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he most common reason as to why individuals are bullied was that they have a different appearance.

What do you think makes bullying stop?"

bully matures

Research on bullying began in Europe in the 1970s, led by Dan Olweus ( 1978), who continues to be the foremost international authority on bullying.

cused on bullying in elementary school, middle school, and high school.

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often dismissed as a normal part of growing up, is a real problem in our nation's schools, according to the National School Safety Center. One out of every four schoolchildren endures taunting, teasing, pushing, and shoving daily from schoolyard bullies. More than 43 percent of middle- and high-school students avoid using school bathrooms for fear of being harassed or assaulted. Old-fashioned schoolyard hazing has escalated to instances of extortion, emotional terrorism, and kids toting guns to school.

hree million bullying incidents are reported each year in the US alone, and over 160,000 children miss school each day for fear of being bullied

Those who were not involved in bullying during their school years had a much stronger belief that victims can stand up for themselves than did the victims themselves.

it appears that adults are aware of only a small amount of the bullying behavior found in schools

students do not agree with the view of adults

intimidating or harrassing another person through physical or verbal assaults and insults

can continue into adulthood

charged with "assault"

a positive relationship between having been bullied in school and being bullied in the adult workplace. Those who had been both bullies and victims in school were even more likely to be bullied as adults at work.

positive correlations between being a bully in college, high school, and elementary school

bullied in college and high school, and high school and elementary school, and between being both a bully and victim in elementary school, a bully and victim in high school, and a bully and victim in college.

Cyber-bullying is "the use of information and communication technologies to support deliberate, repeated, and hostile behavior by an individual or group, that is intended to harm others".[1] As it has become more common in society, particularly among young people, legislation and awareness campaigns have arisen to combat it.

Cyber-bullying has been defined as "when the Internet, cell phones or other devices are used to send or post text or images intended to hurt or embarrass another person"

In September 2006, ABC News reported on a survey prepared by I-Safe.Org. This 2004 survey of 1,500 students between grades 4-8 reported: 42% of kids have been bullied while online. One in four have had it happen more than once. 35% of kids have been threatened online. Nearly one in five had had it happen more than once. 21% of kids have received mean or threatening e-mails or other messages. 58% of kids admit someone has said mean or hurtful things to them online. More than four out of ten say it has happened more than once. 58% have not told their parents or an adult about something mean or hurtful that happened to them online. A 2006 survey by Harris Interactive[11] reported: 43% of U.S. teens having experienced some form of cyber-bullying in the past year. Similarly, a Canadian study found: 23% of middle-schoolers surveyed had been bullied by e-mail 35% in chat rooms 41% by text messages on their cell phones Fully 41% did not know the identity of the perpetrators.

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Bullying affects most children.

hey killed 12 students and one teacher before committing suicide

Networking sites are only a new medium for teenagers to wage their wars—they don't create them

So, that's just one reason why I bristle (read: foam at the mouth) when I see educators (or parents or cops, whatever) saying things like, "Facebook was the only common denominator" with regard to bullying incidents

This goes further than bullying 30 or 40 years ago, when you would get a bloody nose on the playground."

A recent report from the American Medical Association on a study of over 15,000 6th-10th graders estimates that approximately 3.7 million youths engage in, and more than 3.2 million are victims of, moderate or serious bullying each year.

younger students are more likely to be bullied than older students.

25% of teachers see nothing wrong with bullying or putdowns and consequently intervene in only 4% of bullying incidents

Energy that should have been devoted to learning and productive socializing was instead spent in crisis management making sure that people would not take my stuff or physically assault me.

ullies are misunderstood rather than thugs

I think it has made us stronger.

I learned to let the unkind words and actions of others roll off my back.

I don’t understand why these teens felt that suicide was their best option

When schools try and get involved by disciplining the student for cyberbullying actions that took place off-campus and outside of school hours, they are often sued for exceeding their authority and violating the student's free speech right.