Bullying+and+Harrassment+in+Education

By: Lindsay Kohn, Kayla Babayan, Courtney Megin, and Julia Watkinson
 * Bullying and Harassment in Education **

a. What are the causes of bullying? b. What are the emotional outcomes of being bullied? c. What are the warning signs that someone is being bullied? d. Why aren't schools doing more to prevent bullying?
 * I. Description of Problem: **

There are many causes of bullying in today's society. With more than half of students that have either been bullied or have witnessed a bullying situation, it is sadly getting more popular. While researching, I found out that the most popular cause that people bully others is because they have a low self-esteem. Bullies often have good leadership skills or have an easy time making friends and therefore have a large friendship network. Bullies have a strong need to be in control and exert their dominance, and with this, they like to bring others down emotionally and physically to make them feel better about themselves. Furthermore, cyber bullying statistics are increasing rapidly everyday. Over 25% of adolescents and teens have been bullied repeatedly over the internet or through the use of cell phones. A huge reason that factors into this is that people cannot see each other face to face through cyber bullying, which makes it worse. Facebook, blogs, chatrooms, Twitter, all other sorts of social medias are popular websites where males and females start bullying each other over the computer screen. Little do people know that feelings are hurt so badly on the other side of the screen, yet the bully has no idea. Unfortunately bullying has always been a problem in schools, the workplace and over social media for many years. I chose to focus on the warning signs of a bully victim in Education. A lot of times, children go to school on a daily basis in fear and are harassed by classmates. In most cases, the bully is bigger than their victims and feels that it is okay to physically and mentally harass other students. Parents can sometimes be oblivious to the warning signs that their child is a victim of being bullied. There are many signs to tell that someone is being bullied. The most common sign being depression. A lot of times, children who are being bullied will show signs of depression but teachers and parents don't put two and two together. It is very important to notice the warning signs that your student or child is showing because if they are ignored for a period of time, it could have a negative outcome such as suicide or harming others. One of the more popular cases where bullying signs were ignored and resulted in a negative outcome was the shooting at Columbine High School massacre. A lot of times, kids are scared to tell parents or teachers that they are being bullied which is why it is important for parents and teachers to be aware and to be able to recognize the signs that their child or student is showing. Within the overall topic of bullying and harassment in education I chose to focus more on the outcomes and effects bullying has on their victims. As Lindsay has shown there are many forms of bullying and it goes way beyond the physical sense most people associate with bullying. Bullying in any form leaves the victim with some form of pain, whether or not the victim or bully are aware of it themselves. Both males and females are subject to the effects of bullying, but females found the bullying to be more emotionally deterring than the males did. The most common form of bullying males face is that of a physical nature, while females tend to face more verbal. Whether the scars be physical or emotional they have the ability to resonate with the victim for a long time. The overall outcomes of bullying include feelings of isolation, and feeling like you don't fit in with anybody, depression, and in some cases suicide.Children face bullying in school and now even in places they previously felt safe such as the online world. Since so many people use social media today and its public there are many more cases of bullying then before. The victims may feel like they are outnumbered and there is no way for them to escape the bullying. This sense of no place being safe for them can lead to thoughts of suicide for those heavily bullied. Some feel as if that is the only way to escape the bullying, and nobody deserves to be made to feel as if they are insignificant by another. School prevention is a hard topic. If there was one way to prevent bullying in school, this would not be a major problem all over the US. While researching, I did find interesting ways to raise awareness or even to help prevent bullying. Surveys, counselors, punishments, and even training have been ideas to help prevention. Surveys, for example, can help teachers understand where their students are in school. Some teachers have large classes and cant keep tabs on each of their students. A monthly survey asking whether they feel safe, respected and cared about can help alert teachers and staff of what is going on without students needing to see a teacher. Most students are nervous of seeing someone to talk to because they want it to be anonymous. Having a counselor in school, can help encourage students to alert what they have seen or what is happening to them. A counselor is confidential so no student should be scared of what is said. Teachers need to learn the definition of bullying ranging from physical and verbal abuse to cyber-bullying. Once that is figured out, punishments need to occur and not just a slap on the hand. Teachers should go through a training process of how to detect bullying and how to stop bullying before it occurs. Bullying is everywhere, but if just one person stands up against a bully, more will follow and this can change someones life.
 * II. Research Summary **
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First, we will present the Prezi as a group and individually discuss our questions and their sub topics. We will then hand out scenarios of bullying and ask the class to decide wether it really is considered bullying and why. After a brief discussion among the groups, we will go over each scenario and explain if it is, or is not considered bullying and why.
 * III. Group Overview **

Below is our Prezi :

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 * IV. Visual Presentation **

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How do people get bullied?- Lindsay Kohn What are the emotional outcomes of being bullied? - Kayla Babayan What are the warning signs of a bully victim? - Courtney Megin Why aren't schools doing more to prevent bullying? - Julia Watkinson
 * V. Annotated Bibliography **