Types and Sign of Bullying

Bullying is simply the act of harming others. It can be an act of physical abuse and verbal abuse. Some examples of physical and verbal attacks are:

• Physical Attacks: hitting, kicking, pushing, choking
• Verbal Attacks or Harassment: name calling, threatening, taunting, malicious teasing, rumor spreading, slandering

There are many signs of bullying, some more obvious than others. If a student in your class or school show any of the signs below, you may want to ask them if someone is bullying or threatening them. Having someone to talk to and feel comfortable with is very important.
Some signs of someone being bullied may be:

• be frightened of walking to and from school
• change their usual route
• not want you to go on the school bus
• beg you to drive them to school
• be unwilling to go to school
  
• feel ill in the mornings
• begin truanting
• begin doing poorly in their school work

It is also important to remember that someone may not only be bullied by other students in their class or school. A student can be bullied by their teachers, siblings, or older students. Just recently, a young girl took her life because another girls mother was sending her bullying and threatening text messages. You can also see bullying through email, blogs, instant messages, and phone calls. Just try and be aware of what is happening around and keep an eye for signs of bullying in your school.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullying
http://www.kidscape.org.uk/parents/signsof.shtml
http://www.colorado.edu/cspv/publications/factsheets/safeschools/FS-SC07.html

How To Deal With Bullying In The Classroom

As a teacher, it is going to be your job to try and recognize the kids who kind of sit along the sidelines, who may seem to get picked on more than others, and it is also important to recognize the students who seem to get pleasure out of putting other students in their place.
As educators, we need to know how to handle bullying when we see it. Some things we can do are:
Recognize the problem (and the severity)
Not to look the other way. The more we ignore the behavior, the more we are allowing it and letting it happen.
We must recognize that it is adults who need to stop the situation. Kids cannot take care of the problem themselves. Often, children will try to ignore the fact of being bullied and not want to talk to adult about it because they feel ashamed or embarrassed.

http://teachers.net/gazette/DEC02/voors.html
http://teachers.net/gazette/JAN02/noll.html
http://teacher2b.com/discipline/bullies.htm

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Bullying in Schools

Bullying in schools is a problem in schools elementary-college. It's a severe problem that can have a negative and sever consequence. I personally have strong feelings about bullying in schools and was very active in High School on trying to prevent in schools in my town and surrounding towns. We had a kid in my eighth grade class take his own life because he said he was bullied too much and couldn't take it. To see the consequence first hand really had an impact on not only my life but our whole community. Bullying is comprised of direct behaviors such as teasing, taunting, threatening, hitting, and stealing that are initiated by one or more students against a victim. In addition to direct attacks, bullying may also be more indirect by causing a student to be socially isolated through intentional exclusion.

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http://www.stopbullyingnow.com/
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