Stand Up and

Speak Out

Jaymie Benedetto, Brennan Gruber,

Daniel Guerra-Rojas, Isaiah Hulsing
Bullying is a REAL Problem

● It affects everyone, whether they are at school are at home.

(Sloane)
● Effects On Victims:
○ “psychological and physical scars that last a lifetime… , [feeling] less accepted,
[suffering] from more health problems, and suppressing their anger which can lead
to depression, anxiety, and even suicide” (Kuther 166).

● People need to realize the effects that bullying can cause.

What is Bullying?

● Bullying is a form of harassment that is seen primarily with children in

school.

● “Bullying is comprised of direct behaviors such as teasing, taunting,

threatening, hitting, and stealing that are initiated by one or more students

against a victim...bullying may also be more indirect by causing a student to

be socially isolated through intentional exclusion” (Banks 140)

Examples of Bullying

(Badillo)
● Physical Bullying is when someone physically harms another.
○ A kid walks down a hallway and another comes to shove him into a locker.
● Sexual Bullying is when someone touches another inappropriately or
comments a sexual remark.
○ A girl was sitting alone on a bench when a boy came and inappropriately stroked
her.
● Verbal Bullying is when someone calls another a name or comments
something rude about another.
○ A boy, who wears glasses, is reading a book in the library when another student
walks up to him and calls him “four eyes”.
 Examples of Bullying Continued...

● Discriminative Bullying is when one is bullied for being a

different race or ethnicity.
○ A black student is kept isolated from other groups due to his
color of skin.
● Cyber Bullying is when someone bullies another online.
○ A girl browses her social media page when she sees a comment
saying “You are ugly and fat”.
● Psychological Bullying is when someone is bullied in such (Blessing)
a way to inflict damage to their emotions.
○ A boy was recorded failing a front flip and everyone at school
was laughing at him.
 How To Respond To Bullying

● School administrators try their best to stop bullying and avoiding the problem
doesn’t help anyone
● Examples of how to deal with bullying:
Victim:
● Tell a school administrator, or
another adult, that they are
being bullied
● This may seem extremely
difficult, but its alternative of
not telling anyone doesn’t
solve the problem
Bystander:
● Most important role of telling
a school administrator of
what’s going on
● Bystander doesn’t feel
trapped by bullying.
○ Much easier to contact
an adult about the issue.
Conclusion

● Bullying is a major problem in the United States and it is important that everyone is
aware of this issue so they can identify bullying to help both identify bullying and
prevent further cases from occurring.
● Collen Newquist explains in his article, “Bully-Proof Your School,” “The facts about
bullying show that 10 to 15 percent of children are bullied regularly” (Newquist
186).
● To solve this issue, it is important that individuals in schools are informed of this
issue and are able to identify when bullying occurs.
● Bullying is complex, and a solution is difficult to identify. What we need to do is
address the issue and make it aware to those that are surrounded by bullying.
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