...What is bullying? Bullying defined Bullying is a repeated aggressive behavior where one person (or group of people) in a position of power deliberately intimidates, abuses, or coerces an individual with the intention to hurt that person physically or emotionally. Acts of bullying can be physical or verbal. Many young people can be unkind to each other during adolescence as they refine social skills and grow into adults. While these interactions are unpleasant, there is a clear line between conflict and bullying. Incidents of bullying must include all 3 of these characteristics: 1) Intentional- the behavior was aggressive and a deliberate attempt to hurt another person 2) Repeated- these aggressive actions occur repeatedly over time to the same person or group of people 3) Power imbalance- the person bullying has more physical or social power than the child or children being bullied Bullying almost always takes an emotional toll upon the child being bullied, but the actions that constitute bullying vary. There are four types of bullying, which can occur separately or simultaneously: 1) Physical bullying such as kicking or pushing 2) Verbal bullying such as name-calling or yelling 3) Relational bullying such as excluding or rumor-spreading 4) Cyberbullying which involves sending hurtful messages over digital devices like computers and cell phones. Cyberbullying continues to increase as digital media become more prevalent...
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...Stopping Bullying in Schools Bullying in schools is a phenomenon that has received increased attention in the media. Boys and girls both experience bullying. Bullying in boys is more physical and verbal; bullying in girls is more psychological and relational (cdc.gov). According to the National Center for Education Statistics, “bullying activities were as common as daily or weekly happenings in 25 percent of public schools during 2007-08” (nces.ed.gov). Bullying often starts as verbal teasing, and then leads to physical threats and even violence. Bullying creates problems of low self-esteem, decreased focus on school work, and emotional distress in victims. Bullies continually target those that are weaker than them either physically or emotionally. It is important to make schools safer for students by preventing bullying. Many people think of bullying as an act of one child or group of children physically assaulting or teasing another child (eHow.com). The most common type of bullying is name calling or making belittling remarks about another child, whether it be their physical or socioeconomic characteristics. Other types of bullying include spreading rumors, intimidation, and group isolation. Children and teenagers in schools around the world face discrimination, mental and physical violence and other types of bullying every day. From nonviolent to physical abuse, the safety of a student in the school environment can be compromised by bullying. However...
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...the United States, and other First World countries, have access to educational resources. Yet, around 160,000 children in the United States alone miss school because of bullying (Phoenix & Honda, “Our children Faces a Bullying Epidemic”). Since most bullying takes place at school, it is imperative that these schools take actions by implementing anti-bullying policies into their school code of conduct. The schools are primarily responsible for reducing bullying among students and must seek effective solutions to this growing problem. Bullying would not be such a huge problem if school officials stepped up and started intervening. But how can they intervene when many cannot even recognize signs of bullying, or have not been trained on how to properly handle the situation? If not handled correctly, it can worsen and create more issues for the victims. In a survey done by Frank Barone, principal of Amsterdam High School New York, teachers believed approximately 16% of students are bullied victims (Barone,80). Barone also surveyed students, 58% of whom revealed that they are bullied victims. He found three core reasons as to why teachers and faculty members do not recognize bullying. First, the teachers believed that the bullied victims have to learn to stand up for themselves on their own. Second, they see bullying every day to the point that have become immune to it, and thus hardly recognize it anymore. Lastly, they do not have the resources or the time to intervene because they...
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...Bullying is still a very big problem these days, with the ever increasing growth of the internet and internet-connected electronics, it seems to be only getting worse. With new technological advances, comes new forms of bullying. One can now be bullied, virtually everywhere! Such as social networking sites, email, school, cellphones, and even at his/her own home. Their are 5 main forms of bullying today, and those are: Physical bullying, Emotional Bullying, Sexual bullying, Cyber bullying, and Racial bullying. Each and every form of bullying is harmful to the one being bullied, and in many cases CAN lead to suicide. Let's take a closer look at some of these. Physical bullying can be anything from a small push, to a devastating and potentially fatal punch to the face. However, it doesn't necessarily mean it's all physical. It can also be that the bully and his friends have you cornered up against a wall, or maybe breaking your belongings, or even making threatening gestures. All of these are attributes of Physical bullying. This type of bullying is probably the most known form, and has been around the longest. It can also be said that this is the most dangerous form of bullying there is. This type of bullying is most often times portrayed in films and television as well. If your son or daughter is coming home from school with bruises or damage to his or her property, then this can be a BIG indicator of Physical bullying. Males are also usually more likely to commit an act of...
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...Bullying: the act of hurting one person or a group repeatedly as a way for the bully to feel superior; usually the bully is stronger than his or her victim. A bully is a person who is habitually cruel or overbearing, especially to smaller or weaker people. “1 out of 4 kids are bullied” and “1 out of 5 kids admit to being a bully or doing something bullying.” Bullying is a worldwide thing and just about anyone can spot a bully when they see one. When this action goes on it rises many questions like, how are kids bullied today and why do bullies do it. Also many people ask including me, what are some consequences for both the bully and the bullied, and how can bullying be prevented. To start, “282,000 students are physically attacked in secondary schools each month.” Bullying today has reached a new peak from what it used to be back then. Most bullying was just verbal or intimidation. Now that were about to hit the year 2011 it’s added physical bullying, indirect bullying, social alienation bullying, and the popular cyber bullying to the list. Indirect bullying is when a bully spreads rumors and tells others about something that was told to them in private. Social alienation is when someone excludes another person from a group on purpose. Cyber bullying is when messages, pictures, or information is sent electronically, mostly by computers and cell phones. Cyber bullying is the one that is increasing today. I myself have once witnessed cyber bullying. To end, today...
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...BULLYING ENG 115 PATRICE M. JONES STRAYER UNIVERSITY Laura Howard November 20, 2011 Pretend you are a child in a school yard being tortured by a group of children. These children have been bothering you for months now. You are too afraid to tell someone about the situation, you’ll think the bullying will get worse. Last we the girls posted nude pictures of you around the boy’s bathroom and put your number under the photo. The message under the photo said “Willing to do anything for a couple of dollars.” The month before that a mass text message was sent to everybody in school that you had a STD and you got it from a boy you met a party. Your peers refuse to sit next to you in class, at lunch or on the bus, classmates call you all types of names. There are always offensive notes posted to your locker every morning. Now you are defending yourself in the school yard because another student picks a fight with you and accusing you of flirting with you boyfriend and other children are jumping in and throwing punches. After the fight is broken up, you run home. You go in your room and lock your door. You take a look in the mirror to examine the cuts and bruises on your face. Now you feel worthless, you just want the torturing to stop. You sit at the end of your bed and think of a solution to end this growing problem. You go in your bathroom cabinet and find some pain killers. You take a handful of the pills and swallowed them. You back in your and write a letter to you...
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...brighter future? Everyone needs to understand the causes of bullying and try to help prevent it from the underlying cause. By punishing a bully, does that end the problem of bullying or result in more hatred and aggressiveness on part of the bully? “Since bullies are made, not born, rehabilitation is an attainable and preferable alternative to resorting to harsh reprimands or turning a blind eye” (Hanson). Bullying is a form of youth violence. It is an unwanted aggressive behaviour by one or a group of young persons. It is normally repeated frequently and affects the person physically, psychologically, socially, or educationally. Bullying can be in the form of physical, verbal or social aggression. Another form of bullying is cyber-bullying, which involves bullying through e-mail, a chat room, instant messaging, a website, text messaging, or videos or pictures posted on websites or sent through cell phones (Understanding Bullying - Fact Sheet). The first response to deal with a bully is normally to punish them. They are regarded as a ruthless, emotionless and bad person, who hurt others and therefore they cannot be helped. But most of the time, those bullies do not even realise the impact their behaviours are having on the victims. There are times when they have actually been victims of bullying themselves and to them, this is a way of venting their frustration out (Hanson). A third of bullies are victims of bullying and those kids actually are more prone to depression and...
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...Bullying Have you ever bullied or been bullied? If you have bullied or been bullied then you should know how bullying feels like. Bullying is very negative and creates major problems for our society. Nothing good comes out of bullying. It could very well change or ruin a person’s life. In fact, it does ruin many people’s lives. Kids can be mentally scarred if they are teased often. Even worse, they could be killed or fatally injured if the bullying gets extreme. There are many causes for bullying which must be taken care of before bullying can be stopped. T.V. violence, families in poverty, and mis-teachings are just several of the many serious causes for bullying. Bullying must be stopped or prevented no matter how long it will take, it is a deeply concerning matter. Bullying does not always have to be childish play, it can be extremely violent. People may be bruised, injured, or even killed. Kids under bad influence may turn very violent. Parents, relatives, friends, T.V., music and pictures may all influence people, especially when they are depressed or are in a lowered state of mind. Violence on T.V. is a very big influence, particularly the wrestling and fighting shows. Also, T.V. shows are quite readily available for anyone to watch. Kids may try “moves” on people at school because they believe it’s cool. As well, cooperation from childrens’ parents is important, some parents actually encourage their children to fight to look cool or don’t teach them properly. Kids must...
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...Bullying Bullying, one of the major and controversial student problems, is defined conventionally as any severe or repeated use by one or more students of a written, verbal or electronic expression, or a physical act or gesture, or any combination thereof, unswervingly directed at another student that has the effect of actually causing or placing the latter in reasonable fear of physical or emotional harm or damage to his property; creating a hostile environment at school for the other students. Can you imagine if bullying prevails on your school? How dreadful will it be! Bullying gives nothing but grief and terror! It lets the courage of the heart linger! It turns an optimistic world into a despairing environment. It alters buoyant dreams into nightmares. It can devastate the life of a person! Many students bully others. They pan others’ flaws as if they are perfect. They throw every single word about students’ blemishes, including physical appearances, styles, mental capacities and others. They act so uncouth towards others, striking them either directly or meanderingly. They see their selves as superiors that they do and say whatever they want not considering others’ feelings. Bullying really is vile and it affects one’s self-confidence and social life. Excruciating words repeatedly thrown to a person will make him feel insignificance. He will lose the courage to strive. He will be a coward of his own dreams. Instead of reaching the stars and speak for his bright desires...
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...Jessica Perez PSY 241.95.80 Bullying Bullying Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school-aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. Both kids who are bullied and who bully others may have serious, lasting problems. When hearing the word “bully” majority once thought of just a bigger boy/girl picking on smaller children asking them for their lunch money, a seat in a classroom or making them do there homework and in return they wont hurt them or embarrass them in front of there friends, but now its more than that, its more than just wanting their lunch money or some dumb seat in class now don’t get me wrong doing those things was wrong and was something that we should’ve taken into consideration and been more aware of but we waited… we waited for something tragic to happen to finally open up our eyes and say “hey! That’s this is something very important and dangerous” because like I was saying now its more than that. Now in days bullying is about helping ones own self esteem by tormenting and abusing others just for fun, the most tragic part of this whole situation is that it works and the bully victim tends to think that something is wrong with them and that they will never be accepted by others or even “fit in” to a “social class”, which leads to the most tragic situation to live through, now see how I use the word “live” because most of the children, teens, and...
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...The Effects Bullying Has On Teenagers Among the many challenges facing teenagers in today’s society, the most general and most feared is bullying, and the consequences, it has on teenagers. “Nearly 30 % of teens in the United States (or over 5.7) million are estimated at being involved in bullying, a target of bullying, or both.” (JAMA) Bullying brings with it an astronomical amount of negative effects, some of which can stay with the victim long after the bullying has stopped. These effects are self-esteem, mental health, and a reduction in grades. According to Dombeck, “Bullying is an attempt to install fear and self-loathing. Being the repetitive target of bullying damages a teenager’s ability to view themselves as a desirable, capable, and efficient individual.” (Dombeck, MP-10) When living teenage years having exceptional self-esteem it, is very significant, to demonstrate how much they love and appreciate themselves. Victims have demonstrated that bullied daily they might be deprived of their self-esteem, and begin dissatisfaction for themselves because they have this weakness. With no self-esteem, they seem to gravitate to be controlling and bossy with others because of the frustration they feel toward the bully. They become very hard on themselves. According to a teenager “I am ugly, no one likes me, I can not make friends.” A separate effect is changes in mental health. The Victims sleep habits are plausible, and they stay up late, so the end up getting...
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...Bullying By: Melissa Maring Do you know how much bullying really occurs? Every seven minutes a child is bullied by peers, online, or at home. One hundred and sixty thousand teens do not go to school on any given day because they are afraid they will be bullied. What bullying use to be years ago is not what bullying is today. It has gone from just being peers in school, to expanding out to the internet. (Bullying Stops with Me) One question that people can confuse is: “What is bullying?” There is a difference between bullying and name calling. Bullying is a behavior that is unwanted and aggressive between kids in school that involves a child wanting to be more powerful. This behavior is normally repeated and can involve one or many kids. Bullying is more than verbally attacking someone. It includes making threats, physically attacking someone, spreading rumors, and even excluding someone from a group. (Bullying, 2013) (Stop Bullying, 2012) (Bullying, 2013) Everyone plays a role in bullying whether you are the bully or standing back and watching. The kid who bullies other kids could have many reasons for being a bully. They might think it’s the cool thing since their friends are bullies, or the child could be learning from their parents or siblings. A child that is a bully might have one of many reasons to be a bully. Family can play a large role on a child. If the child doesn’t feel loved by their family, aren’t disciplined or are overly disciplined, or are beat up by...
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...Bullying Can you imagine getting punched and kicked by someone you don't even know? People calling you names and mocking you without knowing who you really are? I know most of us were once a victim of bullying. And I know some of us were the ones doing the hurting and name callings. If you are the bullied, trust me when I say, "It's not you, its them.", and if you are the bully, ask yourselves "What is wrong with me?" Being bullied does not mean that there is something wrong with you. Wearing baggy clothes and nerdy glasses is not a reason to be harassed. And your family's background is not a reason for someone to ridicule you. Nobody deserves to be treated that way. Have self-confidence, know your worth. Doing nothing or taking lots of sleeping pills such as sleepasils won’t change anything. Show minimal reaction to bullying. Do not show the bullies that you feel hurt if they do something that makes you uncomfortable; just walk off. Bullies gain satisfaction from making others feel hurt or uncomfortable, so giving them a reaction may only encourage them further. The bully wants attention and if you show them that they are emotionally hurting you, they will get more pleasure out of doing this. Don’t bully back. Fighting back just satisfies a bully and it is dangerous, because someone could get hurt. You are also likely to get in trouble. Bullies are just looking for attention. They might think bullying is a way to be popular or to get what they want. Most bullies are trying...
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...students can prevent bullying Situation: Schools turning to the law to handle bullying Bobby Newport Comp I August 22, 2012 Bullying in Schools Must Be Stopped by Students Bullying has become a major issue in schools across the nation with the numerous suicides caused by physical and verbal abuse that has led to the criminalization of bullying. Schools in all states, except Montana, have been given guidelines or Anti-Bullying laws to implement in their school systems. These laws define bullying and intend to reduce it, but where is the line going to be drawn? A snide comment to a passerby may be considered bullying but is definitely not criminal. These laws do not confront issues small as this yet, but in years past, most of us would never consider bullying as a criminal act punishable by law. Children in today’s schools are now going to have to think “more” about what they say because someone could call the police if they are sensitive. Bullying will always be an issue in schools even if parents get bigger bullies (the police) to bully the younger ones. If such laws continue to evolve children could be put into handcuffs. True bullies will evolve with the laws and may be able to use these laws for the benefit of their bullying ways. Bullying has evolved to make use of the internet through cyber bullying. Cyber bullying is using the internet through social networking websites to attack an individual. Facebook and MySpace have been major catalysts for bullying because of the...
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