."..Studies indicate that starting in middle school, bullies are considered 'cool,' while their victims are rejected from the social milieu." (Smith-Heavenrich) Early adolescence is when the competitive, cutthroat mindset begins to emerge in the form of bullying.
Statistically, bullying is staggering. Half of all violence against teenagers occurs not on the streets or at home, but on school property, where students are supposedly being enriched. There are between 500 and 600 thousand attacks every month in public schools alone. Bullying causes over 28 million student absences every year because students are afraid to even go to school because of the cruel treatment. Bullying is so widespread that about 80% of all students report having been the victim of bullying at some point in their school career. At any particular time, 15% of the school population is made of victims of bullying. An estimated 75% of students are witnesses or spectators to bullying, the majority of whom are themselves passive bullies because they do not interfere in any way, and many of whom actively support the bullying. These figures may be smaller than the actual numbers, because most bullying is not reported. These numbers remain so high even after years of media attention because of a number of factors. In most cases, "Bullies do not respond to mediation. It will not change their behavior. Many adults believe that bullying is natural and kids need to learn to cope with it. Many adults when subjected to bullying behaviors [such as] harassment or assault... can use civil courts or criminal complaints. Most kids have little or no such recourse." (BCL)
As many as 25% of aggressive bullies are female, but a far greater number are passive bullies. The reason that girls may flock to being passive bullies is because "there is a "hidden culture of girls' aggression," spawned by a society that denies girls the right to deal with conflict openly.... girls turn to covert forms of aggression...." (Bach) Girls are unable to express themselves fully or gain power in a male-dominated society otherwise, so being the support for aggressive males can gain social status and protection. Male bullying is usually marked by fist fights, vandalism, and sexual harassment, in an attempt to intimidate, control, humiliate, or dominate others. Female bullies are more commonly motivated by a desire to manipulate others,...
Bullying and Cyber Bullying at Schools The pervasive culture of bullying and cyber bullying in schools has become a serious dilemma for many students and parents, and has been brought on by many different aspects of life, but how does the violence that children are exposed to in video games come into play when it comes to children bullying others both online and in person? This is a serious question with
Bullying The incidents of April 20, 1999 from Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado put bullying into a new perspective. Two students, Dylan Klebold and Ryan Harris, who were, for all intents, intelligent and well adjusted went on a killing spree. They killed and injured several members of the school including a teacher. (Rosenberg, 2000) Then they turned the guns on themselves. Their plans were grandiose. After the massacre, they intended
Violence in Public Schools The recent violence on school grounds (including elementary, middle school and high school violence) has created a climate of fear in American public schools, and the literature presented in this review relates to that fear and to the difficulty schools face in determining what students might be capable of mass killings on campus. Television coverage of school shootings leave the impression that there is more violence on
More and more children are becoming victims of cyberbullying with an estimated range of between 19% and 42% being bullied online at least one time (Wolak, Mitchell & Finkelhor, 2006). Reports also indicate that children who participated in traditional bullying are becoming increasingly more involved in cyberbullying; reflecting very high percentages of those children acting as cyber bullies (Kowalski & Limber, 2007). In a recent study of 177 seventh grade
Bullying can effectively affect the well-being of a student at not only the physical but also the emotional level. In that regard, there exists a need for schools to come up with strategies on how to minimize the same. In this text, I develop the profile of bullies and their victims. Further, I highlight the impact of bullying and how it can be prevented. What is Bullying? School bulling in basic terms
A long list of possibly violent images can be tabulated, as well as their frequency and duration on the screen. What other things would you need to consider in order to make sure that exposure to media violence was the cause of aggressive behavior and not some other factor? In other words, what variables would have to be controlled? The ideal way to control for other variables would be to sanction
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