Bullying in Schools Before we can discuss the different types of bullying, we must first have an understanding of what bullying is. Bullying is an aggressive behavior that involves unwanted negative actions; a pattern of behavior repeated over time and involves an imbalance of power or strength. Bullying has many different versions. It can include physical which consists of hitting, slapping, and shoving in a hurtful way, just to name a few. There's also verbal, and some examples of this are name calling, put downs, threats and intimidation.
Jerod Golson CM220 College Comp II Millie Stoff Final Project 3/12/2015 Sometimes when you deal with a bully the situation can be difficult. There are many things that you can do. I feel that a bully can be throwed off by acting bader than the bullie. A bully is defined as being bossy or trying to harm others. Bullying is a problem that may affect many children.
Indirect bullying can only be identified by the here say of the people involved. Whereas direct bullying is more pronounced and seen in boys. Direct bullying is threats, physical contact with an increase of aggression, and yelling. Direct bullying is considered bullying when a person is constantly hitting and kicking, or making insulting, offensive and mocking remarks, or threats. Repeatedly teasing someone who clearly shows physical and emotions signs of distress is also recognized as bullying.
It can include verbal harassment, threat, the use of physical power to show dominance towards an individual or group of people. Reasons for bullying may include the differences between class, race, sexuality, gender, religion, behaviour, appearance or ability.
According to the article bullying by John Greenya “On a typical school day today three out of 10 American youngsters are involved in bullying as perpetrators, victims or bystanders, and an estimated 160,000 children skip school for fear of being harassed”(Greenya). As Americans we have to put our foot down and prevent bullying from destroying educational rights. To do so we must understand bullying and learn ways to prevent bullying. To start off, there are different types of bullying for example, physical, verbal, indirect, social alienation, intimidation and cyber bullying. Physical bullying includes any physical contact that would hurt or injure a person.
University of Phoenix Crime Causation and Diversion paper CJA/374 Crime Causation and Diversion Paper There are many more juveniles in society today involving themselves in some form of illegal activity. There are varieties of signs, which are physical, emotional, social and academic that should be a concern of parents as these signs might be beginning of juvenile delinquency within our children. Academically there might be unexpected drops in grades, absenteeism, repeated tardiness, or other disciplinary problems, using exceptionally violent similes and subject matter in writing and art, Other early warning signs to look and include are; low self-esteem, a child from a dysfunctional family, and those connecting with undesirable peers. Although parents should keep in mind that not every slip mean a child is headed for delinquency. Emotionally those who have been teased, bullied, those who bully schoolmates are in jeopardy of using aggression towards others and themselves, those who have been sexually, physically or sexually abused.
Every student experiences some sort of bullying; however, some social groups experience harsher and more frequent bullying. Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual students (GLB) often face many obstacles. High school is often considered a jungle for any student but what about students that are GLB? These students face many psychological outcomes such as depression, drug and alcohol abuse, lower GPA, hate crimes and suicidality. The study by Elliot and Kilpatrick examine how homophobic victimization in school influence the above factors and possible outcomes in middle school.
Individuals that bully have a mental imbalance of power among his or her peers that shows signs of unwanted aggressive behavior, repeated threats towards other children. Bullying includes the aggressive attacking on someone with verbal or physical abuse repeatedly. This form of behavior comes from acting out because the child’s home environment is abusive and this child must vent this anger on his or her peers. Bullying can be stopped in all schools if the community leaders, teachers, parents and law enforcement were to develop prevention and intervention programs as well as making bullying a crime punishable by law.Find/locate credible academic sources that specifically outline prevention and intervention programs. Gather statistics on how these prevention and intervention programs affect bullying incidents.Look Here:http://www.apa.org/monitor/oct02/bullying.aspxSpecific State Laws Against Bullying http://education.findlaw.com/student-conduct-and-discipline/specific-state-laws-against-bullying.htmlBelow is a fairly current list of specific laws against bullying by state.
Lastly is the target themselves who are those students that are targeted for bullying by repeated acts of violence. Whether you are the person actually causing the intentional pain to others or not, if you know about it and stand around and watch it you are just as guilty as the bully. I know during my high school days that there
Youth Violence in Schools American InterContinental University Abstract During this paper, I will discuss youth violence in schools, and how the media has portrayed it. I will focus on the urban schools since it has the bulk of stigmatism resulting from public opponents with who placed blame on the parents opposed to the type of community these children are forced to be a part of. In addition, there is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), which is the cause of many of these youths acting out. lastly, acknowledging the social groups and parents who are trying to aid with being positive in fighting those stigmas and obstacles by educating them and giving them different types of avenues to spend their time. Violence in Schools I chose Youth Violence in Schools as the topic for my post.