Over 3.2 million students are victims of bullying each year. Approximately 160,000 teens skip school every day because of bullying. About 71% of students report incidents of bullying as a problem at their school. One in four teachers see nothing wrong with bullying and will only intervene about 4% of the time. One in ten students drop out of school because of bullying. The most common reason of bullying is because of someone’s appearance, and the second most common reason is because of their “actual or perceived sexual orientation”. Katherine Jenkins said, “Children should be able to live a life free from bullying and harassment and it is time that we all took a stand against this” (www.brainyquote.com). Millions of bullies all over the world
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This is mostly just gossiping, but other examples of indirect bullying include mocking someone for their appearance or personality, or excluding someone from an activity, conversation, or other group setting. If someone hears or sees indirect bullying going on at school, they should talk about it with a trusted adult. Examples would be like the school administrator, a teacher, or the principal. If someone hears or sees others talking about themselves, they should stay away from those people. People tend to gossip not always because they are trying to hurt someone, but because they are weak and insecure. They also might just find this news entertaining and worth sharing. Anna Godbersen said, “Gossip is just a tool to distract people who have nothing better to do from feeling jealous of those few of us still remaining with noble hearts” …show more content…
About 160,000 teens skip school every day because of bullying. Approximately 71% of students report incidents of bullying as a problem at their school. One in four teachers don’t see anything wrong with bullying and will only intervene about 4% of the time. One in ten students drop out of school because they have been bullied. The most common reason of people getting bullied is because of someone’s appearance, and the second most common reason is because of their “actual or perceived sexual orientation”. Katherine Jenkins said, “Children should be able to live a life free from bullying and harassment and it is time that we all took a stand against this” (www.brainyquote.com). Millions of bullies all over the world scar people both physically and emotionally, but in different ways, whether using physical, indirect, verbal, or cyber bullying, reminding people that there is not only one way to stop
This is mostly just gossiping, but other examples of indirect bullying include mocking someone for their appearance or personality, or excluding someone from an activity, conversation, or other group setting. If someone hears or sees indirect bullying going on at school, they should talk about it with a trusted adult. Examples would be like the school administrator, a teacher, or the principal. If someone hears or sees others talking about themselves, they should stay away from those people. People tend to gossip not always because they are trying to hurt someone, but because they are weak and insecure. They also might just find this news entertaining and worth sharing. Anna Godbersen said, “Gossip is just a tool to distract people who have nothing better to do from feeling jealous of those few of us still remaining with noble hearts” …show more content…
About 160,000 teens skip school every day because of bullying. Approximately 71% of students report incidents of bullying as a problem at their school. One in four teachers don’t see anything wrong with bullying and will only intervene about 4% of the time. One in ten students drop out of school because they have been bullied. The most common reason of people getting bullied is because of someone’s appearance, and the second most common reason is because of their “actual or perceived sexual orientation”. Katherine Jenkins said, “Children should be able to live a life free from bullying and harassment and it is time that we all took a stand against this” (www.brainyquote.com). Millions of bullies all over the world scar people both physically and emotionally, but in different ways, whether using physical, indirect, verbal, or cyber bullying, reminding people that there is not only one way to stop