DEFINITION
Bullying is defined as unwanted, aggressive behavior among people.
Examples include:
-Teasing
-Name-calling
-Taunting
-Threatening to cause harm
-Inappropriate sexual comments
Bullying Does Not Include:
o Not Liking someone
o Being Excluded
o Accidentally Bumping Into Someone
o Arguments
o Telling A Joke
Bullying Stats:
>Over half (about 56%) of all students have witnesses a bullying crime take place while at school.
>A reported 15% of all students who don't show up for school report it to being out of fear of being bullied while at school.
>There are about 71% of students that report bullying as an on-going problem.
>Along that same vein, about one out of every 10 students drops out or changes schools because of repeated bullying.
>One out of every 20 students has seen a student with a gun at school.
>Some of the top years for bullying include 4th- 8th graders in which 90% were reported as victims of some kind of bullying.
>Other recent bullying statistics reveal that 54% of students reported that witnessing physical abuse at home can lead to violence in school.
>Among students of all ages, homicide perpetrators were found to be twice as likely as homicide victims to have been bullied previously by their peers.
>There are about 282,000 students that are reportedly attacked in high schools throughout the nation each month.
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