Bullying
Bullying is aggressive behavior toward other classmates to intimidate them. These bullies use their "power/strength" to control or harm others.This is something that can happen anywhere and to anyone and it is a very serious problem. The 2011 The 2011 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) indicates that, nationwide, 20% of students in grades 9–12 experienced bullying.Bullying can effect you in many ways so it is important to stop it as soon as possible. Here is some information on bullying:
Here are the different types of bullying:
1. Verbal Bullying- this is when someone is calling you harsh name and using their words to bring you down. This includes:
2. Social Bullying- is when someone tries to hurt your relationships with someone and also tries to hurt your reputation. This includes:
3. Physical Bullying- is when someone is hurting your body and or possessions.This includes:
4. Cyber-bullying- is when someone is saying mean things or sending pictures, videos of you online. This is a really big problem nowadays! According to stopbullying.gov this is why :
1. Verbal Bullying- this is when someone is calling you harsh name and using their words to bring you down. This includes:
- Teasing
- Name-calling
- Inappropriate sexual comments
- Taunting
- Threatening to cause harm
2. Social Bullying- is when someone tries to hurt your relationships with someone and also tries to hurt your reputation. This includes:
- Leaving someone out on purpose
- Telling other kids not to be friends with someone
- Spreading rumors about someone
- Embarrassing someone in public
3. Physical Bullying- is when someone is hurting your body and or possessions.This includes:
- Hitting/kicking
- Spitting
- Tripping/pushing
- Taking or breaking someone’s things
- Making mean or rude hand gestures
4. Cyber-bullying- is when someone is saying mean things or sending pictures, videos of you online. This is a really big problem nowadays! According to stopbullying.gov this is why :
- Cyberbullying can happen 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and reach a kid even when he or she is alone. It can happen any time of the day or night.
- Cyberbullying messages and images can be posted anonymously and distributed quickly to a very wide audience. It can be difficult and sometimes impossible to trace the source.
- Deleting inappropriate or harassing messages, texts, and pictures is extremely difficult after they have been posted or sent.