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Put an end to bulling
1. Help Stand up for what is right and
put an end to this.
By Tyler Burns
2. It is estimated that 160,000 children miss school every day due to fear of attack or
intimidation by other students. Source: National Education Association.
- American schools harbor approximately 2.1 million bullies and 2.7 million of their
victims. Dan Olweus, National School Safety Center.
- 1 in 7 Students in Grades K-12 is either a bully or a victim of bullying.
- 56% of students have personally witnessed some type of bullying at school.
- 15% of all school absenteeism is directly related to fears of being bullied at school.
- 71% of students report incidents of bullying as a problem at their school.
- 1 out of 20 students has seen a student with a gun at school.
- 282,000 students are physically attacked in secondary schools each month.
3. Suicide is the third leading cause of death among young
people, resulting in about 4,400 deaths per year, according to
the CDC. For every suicide among young people, there are at
least 100 suicide attempts. Over 14 percent of high school
students have considered suicide, and almost 7 percent have
attempted it.
Bully victims are between 2 to 9 times more likely to
consider suicide than non-victims, according to studies by
Yale University
A study in Britain found that at least half of suicides among
young people are related to bullying
4. Showing signs of depression, like ongoing sadness, withdrawal
from others, losing interest in favorite activities, or trouble
sleeping or eating
Talking about or showing an interest in death or dying
Engaging in dangerous or harmful activities, including reckless
behavior, substance abuse, or self injury
Giving away favorite possessions and saying goodbye to people
Saying or expressing that they can't handle things anymore
Making comments that things would be better without them.
5. Verbal bullying is saying or writing mean things.
Verbal bullying includes:
Teasing
Name-calling
Inappropriate sexual comments
Taunting
Threatening to cause harm
6. Social bullying, sometimes referred to as relational
bullying, involves hurting someone’s reputation or
relationships. Social bullying includes:
Leaving someone out on purpose
Telling other children not to be friends with
someone
Spreading rumors about someone
Embarrassing someone in public
7. Physical bullying involves hurting a person’s body
or possessions. Physical bullying includes:
Hitting/kicking/pinching
Spitting
Tripping/pushing
Taking or breaking someone’s things
Making mean or rude hand gestures
8. Cyberbullying is bullying that takes place
using electronic technology. Electronic
technology includes devices and equipment
such as cell phones, computers, and tablets as
well as communication tools including social
media sites, text messages, chat, and websites.
Examples of cyberbullying include mean text
messages or emails, rumors sent by email or
posted on social networking sites, and
embarrassing pictures, videos, websites, or fake
profiles.
9. Tell a friend what is happening.
Tell a teacher or an adult
Ask your Parents for help
Do not keep it bottled up inside, tell someone.
10. Bullying is a crime and it must stopped.
For Bullying to stop it has to begin stopping at
our level.
11. Bullying Statistics.com (2012) Bullying and Suicide. Retrieved August
13, 2012 from http://www.bullyingstatistics.org/content/bullying-and-
suicide.html
MBNBD (2012) Facts and Statistics. Retrieved August 10, 2012 from
http://www.makebeatsnotbeatdowns.org/facts_new.html
Stopbullying.Gov (2012) What is Cyberbullying. Retrieved August 12,
2012. from http://www.stopbullying.gov/cyberbullying/what-is-
it/index.html