Bullying
Sean Hamaker
Jacob Dahan
Robby Dichard
Joe Neslusan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aKm
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The Target
Anyone can be a target for
bullies
Race ( White, Black,
Spanish )
Hair color ( blonde, red
head etc.
Weight ( overweight,
skinny )
Height ( tall, short )
Continued…
Target Cont..
Physical Differences Appearances matter
Example: “Goths” ( weird )
Big Ears “ Geeks” ( too smart)
Acne
“Jocks”( not smart )
Handicaps
Prevention of Bullying
Different Schools need to be on same page Ex: Nashua North/ Nashua
South.
Students need to know what bullying is…
Consistency of consequences = reduction
Inconsistency of consequences = makes it ok
Different Kinds of Bullying
Verbal Bullying
Physical Bullying
Relational Bullying
Short Term Effects of Bullying
Children victimized later in life are more likely to turn to drinking and
violence as a way of coping with the bullying
Being a victim is very stressful and has many effects on a child life.
The bullied can be so depressed they actually become ill
Self esteem can be really low
Long Term Effects of
bullying
Bullying can have long-lasting effects, but
particularly when it begins in adolescence.
The long term consequences of being a victim
vary a good deal
Statistics
80% of adolescents reported being bullied during their
school years
90% of 4th through 8th graders report being victims
15% of students bully regularly or are victims of bullies
Bullies identified by age eight are six times more likely
to be convicted of a crime by age twenty-four.
Students reported that 71% of the teachers or other
adults in the classroom ignored bullying incidents.
Stats Cont.
When asked students uniformly expressed the desire that
teachers intervene rather than ignore teasing and bullying.
Aggressive behavior is learned early and becomes resistant to
change if it persists beyond age eight.
Bullying most often occurs at school where there is minimal or no
supervision (e.g., playground, hallways, cafeteria).
Most bullying is verbal.
Bullying begins in elementary school, peaks in middle school,
diminishes but does not disappear in high school.
Both boys and girls bully, usually same sex classmates, with
female bullying taking indirect, manipulative forms.
Tips to prevent/stop bullying for
victims
On the bus
Sit near the front of the bus (sitting near the driver will make the
bully think twice about picking on you)
Sit with friends (a bully will most likely not single you out if you are
with friends)
In the cafeteria
Sit close to a teacher or adult watching the café
Tell a teacher that you are getting picked on and ask them to keep
an eye on you and the bully
Move your seat away from the bully (have a friend go with you)
In the hall
If you know a bully is going to be in a certain place, try to avoid
walking by that way, even if it means taking the longer way to class
Walk with friends
If you see the bully ahead, stop in a classroom and wait until the
bully goes to his class
Teachers
What teachers can do about bullying
Have a meeting with the student doing the bullying to talk with
them about why it is they are picking on other students (how
did it make you feel to pick on someone? Do you think they felt
good? Are you going to keep doing it? If it happens again I am
going to call home and tell your parents)
www.Bullystoppers.com
What is it?
Who is it?
Bullying is a form of teasing done in a cruel way
can be done physical mental and emotional
teasing, criticism constantly, nit-picking, physical abuse
Who Bully’s
People who bully often have dominative personalities.
Someone who has some kind of deficit in social skills
Has low self esteem and need to make one feel better
about oneself
Why/Where it happens
bully needs to feel better about one self
way to cope with bad home life like abuse or divorce
for they’re own humor
tradition say to upperclass man to lower class man also know as
hazing
where it happens
in schools
stairwells or hallways
schoolyard
cafeteria
during breaks such as recess or lunch
on way to school on school busy or on way walking
Different kinds of bullying
Cyber bullying- new modern version. Done through emails and im’s and
electric gadgets like cell phones with cams or webcams. Used at all hours
and victims are harassed constantly through messages and images.
Emotional bullying- can involve including or secluding someone from an
activity. Spreading rumors common use of girls.
Physical bullying- can accompany verbal attack and involves physical
abuse such as kicking, punching, biting, pinching, hair pulling, things that
cause physical harm.
Racism bullying- kids preying children based on racist reasons.
Sexual bullying- involves unwanted contact, or sexual abuse or
inappropriate comments
Verbal bullying- name calling constant criticism using the victim for a laugh