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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Why bullying is bad
Chapter 2: Types of bullying
Chapter 3: What motivates the bully
Chapter 4: Bystanders
Chapter 5: What you can do to help
Conclusion
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Introduction
Did you know that 3.2 million kids are victims of
bullying each year? Imagine you're one of them. How
do you think it would feel to be one of those kids,
going to school each day trying to get to school
without being called names or injured. Then going to
class and getting pages ripped out of your notebook
and trying to tell someone to stop but they don't seem
to care. Ask yourself would you want this to happen
to you? Would you do something for the millions of
kids that go through that everyday of the year?
Would you?
Victim
An innocent person who
gets taken advantage of
by other people.
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Cyber Bullying
Cyber bullying is a very common type of bullying around the
world. According to Leticia Barr of Scholastic.com, 43% of the kids
interviewed by Scholastic said they had been cyber bullied over the
past twelve months. Cyber bullyingmost of the timeis someone
electronically verbally bullying someone else through email, texting, or
social media. Furthermore, sometimes as a result of cyber bullying,
some kids might be depressed, so they may even commit suicide. As
you can see cyber bullying is very common and nobody would want it
to happen to them.
Physical bullying
Another type of bullying is physical bullying. When somebody's
physically bullying someone else usually they're hitting, kicking, or
pushing someone. Also sometimes people steal, hide or ruin the victim's
belongings. Other times they make someone do things he or she doesn't
want to do. Along with cyber bullying, physical bullying is also very
common and since it is so common, most parents think bullying is a
part of growing up according to pbs.org.
This is an example of
physical bullying.
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Verbal bullying
One other way of bullying is verbally bullying someone else.
Some ways that people verbally bully others is by calling them names,
teasing them, or insulting them.
Relationship bullying
One last type of bullying is relationship bullying. Relationship
bullying is when a bully refuses to talk to the person they're bullying
and spreads lies or rumors about someone else. That is completely
sinister because they're saying false things that other people will hear
and it will make the victim's situation even worse.
As you can see bullying is very common and there are many
ways someone can be bullied.
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Fact!
77% of
students
have been
bullied
verbally,
mentally,
and
physically.
Chapter 4: Bystanders
A bystander is when someone either helps or hurts the situation.
There are two types of bystanders a hurtful bystander and a
helpful bystander. A hurtful bystander will sometimes encourage the
bully to keep bullying or tell him to start. Also, according to Jennifer
Allison from eyes on bullying organization, a hurtful bystander will
cheer, laugh, or do something to make the bully have more power or
get more confident. Hurtful bystanders will sometimes help the bully
and kind of be a sidekick. Even if a bystander is just watching it
unfold that person is exactly like the bully. They're not doing
Bystander:
anything to stop it or help it. The other type of bystander is a helpful
A person
who is at
bystander. A helpful bystander will usually stand up to the bully or
the event
tell a teacher about what's happening. Others will discourage the
but doesn't
bully or help the person being bullied. Also according to Ryan
do
anything.
Massey at the Erase Bullying Foundation, helpful bystanders can stop
the bullying situation in as little as 10 seconds!
Some ways to be a helpful bystander:
Make it clear to your friends that you wont be involved in
bullying behavior.
Never stand by and watch or encourage bullying behavior.
It may not be happening to you but what if it was?
Dont tease or spread gossip about others this includes on
social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.
Never forward or respond to messages or photos that might
be mean or make someone upset.
Support the person who is being bullied and encourage
them to ask for help.
Report bullying to someone you trust (like a teacher,
principal, your parents, etc.).
If the bullying is serious or you think someone's life or safety is at risk,
report it to the police.
Bystanders are a huge part of bullying, they make it better or
worse and most of the time they don't do anything and make it worse,
when all they need to do is tell a teacher.
As you look at this graph you
notice that 74% of the time a
bystander will complicate the
situation or make it worse. When
that happens that is an example of
a hurtful bystander.
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Sidekick:
A person
that a
helper to
leader in
this case
the bully.
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Facts:
Over 3.2 million
students are victims of
bullying each year.
Approximately 160,000
teens skip school every
day because of
bullying.
Remember, over 3.2 million students are victims of
17% of American
bullying each year. After reading this, try to do at least one
students report being
of the things I mentioned when you witness bullyinglike I
bullied 2 to 3 times a
said it will really make the world a better place. Some
month or more within a
school semester.
important things that you should take away from after
1 in 4 teachers see
reading this are:
nothing wrong with
Ways to stop a bullying scene
bullying and will only
The types of bullying that are most common
intervene 4% of the
time.
How a bystander effects a bullying situation
By age 14 less than
Ask yourself one more time, would you want this to happen
30% of boys and 40%
to you? Next time you see a bullying situation will you do
of girls will talk to their
something or just let the victim suffer?
peers about bullying.
Over 67% of students
believe that schools
respond poorly to
bullying, with a high
percentage of students
believing that adult
help is infrequent and
ineffective.
71% of students report
incidents of bullying as
a problem at their
school.
90% of 4th through 8th
graders report being
victims of bullying.
1 in 10 students drop
out of school because
of repeated bullying.
As boys age they are
less and less likely to
feel sympathy for
victims of bullying. In
fact they are more likely
to add to the problem
than solve it.
Physical bullying
increases in elementary
school, peaks in middle
school and declines in
high school. Verbal
abuse, on the other
hand, remains
constant.
Conclusion
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Sources
Scholastic.com
Pbsnobullying.com
http://www.stopbullying.gov/kids/what-you-can-do/#bullied
http://kidshealth.org/kid/grow/school_stuff/bullies.html
http://www.eyesonbullying.org/bystander.html
Veanea.org
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