By: Erika Landesman

A cyber bully is a person causing harm to another person by tormenting, threatening, harassing, or embarrassing them using the Internet or other technologies such as cell phones.

The outcomes of cyber bullying are both psychological and emotional, similar to real-life bullying.

Pros Cons

Being a part of a social networking site can increase a person’s quality of life.

Social networking sites help people who are socially isolated or shy with other people.

Social networking sites allow people to improve their relationships and make new friends.

Social networking sites promote cyber bullying.

People who use social networking sites are prone to social isolation.

The use of social networking sites is connected with personality and brain disorders.

…INCLUDING MY OWN

My Uncle Brian decided to end his life on July

14, 2003.

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Mr. McCarthy- Assistant Principal (AP) of Security, resides in the Dean’s Office at FLHS.

Q: Can you briefly explain your duties as the AP of security?

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Q: Have you ever dealt with a student that was experiencing cyber bullying? If so, briefly explain

what occurred.

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Q: What actions are taken to help prevent any form of cyber bullying within the school and outside of the

school?

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An 18-year-old Rutgers University student named Tyler Clementi committed suicide in September of 2010. After discovering that his romantic encounters with another man had been exposed via webcam by his roommate, he took his own life by jumping off of the George Washington Bridge.

The general principle of Tyler Clementi’s case is that he killed himself because he could not handle the embarrassment and exposure of his privacy. Many individuals who are cyber bullied, feel as if there is no escape and the only way out is death.

“CyberBully”- a TV movie that depicts a girl who is bullied at school and online

Hotline for suicide: 1800-273-TALK

Website for suicide: www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org

Mr. McCarthy- AP of Security at FLHS

Guidance Counselors at FLHS

Solitaire Club (Anti- Bullying)-Run by Ms. Pritchett at FLHS

Has anyone ever witnessed any form of cyber bullying on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc.?

Has anyone ever experienced any form of cyber bullying themselves?

Reflect on these experiences and discuss how you overcame them.

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