...Annotated Bibliography for School Bullies Tiffany Fuller DeVry University Annotated Bibliography for School Bullies Bullying is in various forms and is an emerging problem that many children and teenagers have to face daily at school, away from their parents view and protection. Children attend school to learn valuable skills and lessons. School is suppose to be beneficial and a positive experience for a child, but there are experiences, like bullying that may have a negative impact on the child and stay with that child for the rest of their life. This has become an increasing problem for parents, school administrators and teachers, and it affects our society. Bullying is physically and psychologically harmful to the bully and the victim and should be removed from the schools by increasing supervision and raising awareness. Bindley, K. (20012, August 08). Bullying and Suicide. The dangerous mistake we make. Huffington Post. Retrieved from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/08/bullying-suicide-teens-depression_n_1247875.html In this newspaper article Bindley used two stories, one was a on a college student, Tyler Clementi, who killed himself because his roommate filmed him kissing another male student. The other story was a female high school student, Phoebe Prince, who committed suicide after being bullied by classmates. Bullying comes in different forms; Bindley says not all are as straight forward as others. The roommate recording him and maybe threatening...
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...Letter to the editor on School Bullies Erica Patterson DeVry University Prewriting for Letter Assignment 1. Theme/Topic: Bullies in School 2. Angle: I agree with Mr. Smith the editor when he stated bulling in schools can be reduced. 3. Purpose and Thesis: I am writing to support Mr. Smith the editor ideas along with adding additional ideas. Thesis: I agree with Mr. Smith because he stated school bullying can be reduced and it can! I think in order to reduce bullying in school every school official should have a clearly understanding what bullying actually is. 4. Reader/Audience Profile: The reader’s expectations consist of keeping them interested in what I am presenting, and to make them believe what I am presenting is true. I plan to accommodate them by presenting very good accurate information and using the correct tone throughout. I think the readers will have agreeable attitudes towards the issue of school bullying. I think the readers will feel the same way when it comes to how schools are lacking to respond to bullying issues around the schools. I think the readers will influence my letter by commenting and adding on to what I am presenting. 5. Context: I will just include relevant information that affects the support that I am providing in my letter. 6. . Personal Experience: I have been bullied as a child. There was a girl who attended the same elementary school and she bullied me every single day. I am not sure why she...
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...Tyray Hobbs is the Bluford High School Bully. Tyray does anything to make his life better. Home life for Tyray is not good at all. Tyray has many traits that make him the person he is. Tyray is intimidating, aggressive, dishonest and scheming but also has a low self esteem. The author uses indirect characterization to give us Tyrays traits. Tyray character is also very dynamic since he was once the school's biggest bully went to being the schools weakest student. Tyray is very intimidating and a lot of kids are scared of him. Tyray has learned that his size is a way to intimidate kids and get what he wants. When Tyray bullies kids, he was very aggressive. Tyray would force smaller kids to give him lunch money and sometimes he would...
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...Marisa Cipolla Mrs. Fader Day 2 Block 1 January 29, 2013 All Summer in a Day 1) At the Beginning of the story how did the students feel? Find two details from the story the prove your thought. Explain. All of the children were extremely excited for the sun to come. They knew it only happened once every seven years. The last time almost everyone saw the sun was when they were two years old and don’t remember anything about it or what if felt like, or looked like. They believed the rain would stop and they could finally see the sun. 2) Explain how Margot’s experience of the sun is different from the experience of all of the other children on Venus. Find at least one specific detail to explain. Margot has a different experience with the sun, because she was born on Earth and brought to Venus later in her life, all the other kids had been born there. So Margot had seen the sun every day until she was around four years old. For Example, “...She remembered the sun and the way the sun was and the sky was when she was four in Ohio. And they, they had been on Venus all their lives, and they had only been two years old when the last sun came out...” She had been able to see and feel the sun for four years of her life while all the other kids only saw it and felt it for one hour seven years ago. She is the only one who knows and remembers what it looks and feels like. 3) What Point is made about Margot when the story says that rain had “washed the blue from her eyes”...
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...constant problem in schools today. People sometimes say that bullies are ignorant kids, but they are criminals and they steal other people’s self-esteem. First of all, bullying is a crime, and it can have serious effects on an individual. Bullies harass, make threats, terrorize, and use verbal and physical abuse on their victims. The old saying “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me” isn’t necessarily true; words do hurt. They may not hurt physically but if a kid already has insecurities, bullies make it worse. It is estimated that 160,000 children miss school every day due to fear of attack or intimidation by other students. A frequently asked question by many is why do teenagers bully? In a lot of cases, teens who bully can be in bad home environments. They can be verbally or physically abused at home, and anger and sadness gradually builds inside of them. They find a way to take it out on people, and they usually take it out on people who they know won't stand up to them. That’s why you see a lot of bullies pick on the quiet people who appear to have low self-esteem. Bullies build up on the insecurities of children and insult their different qualities. Though it doesn’t happen often, bullying can end in a tragic death. A British study reported 44% of suicides occurring in kids 10 to 14 was caused by bullying. Those bullied often remain silent until the emotional trauma is eventually no longer tolerable. Our schools should not allow bullying...
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...continually work on. Often, children who are labeled as ‘bullies’ are misunderstood by their peers and adults. They tend to be the victim in other areas of their lives. It is necessary for us as responsible adults to understand how these behaviors that the bullies exhibit develop, so that we can work to not just ‘punish’ but rehabilitate and heal. I feel this is the area in which I have excelled. I have a zero-tolerance policy, teach the steps of problem-solving, have classroom expectations, and praise/reinforce good behaviors demonstrated by bullies. The one thing I think would be a good idea would be to have a written contract and to contact parents more based on positive behavior. Prevention of Victimization The effects of bullying can be traumatizing to children (the victims), and can often lead into their adult lives. This trauma can be seen firsthand in tragic events that have happened in our country. Some events, like Columbine, Matthew Shepard, etc. get a lot of media coverage, while others do not. I have learned, and witnessed through my own teaching experience, that the victims often are the ‘forgotten group’, not the very popular or very unpopular kids. As educators, we so frequently give our attention to the bully, when the victim needs our support just as much, if not more. Victims, by definition are the children who are exposed, often over and over again, by the negative actions of a bully or bullies. In general, victims are students who may lack social...
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...of physical coercion towards a primary school student to demonstrate his authority and the following consequences of that choice. The short story’s main character is the primary school teacher Ian Goade. One day in the schoolyard he observes a school bully, Campbell, teasing another student. Ian Goade breaks into the conflict and blames Campbell and tries to reprimand him and commands him to go with him to the headmistress of the school Mrs Baynes’ office. Campbell refuses to follow and then Ian Goade grabs his ear and drags him to Mrs Baynes. The headmistress sees Ian Goade’s handling of the conflict as wrong and so does Campbell’s mother who makes an official complaint about Ian Goade. Ian Goade tries to reason with Campbell’s mother and the headmistress but fails, resulting in an upcoming hearing with the governors. 2) Characterize Ian Goade Ian Goade is a primary school teacher, the narrator and the main character of the short story “You can’t touch me”. This characterization will focus on Ian Goade and why he used physical coercion instead of a more proper handling of the conflict. The dialogue used in the short story shows that Ian Goade is a man who has experienced other men’s authority physically. He tells about his father’s rages and that he remembers the physical methods his own teachers used when he was a student like Campbell. But in spite of these experiences he believes that he is a good male role model for a bully like Campbell. This shows that he likes...
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...Bully is something that happened to be a normal part of a school life. People do not seem to realize that bully is physically and mentality harmful to both the victim and the bully. Bully issues happened once in my life and it had made me a stronger and a more attentive person. Previously, I was just a shy and an introverted girl, who don’t talk much in school. I always tend to keep quiet and sit at a side, trying to avoid teachers from calling my name in class. During lower primary school, everything was great. Things were running smoothly. But when it came to my fourth grade, things had changed. I remembered I was standing in the middle of the canteen, gripped my lunch tightly trying to squeeze myself to a seat. “Excuse me....sorry......” I said politely. Tried so hard to squeeze in but I failed and ended up standing helplessly. Out of nowhere, a gang of boys came towards me. I was scared and started to shiver in the inside. A tall boy, Ron, who was hunching his back strolled and stood in front of me. He stepped on my foot vigorously and gave me a wicked smile, while the his friends behind him snickered at me. I was shocked and I did not know what to do. Only thing that I thought was to finish my lunch quickly and get back to class. Surprisingly, my class teacher passed by the canteen. Looking at her as she walked by, wished to run up to her and tell her about the boys, but my heart controlled me from doing that. I was too coward and too afraid to do it. The same...
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...• In new world o Is on earth so all laws of gravity/physics apply o In separate universe like how Spiderman movies are different o Have technology but it isn’t as big as it is in todays world o Have guns, electricity, cars o Not as extensive as tablets, smartphones etc. • Jon is 18 year old man o Socially awkward, doesn’t have friends o Gets picked on by peers o Doesn’t have/know parents (at least not at first) o Lives in orphanage where he is treated badly • Lives in dictatorship o Walled in city on cliff with forest leading up to it o Only one entrance through normal means Only one gate to get in o Ruled by woman who is middle aged Cruel with no remorse Similar to witch in Once Upon a Time • Background o Takes place in one small part of the world Like the size of a small state o Each state is like its own country o Very little interaction between states o state was living normally until a rebel group took over o There was a coup where the state government was destroyed by the rebels o Rebels only wanted power and money which they got o Now entire state lives under rule of the woman dictator There are said to be some small towns that don’t live under rule of dictator Live in hiding though if they exist • Chapter 1 o Story begins with flashback to how Jon is found Left outside gate of the city Unclear at first how he got there Guards hear baby crying Go and investigate and find Jon Are confused as to how he got there ...
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...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” ("What is bullying," n.d., para. 1). This definition is the most common definition of bullying and is equivalent to the definition of bullying in the sources used throughout this paper. The School Crime Supplement of 2010-2011 reported 28% of students between grades 6-12 experienced bullying. The 2013 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System found that 20% of students in grades 9-12 reported experiencing bullying ("What is bullying," n.d., para. 5). Children who come from a home where the parents model coercive and aggressive...
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...time. The mixture of these three dynamics creates a situation that moves beyond conflict to become persistent persecution. There is a strong relationship between bias and bullying. The targets of bullies are often from a group marginalized because of certain characteristic such as race, immigration status, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, gender identity or size. What’s the most effective tool against bullying you may ask? By creating an inclusive learning environment that supports all students, educators maintain a space that is inhospitable to those who would bully. Everyone including administrators, teachers, cafeteria staff, bus drivers, assistants, substitute teachers, parents and students has a role to play in creating an anti-bullying climate. This culture must exist from the cafeteria to the classroom. Also remember that not all bullying looks the same. Harder-to-detect actions, such as spreading rumors or isolating a student from friends, can also constitute bullying. Students may hesitate to even call the harassment they’re enduring “bullying”. Will every bully turn into a Hitler or Ted Bundy? No, of course not. Bullying should be attacked head on and rooted out now before it become more prevalent in our culture. I’ve worked with individuals that were school yard bullies. You can tell by the way the treat others and their persistent ruthless attacks on others. They can become psychopaths that are hard to recognize and can get into positions of power that...
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...If you witnessed a child being tortured would you help? One in four kids are bullied, and for these kids going to school can become torture. Bullying in general should not happen over something as simple as clothes. This is why kids elementary thru high school should wear school uniforms. In many ways school uniforms can help develop equality. School uniforms while destroying bullying over clothes can also implant the idea of uniformity that all students are the same and part of the school same as everybody else. The idea that a uniform can bring people together is nothing new. In sports every team has their uniform and speaking as an athlete seeing someone in your team's jersey rewards them respect, as you know they are apart of the team. It's the same idea build up the family aspect. Creating school unity is crucial in avoiding bullying becoming a prominent issue. If all students were equal bullying would not exist, but as it is impossible for all students to be the same school uniforms are the best way to make all students feel equal....
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...Bullying in schools can be prevented. Bullying can be prevented by building a community of support , modeling appropriate responses and monitor your child online. In order for people to get a much understanding of bullying , one must understand what bullying is. Bullying has been an exceeding issue over the years. Bullying is an aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power balance. It can include actions such as making threats , spreading rumors or attacking someone physically or verbally. Bullying is a very serious problem with all children. Kids who are bullied are mostly feeling bad about themselves and depressed, to where they may not want to attend school anymore. The first way bullying can be...
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...Panicking About Bullies,” from The Wall Street Journal, Nick Gillespie argues that bullying is not a big issue in our society. Gillespie says,” But is America really in the midst of a ‘bullying crisis,’ as so many now claim? I don't see it”. This paper will analyze Gillespie’s point of view along with its credibility. Nick Gillespie is editor-in-chief for reason magazine. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Slate, Salon, and many other publications. Gillespie has written many pieces but his most controversial article is called “Stop Panicking...
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...teacher mumble on about fresh water lakes in America, and how his eyes are gazing so far away that you could think he is there. Then he feels something at the back of his hair, and he runs his fingers through his hair and finds that it is chewing gum. We get introduced to Miller, Roth and another person. Paul’s school was divided between two types of "gangs." One gang was run by the school's biggest bully, Roth. Roth found physical pain in fighting. Meanwhile, the other "gang" kept to themselves and were friends. Around the school they were known as the "freaks" since they were quiet and didn't start trouble, there leader Shane was one of my favourite characters. He cared about his group and wanted peace. Roth bullies Paul into making him send a package up to their rival school, and when Paul says that he will get hurt Roth says its fine and that he know he’s coming. He delivers the package and finds out that it is a dogs head. The people at that school declare war and demand a fight at 2 tomorrow. Roth accepts the fight and starts to make an attack plan. The 2 schools start fighting and Paul becomes overpower and pulls out his knife on a kid from the other school, he feels scared and turns and plunges the knife into the person behind him. It was Shane. Shane died in hospital. Paul is sent to prison. He then explains how that knife may as well have killed him because that it what it feels...
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