the case and find an answer. Martin Greer wrote the blog “Why Don't Students Report Being...
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...Bullies Behind Bars Creating and Enforcing Bullying Laws in the United States ENG120 Abstract In the past decade there have been a growing number of teenage suicide attempts and successes. Many of these come from some form of bullying and harassment in our schools. Bullies leave scars on our children that last long into their adulthood; if they are lucky enough to make it to adulthood. This behavior has long been accepted as “boys will be boys.” Well boys are no longer boys and girls are sometimes more cruel than boys. It’s time we as parents and adults tell these bullies that their behavior has consequences and we as a society will no longer accept their behavior. Creating and Enforcing Bullying Laws in the United States. After my parents split up, life as I had known it for 9 years had changed. My father was gone and we were now living in a small apartment and my mother was on food stamps. I didn’t get my clothes from the store any longer. My clothes came from the church and lots of kids in school let me know it every day. I was called poor, told I was wearing others trash, called names and even tripped a few times. It only lasted a month or so, and then they moved on to the next one and left me alone. Today the bullies are going worldwide on the web. They are harassing you until you want to crawl in a hole and die and unfortunately some do just that. I was fortunate that my bullying experience was short lived, but it never left my mind. When I had my daughter...
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...would want to do everything they can for their children to be comfortable going to school and feeling safe. The ongoing and growing problem that is causing such disturbance is bullying. Bullying is a social interaction where a more dominant individual, who is the bully, exhibits aggressive behavior that is intended to, and does, in fact, cause distress to a less dominant individual which is the victim. The aggressive behavior can be direct physical contact and/or a verbal attack that can be direct or indirect (Bullying). Bullying includes harassment, intimidation to varying degrees, taunting and ridicule (Ferrell-Smith). About 50% of high school students said they have bullied someone in the past year. Forty seven percent said they had been bullied, teased or taunted in a way that seriously upset them in the past year. Nearly 40% of bullied girls and 46% of bullied boys in grades 3 through 12 have been bullied a year or longer, yet fewer than 50% of bullied students have told a parent (Billitteri). Many students that are being bullied are suffering silently. Because bullying can have harmful and sometimes irreversible effects, it should be taken more seriously. Greater consequences should be given out. Those who bully should be prosecuted. Bullying goes beyond hurting the feelings of victims, it does great damage mentally and psychologically. It can result in physical injury or emotional trauma (Ferrell-Smith). Bullying is also dangerous because...
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...in the United States and sometimes, it cannot be stopped effectively. Bullies are everywhere. They are in offices, at home, in the neighborhood, and many other places. It is a huge problem in schools as well. Many schools in the country have anti-bullying policies. These policies are all different and are implemented in different ways. Most of these policies are not effective though. Anti-bullying policies are not effective against all bullying because school bullying and its effects are still seen, because of the growing use of technology, and because of family influences. Anti-bullying policies are not effective because school bullying cases are still frequently happening in schools. Bullying is a major problem in the world today and it can be seen almost everywhere and it happens every day to people. It most commonly occurs in schools though. Many schools have adopted policies that they use to help prevent bullying in their establishment. However, these policies are not always effective. A study by a University of Texas in Arlington found that students at a school that had an anti-bullying policy, “were 1.2 times more likely” to be bullied than students who attended a school without an anti-bullying policy (Antoniades, pg. 1). This confirms the fact that these policies are not always effective. A school that does have a policy actually is more likely to have bullying. A student is often challenged to bully because they see that they can’t and that urges them break the rules...
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...is in schools today! Bullying is defined as aggressive intentional behavior. Everyday bullying takes place in schools across the world. There have been many cases of children being bullied at school. School should be a place where children can come and learn in a peaceful environment! Children should never have to feel anxious or scared to go to school. Studies show that 1 out of 4 kids get bullied at school every day. Bullying affects children of any age. This is astonishing and heart breaking! This has to stop! As parents we must stay connected with our children. The more we know about their friends and interactions at school the more likely we are to spot changes in their home behavior or social interactions. We need to talk with our children every day about specifics of their day. We should explain to them what bullying is as parents and their teachers. Also inform them of what to do if they are getting bullied or see a friend getting bullied. Another way to stop bullying could be to start an anti-bullying program at school to deter bullying! Bullying doesn’t just happen in the classroom. It can happen in the bathroom, cafeteria, halls, playground, or school bus. Therefore it’s imperative that children should be supervised all over the school. Even we as teachers can give children jobs of being monitors in these areas to deter bullying. Of course teachers...
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...on the topic; Bullying: When Harmless Teasing Crosses the Line. I have learned a lot about bullying in your school district from the parents, students, administrators and staff. I am convinced that the information that has been gathered will help you in putting together some anti-bullying programs for the students in your district. Thank you for your support through this process, and for allowing me to hand out the questionnaire and conduct interviews with you and your staff. Although some of the results vary greatly between the parents and students, and administrators and staff, I believe that if everyone works together on this topic, we could accomplish a lot. I would be willing to work with you on setting up programs to help the bullies and the bullied, and I would also be willing to volunteer my time to help students. I appreciate all the time you have put into helping me, and have learned a lot while gathering all the evidence that follows. Please feel free to contact me about the volunteer position at 316-555-2222 at any time. Sincerely, Leslie Babcock Leslie Babcock Table of Contents Abstract……………………………………………………………4 Introduction……………………………………………………….5 Letter of Transmittal………………………………………………2 Data Section………………………………………………………5 A Study on Bullying………………………………………5-6 Where Does Bullying Occur……………………………….7 What are the Signs of...
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...actions become physical such as my classmate being stuffed into trashcans because he is “compact-able” what then would you describe it as? Did I have the proper tools to notifying someone or the education to know what I might be able to do to stop it from happening? There were no publicized programs and or institutes for help posted for students that were easily accessible. And the bullies just kept bullying with no repercussions. Is this something you would allow your child, friend, family member, or student to endure? Bullying has become a nation-wide issue that has many avenues that are in place for combating the problem, providing services for both the bullied and bullies and prevention and review committees to stop it before it happens, investigate and review the act(s). With programs, websites, and groups popping up all over the country there are people standing by the push and have started the dominos for all of the efforts to truly pay off for this epidemic. So what is this bullying epidemic all about. What are today’s students saying about bullying? Well in a recent study conducted by a bullying statistics website “there are about 2.7 million students being bullied each year by about 2.1 million students taking on the roll of the bully.” (Bullying Statistics) That’s as many residents in Chicago, IL. Even worse reports from the same website have reported, “Over half, about 56 percent, of all students have witnesses a bullying crime take place while at school.” (Bullying...
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