Objectives: Define bullying

Identify ways to recognize bullying

Practice ways to refuse and report bullying

? ? ? ? ?How would you complete this statement?

Bullying is ___________________ .

Bullying isUnfair.

One-sided.

Happening when someone keeps hurting, frightening, threatening or leaving someone out on purpose.

One way to decide whether or not acertain behavior is bullying, conflict orneither is to ask these three questions:

o Is it fair?

o How does it feel?

o Does it keep happening?

If you see or hearsomething going on that doesn’t directly affect you, you are aBystander.

Put yourself in the victim’sposition and think of thefirst two questions:

Is it fair?, How does it feel?

If you think that personfeels upset, scared orthreatened,then it is definitely bullying.

Refuse to join in – don’t laugh at mean jokes or join a crowd who are making fun of someone else.

Stop the bullying - tell the person that what he is doing is bullying and he should stop.

Befriend the person being bullied – all of us need some support, especially when we are upset and scared.

Lookout for the person being bullied

everyone needs to know that his support network is strong; don’t let the person be alone.

Report the bullying - what’s going on is wrong and may be against rules; adults can take more action to stop it.

Once you have recognized that abehavior is bullying, you have twochoices:

Refuse

Report

Act confident• Hold your head up.

• Look the bully in the eye.

Keep your cool

• Ignore bullies.

• Walk away.

• Tell yourself to stay cool.

Be assertive• Use humor.

• Tell them “ no thanks.”

• Tell them to stop and leave you alone.

When a student is indanger, the bullying should bereported.

If someone has refused the bullyand the bullying does not stop, itshould be reported.

Important pieces of information youneed to report a bully:o Who was involved

o What happened

o When the bullying occurred

o Where the bullying occurred

Reporting bullying is NOT snitching.When a person reportsbullying, he is reportingbehavior that is unfair, onesided and threatening.

Bullying is a crime.

Bullying violates the Florence District One discipline code and carries penalties.

Bullying is against the law, and you can go to jail.

Cyberbullying and telephone bullying are Federal crimes. Penalties can be severe and expensive.

We can have a bully-free school.

You can help. Report bullies to a teacher, a

guidance counselor, or a principal.

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