3 Types Of Bullying

Bullying comes in a variety of forms all ending up being negative. There are three main types of bullying: physical, verbal, and emotional bullying. Bullying also includes three types of victims: passive victim, bully/reactive victim, and the victim bully. A passive victim involves 85% of people that are being bullied, most people are like this. The bully/reactive victim is both a bully and the target of others, the bully/reactive victim are the ones in which get bullied and are mean to everyone. The last type of victim is the victim bully, the victim bully was once the victim of being bullied, but then turned into a bully. Most people think that every bully was once a victim, but ending with the circumstances of being the victim they were …show more content…
Harassment and bullying has found its way to social media networks. The forms of media such as Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, Instagram and other media insights offer teenagers another little world for them to be entertained and to stay communicated/connected with others. With the many problems that deal with cyber harassment today, it would be the correct thing if parents would monitor their children 's actions on their accounts at least once in a while. By doing so may decrease the chances of teens and younger children getting bullied. Schools may also get involved in making an account of each social media and having to mandatory follow the students to get updated on what is happening. To give a further insight of what cyber harassment may lead to are many cases, such as Ryan Halligans story (1989-2003). Ryan’s story is up on many websites, but according to an online website, No Bullying.com, it was said that, Ryan Halligan, 13, a student from Vermont , had concerns from his parents about his speech, language and motor skills which required special education services from preschool to the fourth grade. He was a victim of a bully at his school during the fifth and seventh grade. Halligan was threatened, insulted, humiliated and taunted in both school and online. Ryan talked with a girl from his school through the AOL instant messenger app, while the girl would pretend to like him she would also send her’s and Ryan’s messages to her friends which would be later made fun of. One day after school, she called him a “loser” and he replied saying, “It’s girls like you who make me want to kill myself.” Halligan did not feel comfortable with talking to his parents nor the school about the incident that was occurring. He did though, research ways on how to end his life. One of Ryan’s classmates pretended to be his friend to get information out of him which then