Teen Problems - Bullying

Done by:

André Figueiredo nº2 11ºF

Daniel Almeida nº3 11ºF

Jessica Pinto nº5 11ºF

Topics

Within the English subject we will present a small research about Bullying as it follows:

A short story (comics); What is Bullying? What are the most common types of

Bullying?; How to handle a Bully; Facts about bullying.

The Story of a Bullying Victim

This is a small story that describes the life of a bullying victim, Andrew, and the bully, Daniel during week

Andrew

Daniel

Monday – He made fun of me!!

Tuesday- He stole my money !!

Wednesday- He destroyed my phone

Thursday – He hit me!!

If you tell anyone, it will be worse for you and your little brother !!!

Friday – I need to finish with this!!

Saturday – Finally Free!!

And Andrew did, after long time of torture, he ended with is pain of being a bullying victim. He ended with is own life.

This was one of the cases that he didn’t ask for anyone help because he was really scared of being hurt or that Daniel would hurt someone of his family.

But this is just the worst case scenario of what can happen to a bullying victim.

Here you have some videos about bullying

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLYVdhhoiFM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC1EyWIU1tI

What is Bullying?

Bullying is when someone or a group of people causes physical or psychological damage to another person or group of people. Bullying can continue over time, it is often hidden from adults and will probably continue if no action is taken.

What are the most common types of Bullying

The most common types of Bullying are: Physical hitting, kicking, pinching,

punching, scratching, spitting or any other form of physical attack.

Verbal Insulting, making racist, sexist or homophobic jokes, remarks or teasing, using sexually suggestive or abusive language, offensive remarks.

Cyber any type of bullying that is carried out by electronic device;

Emotional spreading stories about someone, exclusion from social groups, turning someone the subject of malicious rumors.

What are the most common types of Bullying – Cont.

How to Handle a Bully

According to Rosalind Wiseman, a bullying expert, the way that you should handle a bully is:

Follow the Golden Rule Sometimes the best way to avoid becoming the target of bullying is to treat people the way you want to be treated. If you're genuinely nice and respectful to others, most people won't target you as someone to demean by bullying.

How To Handle a Bully – Cont.

Trust your instincts Not all bullying takes the explicit form of insulting on Facebook or locker-stuffing in school. Rosalind reminded that abuse of power is inevitable, so if you sense someone speaking down to you, manipulating you or embarrassing you, you're probably being bullied.

How To Handle a Bully – Cont.

Tell the right person  Rosalind made the point that not every adult is going to respond to a bully in the best way. Be smart about which adult or person of authority you tell about the bullying.

Be confident  You were right to stand up for yourself or someone else. You handled yourself with control and made it clear to the bully that he or she only holds as much power as everyone around allows.

Facts About Bullying

Over 3.2 million students are victims of bullying each year;

Fifty-six percent of students have personally witnessed some type of bullying at school.

Approximately 160,000 teens skip school every day because of bullying.

Facts About Bullying – Cont.

One out ten students drop out of school because of repeated bullying.

Physical bullying increases in elementary school, peaks in middle school and declines in high school.  Verbal abuse, on the other hand, remains constant.

Conclusion

With this research we learned that this is just one of the many teen problems that exist. And the number of bullying victims is incresing each year.

We also lerned that we are not alone and if one day we have a problem we can talk with our parents, friends, teachers, someone that we trust , this will help solving the problem much faster than we think.

Sources

http://www.dosomething.org/bully http://www.bullyonline.org/workbully/bull

y.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullying