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.
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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