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Bullying
and “Bullycide” national data and statistics.

Approximately, 160,000 U.S. public school students miss

school every day out of fear of being bullied. Many types

of bullying occurring in schools today did not exist when

we as parents and teachers were growing up. Students got

threatened, teased and bounced around a bit, but this new

type of bullying that I am talking about is occurring

in “Cyberspace!”

Cyberbullying is becoming more and more rampant in schools

across America. Social networking has provided an entirely

new environment for bullying to take place. According to

bullying statistics coming out of the White House, in 2010,

there were approximately 2.7 million students involved in

cyberbullying activities either as the perpetrator or as

the victim. Strangely, studies have actually shown that

being a victim of cyberbullying can actually lead to the

victims themselves becoming cyberbullies as a means of

retaliation.

In fact, revenge for bullying is one of the strongest

motivations for school shootings, according to recent

bullying statistics. Approximately, sixty percent of all

students felt that the number one reason students shoot at

one another at school is because they have been victims of

physical violence in their home, communities and/or at

school. Interestingly, a number of studies have also

suggested that many students act out violently on their

peers, teachers, school administrators and school staff

personnel because they are abused at home.

FACT: Over half of all public school students have

witnessed a bullying crime take place while at school.

FACT: Approximately fifteen percent of all students who do

not show up for school report it to be out of fear of being

bullied while at school.

FACT: Over seventy percent of all public school students

report bullying as an on-going problem.

FACT: Nearly ten percent of students dropping out of school

or changing from one school to another is due to repeated

bullying.

FACT: Five percent of all public school students have

actually witnessed a fellow student on campus with a gun.

FACT: Ninety percent of the bullying that is occurring in

public schools throughout America occurs between fourth

through eighth grades.

FACT: Over fifty percent of all public school students

reported that witnessing physical abuse at home can lead to

violence in school.

FACT: Sadly, homicide perpetrators were found to be twice

as likely as homicide victims to have been physically

abused by family members and/or peers during their early

childhood and adolescent years.

FACT: Over 280,000 Students are reportedly attacked on

publicly funded school campuses in America each month.

Suicide continues to be one of the leading causes of death

among children under the age of fourteen. “Bullycide” is a

new term used to describe suicide as the result of being

bullied. Clinical studies out of the Yale School of

Medicine have shown strong connections between bullying,

being bullied and suicide.

In fact, suicide rates for American public school students

have grown more than fifty percent in the past thirty years.

Bullying can include various types of behaviors from

physical attacks, to destroying one's personal property or

clothing, verbal abuse, starting rumors, name calling,

verbal aggression online, as well as, other forms of

cyberbullying.

For students who feel they are being bullied, it is

important for teachers, school counselors and school

administrators to address the matter with a parent as soon

as possible. Students need to be informed that telling on

someone for doing something wrong is always the right thing

to do. Students also need to know that in the majority of

cases when a bully is reported, the bullying stops because

the bully is faced with very serious repercussions. These

repercussions could possibly lead to expulsion,

imprisonment and parental court appearances and fines.


 




 


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