There are different types of bullying of which bullying statistics reveal almost half of all students have experienced. 35% of kids have been threatened online and six out of ten teenagers say they witness bullying in school every day. 75% of school shooting incidents have been linked to bullying and harassment. Verbal bullying is the most common type of bullying, with about 77 percent of all students being verbally bullied in some way including mental bullying or verbal abuse. These types of bullying can also include spreading rumors, yelling obscenities or other derogatory terms based on an individual's race, gender, sexual orientation and religion.
Females are now no longer the gender associated with underachievement. They outperformed boys at every key stage level in 2007. Girls outperformed boys at GCSE in 2007 by 9.1 percent. Boys' achievement has been rising alongside girls' since the 1980s; but girls' all
Back to Berkeley: High School Students Struggle With Stress, Depression By ELIZABETH HOPPERSpecial to the Planet Friday August 26, 2005 Bookmark and Share Most adults know that being a high school student isn’t easy. However, many would be surprised to learn that the vast majority of teenagers are becoming depressed and losing sleep over problems that are much less superficial than fashion or the high scho ol social scene. Bay Area psychologist Dr. Anita Barrows, who has 25 years of experience counseling children and adolescents, estimates that 60 to 70 percent of teenagers are affected negatively by stress. According to psychologists, stress can have a variety of effects on teenagers. Although the most common effects of stress are insomnia, stomachaches, headaches, anxiety, and irritability, stress can also be a major factor in depression and eating disorders.
A recent article states that about 77% of students have admitted to being the victim of a bully. The American Justice Department bullying statistics show that one out of every four kids will be bullied at some time by their adolescence (Bullying Statistics, 2013). One of the most unfortunate parts of these school bullying statistics is that in about 85% of bullying cases, no intervention or effort is made by a teacher or faculty member of the school to stop the bullying from taking place (Bullying Statistics, 2013). The consequences of bullying are numerous. Children are facing physical and emotional damage.
Eighty percent of runaway and homeless girls reported having ever been sexually or physically abused. Thirty-four percent of runaway youth (girls and boys) reported sexual abuse before leaving home and forty-three percent of runaway youth (girls and boys) reported physical abuse before leaving home. ( (1800Runaway.org) Juveniles believe that running away is a better alternative than remaining in an abusive home. A large portion of homeless teens are throwaway teens. Throwaway teens are youth who have been expelled from their homes or abandoned by their caregivers or parents.
Abused Boys: The Neglected Victims of Sexual Abuse Abused Boys: The Neglected Victims of Sexual Abuse Sarah Hudson Liberty University Abstract Every year in the United States there are thousands of boys who have been sexually abused. It is real, and it is rampant in our society. The effects of sexual abuse on boys are devastating. Sexual abuse among boys can cause severe social, cognitive, physical, and emotional adversity. Some of these adverse outcomes may include sexual dysfunction, drug abuse, difficulty in relationships, and low self-esteem.
Did you also know that millions of students around the world are bullied every year? B. Thesis: There are no positive aspects of bullying. C. Reason to Listen: You should listen to this speech because if you haven’t been bullied before, your kids in the future may experience it or someone close to you might face it. D. Statement of Credibility: I’ve been a victim of bullying in my childhood. E. Preview: In this speech, I’m going to explain how bullying affects people mentally, physically and emotionally and state two positive coping methods and two negative coping methods.
(dosomething.org) Dropping out of high school is an issue facing many teens today. There are many reasons teens drop out of high school but the decision is rarely spur of the moment. Many high school students drop out after a long process of disengagement and academic struggles. Male student’s drop out rate is higher then female and also there is a greater Hispanic drop out rate over whites and blacks. Even though the drop out rate has been decreasing annual the dropout rate is still too high at 7% in 2011.
This can result in the student being kicked, shoved into the lockers, or having your hair pulled. Slander is very common when bullying someone. Suicide is the third leading cause of death among young adults, resulting in about 4,400 deaths per year. According to the ABC news, close to 30% of students are either bullies or victims of bullying which leaves 160,000 students to want stay home from school every year because of the fear of being bullied. The difference between being bullied over the internet and being bullied in school is that people are watching when it is at school, whether it’s out on recess or at lunch.
Studies show that in 1993, the risk of poor children were two times higher for grade repetition and high school drop outs, one-point-three times more for parents reporting emotional or behavioral problems, and six-point-eight times for reported cases of child neglect (Beegle 17). It is also shown through many different studies that the ethnicity and the sex of individual students can cause problematic factors in their graduation rates in school. The rates are often lower for males, African Americans, and Hispanics. The graduation rate for African Americans in 2008 was sixty-one-point-five percent compared to eighty-one percent for Caucasian people. Males are eight percent less likely to graduate