Bullying

Different Kinds of Bullying
1. Physical bullying includes any physical contact that would hurt or injure a person like hitting, kicking, punching, etc. Taking something that belongs to someone else and destroying it would also be considered a type of physical bullying. For example, if someone was walking down the street and someone came up to them and shoved them to the ground, that would bephysical bullying. In elementary and middle schools, 30.5% of all bullying is physical.
2. Verbal bullying is name-calling, making offensive remarks, or joking about a person's religion, gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, or the way they look. For example, if there was a group of kids who made fun of another kid because he couldn't run as fast as everyone else, it would be an example of verbalbullying. 46.5% of all bullying in schools is the verbal type. Verbal aggression is when a bully teases someone. It can also include a bully making verbal threats of violence or aggression against someone's personal property.
3. Indirect bullying includes spreading rumors or stories about someone, telling others about something that was told to you in private, and excluding others from groups. Anexample would be if you started a rumor that a boy in your class likes playing with dolls, and if the reason that you made up the story was because you thought it was funny. This would be indirect bullying. Indirect bullying accounts for 18.5% of all bullying.
4. Social alienation is when a bully excludes someone from a group on purpose. It also includes a bully spreading rumors, and also makingfun of someone by pointing out their differences.
5. Intimidation is when a bully threatens someone else and frightens that person enough to make him or her do what the bully wants.
6. Cyberbullying is done by sending messages, pictures, or information using electronic media, computers (email & instant messages), or cell phones (text messaging & voicemail). For instance, if you sent apicture of a snake in an email to a person because you know that they are afraid of snakes, that would be an example of cyberbullying. According to a survey done in 2003 only 4% of bullying is listed as "other types" and this would include cyberbullying. Even though this number seems small, the growth of this type of bullying is going up fast because of the spread of technology around the world.Bullying is the act of hurting one person or a group of people repeatedly as a way for the bully to feel superior. Usually the bully is bigger or stronger than his/her victim.
Bullying is not just having a single disagreement with someone; it is when someone continues to pick on someone else. Often, bullies do not care about their actions and the effects of their actions on the person they arebullying. When being bullied, the victim usually feels that he or she does not have any power to be able to stop being bullied.
Bullying occurs in every single country around the world. Unfortunately everyone has probably experienced bullying themselves or knows someone who has experienced being bullied. In the American school system, recent statistics show that:
| 1 out of 4 kids is bullied. |
| 1out of 5 kids admits to being a bully, or doing some "bullying." |
| 8% of students miss 1 day of class per month for fear of bullies. |
| 43% of kids fear harassment in the bathroom at school. |
| 100,000 students carry a gun to school. |
| 282,000 students are physically attacked in secondary schools each month. |
| More youth violence occurs on school grounds as opposed to on theway to school. |
| 80% of the time, an argument with a bully will end up in a physical fight. |
| 1/3 of students surveyed said they heard another student threaten to kill someone. |
| 1 out of 5 teens knows someone who brings a gun to school. |
| Playground statistics: Every 7 minutes a child is bullied; Adult intervention - 4%; Peer intervention - 11%; No intervention - 85%. |

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