AMERICA’S SAFE SCHOOLS
WEEK, October 21-27, 2007
Common Forms of Bullying:
Verbal Bullying:
Direct Bullying - Taunting,
teasing, name-calling/ Indirect Bullying - Spreading Rumors
Physical Bullying:
Direct Bullying - Hitting, kicking, shoving, destruction or
theft of property/ Indirect Bullying - Enlisting a friend
to assault someone for you
Non-verbal/ Non-physical Bullying:
Direct Bullying -Threatening, obscene gestures/ Indirect Bullying
- Excluding others from a group, manipulation of friendships,
threatening e-mail/IMs/text messages
Estimate of children involved
in bullying (research done by Brenda High, Director, www.bullypolice.org):
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N. Carolina Population
8,049,313
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17.7 –
1,424,728 children of School age 5 to 18
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Victims 107,852
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Victims/Bullies
22,511
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Bullies 102,865
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Total est. involved
in bullying 233,228
Cyber Bullying:
Breaking It Down:
Cyber Bullying is verbal harassment that occurs during online
activities.
Cyber
Bullying can take many forms. These are a few:
A
threatening e-mailNasty
instant messaging session
Repeated
notes sent to the cell phone,
A website set up to mock others
"Borrowing”
someone’s screen name and pretending to be them while
posting a message
Forwarding
supposedly private messages, pictures, or video to others
Prevention Techniques:
Avoiding Bullies Online:
Don’t give out private information such as passwords,
pins, name, address, phone number, school name, or family
and friends’ names. This information can be used by
bullies and other harmful people on the Internet. Don’t
even reveal your password to your friends. They might reveal
it or use it against you in a fight.
Don’t exchange pictures or give out e-mail addresses
to people you meet on the internet. Ask permission from
parents when it is necessary to give such information.
Don’t send a message when you are angry—it’s
hard to undo things that are said in anger.
Delete messages from people you don’t know, or those
from people who seem angry or mean.
When something doesn’t seem right, it probably isn’t.
Get out of the site, chat, etc.
Realize that online conversations are not private. Others
can copy, print, and share what you say or any pictures
you send. Be careful!
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