Bullying In Middle School

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Bullying, it is a well known global issue although there have been steps to try to control it, none have worked yet. The victim usually tries to go and get help from a teacher, but 20% of the time, the students do not go to teachers because they are afraid the teacher will not do anything to stop it “stopbullying.gov”. Sometimes when the bullying goes too far and has been going on a long time, the victim has a chance of getting depression. This most likely starts in Middle School and carries out till high school. There are multiple types of bullying and even where the bullying gets so out of hand is becomes illegal. Bullying is a behavior that intentionally that hurts, harms, or humiliates a student, either physically or emotionally, and

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