Bullying

What is bullying?

Verbal: teasing, name-calling, taunting, mean comments

Cyber: exclusion, anonymously attacking, spreading rumors

Physical: hitting, kicking, spitting, stealing

Destructive Decisions and Bullying

Destructive bullying can stem from several things. As it doesn't justify their actions, these aspects should still be taken into consideration. Peer pressure, negative environment outside of school, students who’ve been victims to bullying, makes them feel good about themselves (empowering), and physical trauma at an early age are just a few things that might entice someone to become a bully. As stated before, it doesn't justify anything, but once we understand what's really going on, it's easier to attack the source itself to try to fix things.

“Children are like pawns in a chess game. Once they reach the end of the board, they take on the role that they learn to be like in life.”

How does bullying impact school culture?

⁍Makes school look bad (legacy)

⁍Creates power system (hierarchy)

⁍Causes attendance problems

⁍Low staff (teachers quit)

⁍Affects education/learning environment

Bullying Statistics

Based on research, most schools in New Hampshire don’t care about bullying..

How are other schools dealing with bullying?

Most of the sites prove by statistics that most schools had a very high rating of no-bullying. It was unrealistically high but no one seems to check their surrounding schools. That means the system could get away with putting the same thing every time. Most schools in NH don't care to fix the bullying problem but do they even care who the real victim is.

Solutions

Sending students to ISS (in school suspension) instead of just suspending them from school, separating them from the class which could mean swapping their classes to different blocks, starting a bullying committee could possibly help with the bullying problem, and just being respectful towards others can be a solution as well.

Works Cited:

Yesilyurt, Ferahim, et al. “Cyber Bullying and Self-Disclosure: The Predicting Role of Cyber Bullying.” Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology, vol. 9, no. 1, Jan. 2021, pp. 19–25. EBSCOhost, research.ebsco.com/linkprocessor/plink?id=d0370d7e-1897-3e85-8a48-998c36ceebd0.

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