Bullying

Definition of Bullying: Using superior strength or influence to intimidate, typically to force a person to do what one wants.

Definition of Physical Bullying: Form of violence using the body as a the main weapon.

     Ex: Someone shoves you into a locker.

Definition of Emotional bullying: Any act including confinement, isolation,verbal assault,humiliation,intimidation,infantilization, or any other treatment which may diminish the sense of identity,dignity, and self-worth.

     Ex: Someone making fun of someone while hurting their feelings.

What to do if you get bullied:

• Talk to adults or people you trust.
• Go to your counselor for advice 
• Look at the person bullying you in a calm, clear voice and tell them to stop 
• Do not react

Do not be a BYSTANDER:

 If you see someone being bullied, do not stand by, tell an adult or your school counselor.

                                           Statistics on Bullying

19.6% of high school students in the US report being bullied at school in the past year. 14.8% reported being bullied online. 
64 percent of children who were did not report it; only 36 percent reported the bullying .

Bulling is not right.                  

Bystanders Stand

So here is the problem, physical bullying hurts on the inside and outside, and the bystanders don't have to stand by. We want you to take an action. If you don't take an action, and if others think the same way, then no one will take a stand and the physical bullying will continue. Not only do we want you to take an action, we want the bystanders to stand up against physical, cyber, and verbal bullying. If you happen to be a bystander, you need to stand up against the person who is bullying someone, and stand up for the victim of the bullying as well.

Here are some examples of how to stop bullying:

Tell a parent or counselor about the situation
Tell the bully to stop (In a non violent tone)
Boost the victim's confidence to stand up
Put up posters against bullying
Put out statements or campaigns
Speak at schools

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Stereotypes

Currently, hundreds of stereotypes exist about different groups of people. No group of people are safe from such of thoughts and beliefs. In fact, stereotypes sometimes play the roll in the criminal justice system, lending institution decisions, the educational process and more. A stereotype can easily embedded into the mind of society until some person or group of people is brave enough to prove it incorrect. The list of stereotypes is endless.   About The Stereotype and Stereotyping

What is stereotyping?

A stereotype is an assumption of a person that is not true and very exaggerating. Stereotype's are usually about how the person looks or the actions of a person. They are usually the cause of rumor's of the person. For example "Oh my gosh did you hear about her I heard that she was..." and then it goes on in false rumors.

Proving the stereotypes wrong.

Watch Stop Stereotypes.

Read this Important Info on Bullying.

Do we stereotype?
We, as humans beings, stereotype, categorize, judge, separate and label everyone and anything around us- usually without conscious thought. For example One typical stereotype is ¨Gothic¨. A goth is stereotypically a person who acts depressed, is pale, wears mostly black clothing, heavy makeup, and has very little emotion. Truth is just because someone wears black daily, and wears heavy makeup doesn't mean they are emotionless or any different than the rest of us. The effects of stereotyping are obvious to anyone who cares to look.Stereotype can all conclude to bullying and bullying is a serious case it can lead to death.

5 ways to prevent stereotypes

#1:Get to know the person more

#2:Get in their shoes

#3:Stop yourself from stereotyping someone

#4:Find something else to focus on

#5:Realize other people stereotype and make a change by not doing it

Percentages of stereotype bullying

Public schools:

52% students stereotype

Private schools:

38% students stereotype

You Are...Hallway

The Story behind the Hallway

What is Bullying?  Why it Matters.

       Bullying means to use strength or influence over someone to physically or with words.  Bullying physically means pushing, shoving, or punching the victim in violent ways.  Bullying with words is to call people names and make fun of their differences.  Whichever form of bullying it is, it's not good.  3.2 million people are bullied each year.  Bullying is not something that only happens in movies.  IT'S REAL.  Think if you were bullied.  Would it feel good?

Jamie's Story

      Jamie Nabozny was bullied throughout middle and high school for being openly gay.  When Nabonzny went to his school principal about the bullying, she would say, "Boys will be boys."  This action did not stop the bullying.   During school the bullying started to go to an extreme.  The kids at Jamie's school would physically hurt him, and sometimes send him to the hospital.  Jamie's fear of being abused caused him to drop out of high school.  Soon after, he decided to take the situation into court.  When his case finally got accepted, Jamie had many witnesses including one of his middle school bullies.  Eventually, Jamie and his family won the case because of the 14th amendment: The "Equal Protection Clause does... require the state to treat each person with equal regard, as having equal worth, regardless of his or her status."  In Jamie's video documentary Bullied, he felt he was not safe or accepted at his school; We hope to make to feel safe and treated equally at our school which is the purpose of the You Are... Hallway.

What is the "You Are... Hallway"

      The "You Are... Hallway",  is a hallway where you can feel safe and secure.  The "You Are... Hallway" has a banner that says "You Are..."  There are also words on the banner that represent the actions you should do or the attitude you should have.  For example: Kind, proud, happy, generous, ect.  That is why we named this hallway the "You Are... Hallway."

How Can Ann Richards Get Involved?  

      Our target for the "You Are... Hallway" is everyone at the Ann Richards School.  We want everyone at Ann Richards to be in a bully free community.  One way you can get involved is to participate in our challenge.  Our challenge is for everyone at ARS to preform at least one act of kindness per day.  There was one school that tried this challenge and had a dramatic drop in bullying.  (We hope it works at our school too.)  We would also like to ask you a question: Have YOU done your act of kindness today?

Citations:

http://www.tolerance.org/kit/bullied-student-school-and-case-made-history 

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Cyber Bullying

Cyber Bully

Cyber bullying comes in many forms, mean text messages, phone calls, pretending to be someone else online, social media, and any other form of bullying using electronics.

The most common reactions from being cyberbullied:

Positive Reactions	Negative Reactions
Blocking communications with the cyber bully. Deleting messages  without reading them. Talking to a friend or adult about the bullying. Reporting the problem  to an internet service provider or website moderator.	Seeking revenge  on the bully. Avoiding friends  and activities. Cyber bullying back  or to others.

Some people believe that the cyber bully, doesn't think its a big deal, doesn't think of the consequences, is encouraged by friends, doesn't think he/she will get caught, or thinks that everyone is a cyberbully.

Some ways to prevent cyber bullying are, to refuse to pass along cyber bullying messages, tell people to stop cyberbullying, block the cyberbullies, or report cyberbullying to a trusted adult. You can also prevent cyberbullying by, speaking with school offices or other students to develop rules against cyberbullying, or creating champagnes against cyberbullying can change peoples perspectives on cyberbullying.

The information above was found at http://www.apa.org/topics/bullying/online.aspx

Here are a few pictures and charts about cyberbullying.

This picture was found at http://cyberbullying-nievabelo.blogspot.com/

This picture was found at http://thelowell.org/2014/04/29/cyberbullying-has-no-place-in-todays-society/

This picture was found at
http://www.helpguide.org/articles/abuse/cyberbullying.htm

This picture was found at http://www.english-online.at/society/cyberbullying/cyberbullying-on-the-rise.htm

This picture was found at http://508597857266936293.weebly.com/gender.html

Go here to see a true story about Amanda Todd's cyber bully story. WARNING this is a very sad video!

Bullying

Bullying 

By Eliane Levy

Even though bullying is NEVER okay, it still happens all over the world. It not only affects victims, but affects everyone surrounding the problem. Bystanders are almost always affected when someone else is bullied. Bystanders can either become bullies themselves, or become victims of bullying. In short, bullying is NEVER okay.

Tips for stopping bullying:

 If you ever see bullying in the process, you should stop it right away. Here are some things that you could do in order to stop it as soon as possible.

1. Talk to an adult that you trust about bullying so that they can stop the problem as soon as possible. Any adult that you trust and know will help stop bullying will do, as long as you trust them. These adults can include your parents, the principal, the vice principal, the school counselor, etc; Just remember, THEY NEED TO BE SOMEONE YOU CAN TRUST.

 2. If no adults are available or they cannot be trusted, then you need to be able to stand up to the bully. There are strength in numbers, so you need a lot of friends/people that can recognize what is happening IS wrong.

 3. Remember, NOBODY can change who you are, only you.
  The definition for bullying is to: Use superior strength or influence to intimidate (someone), typically to force him or her to do what one wants. This is what Google thinks, and we do, too. There are many different ways to communicate in the human world, and sadly, bullying is one of them. We all need to work extra to get rid of bullying, permanently. Just getting rid of bullying for a little while isn't OK. If we can all work together, we can completely demolish bullying. It may take a while, but it will be worth it!