DuMmIeS GuIdE To: How To Deal with 

Bullying 
​ Axel Rangel, Peter O’Halloran, Luis Ramirez, Tyson Latzen
​ BOWYER-----EXPOSITORY WRITING----Period 4-----EL DORADO HIGH  
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 .Table of Contents. 
❏Introduction to the problem 
❏Definition of Bullying Based on Research and 
Student Viewpoint 
❏ El Dorado High School's 
Bullying Policy  
❏Examples that Illustrate the 
Nature of Bullying in Schools 
❏How to Respond if You are 
Bullied or Observe Someone 
Else Being Bullied 
❏Conclusion 
❏Works Cited 
 
 
 
http://www.marblechurch.org/connect/antibullying

 
https://latenightparents.com/2016/07/24/cyberbullying-what-is-it-and-how-to-stop-it-callersmart/
 .Introduction to the Problem. 
There has been a big rise is in bullying within our communities, but we 

haven't been able to find the cause of the issue or a working solution to the 

problem. The reason behind these issues is because of social media technology, 

which makes the harassment unrelentless and super easy.  

Since cyberbullying has become so prominent, kids don’t have a chance to get 

away from the torment, and how it allows for the bullying to start small and then 

grow like wildfire. This has become such a big problem that parents, school faculty, 

and government officials have been fighting to find a happy medium between 

limiting social media’s effects on bullying because in most social media platforms 

they have very loose rules and restrictions that makes cyberbullying easy.  

We often don’t understand the magnitude and complexity of bullying. For 

example, bullying can come in so many different forms such as physical, verbal, and 

sexual harassment and they can all be used in person and over social media. All of 

them in any way are effective and cause a lot of physical and emotional damage. 

Ron Banks best describes this when he elaborates on how gender plays a big role in 

the type of bullying happening. “Boys typically engage in direct bullying 

methods”(Banks 2). When Banks says direct bullying he means that there is more 

physical and in person bullying, other than gossip and rumors which is indirect 

bullying .With this big of a sensitive issue, we need to unite and follow the steps 

within this research paper to put up a fight against bullying and bring it to an end.   
 What Is Bullying? 
There are many forms of Bullying that many people may not be aware of; 

Bullying is a form of unwanted aggressive behavior that can happen to anyone. 

Cyberbullying is a form of bullying as well as physical and emotional assault. For the 

behaviors connected to bullying to be considered bullying there is often a 

repetition of the behavior at hand. 

According to StopBullying.gov, there are three types of bullying.  

Types of Bullying 
Verbal Bullying​: Saying or writing mean things. Such as teasing, name calling, 

inappropriate comments, and taunting or causing harm verbally. 

​Social Bullying​: Involves hurting someone’s reputation or relationships. Leaving 

someone out on purpose.Telling others not to be friends with someone.Spreading 

rumors about someone.Embarrassing someone in public 

Physical bullying:​Involves hurting a person’s body or possessions. 

Hitting/kicking/pinching,Spitting,Tripping/pushing. Taking or breaking someone’s 
things as well as Making mean or rude hand gestures. 

Relational Bullying:​ When someone is left out of activities by their own friends 
and other social circles as well. Often this occurs quietly and between friends and 
groups. 
 

Cyberbullying:​Cyberbullying is bullying that takes place over the internet and on 
digital devices like cell phones, computers, and tablets. Cyberbullying can occur 
through SMS, Text, and apps, or online in social media. It includes sending, posting, 
or sharing negative, harmful, false, or mean content about someone else. This can 
include sharing personal or private information about someone else causing 
embarrassment or humiliation. Some cyberbullying can have very negative 
consequences. 

Sexual Bullying: ​Includes behavior such as: ​making sexual jokes and comments, or 
gestures to someone,spreading sexual rumors (in person, by text, or online),writing 
sexual messages about people ,showing someone inappropriate sexual pictures or 
videos,asking someone to send you naked pictures of herself or himself “nudes”, 
posting sexual comments, pictures, or videos on social networks, or sending explicit 
text messages,making sexual comments or offers while pretending to be someone 
else online,touching, grabbing, or pinching someone in a deliberately sexual way, 
pulling at someone's clothing and brushing up against them in a purposefully sexual 
way.  

Student Viewpoints 
Based on students at El Dorado High School that our group asked about bullying, 
the opinion on it was in majority the same. 
Have you ever been bullied? 

11 out of 26 students have been bullied. 

Have you ever bullied anyone? 

7 out of 26 students bullied other people during their high school years 

Have you ever seen someone get bullied, if so what did you do? 

All the students I talk to in class they all said ​YES ​they have seen someone get 
bullied but never did anything to help them. They were bystanders. They said they 
would be scared that if they step up that they would get bullied as well. 

What should you do if you see bullied? 

Don’t be a Bystander, stop and get a teacher, report, help others and stand up. 

El Dorado High School Bullying Policy: 

“The El Dorado Union High School district board policy prohibits, at any 
district school or school activity, unlawful discrimination, harassment, 
intimidation and bullying of any student based on the student’s actual race, 
color, ancestry, national origin, ethnic group identification, age, religion, 
marital or parental status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual 
orientation, gender, gender identity, or gender expression; The perception of 
one or more of such characteristics” or association with a person or group with 
one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.” 
 
The district also prohibits any form of retaliation against any student who files a 
complaint or report regarding an incident of discrimination, harassment, 
intimidation, or bullying. 
 
IF IT HAPPENS REPORT IT: ANY STUDENT WHO FEELS HE/SHE HAS 
BEEN SUBJECTED TO DISCRIMINATION, HARASSMENT, INTIMIDATION, 
OR BULLYING SHOULD IMMEDIATELY REPORT IT TO SCHOOL 
ADMINISTRATION OR ANY OTHER STAFF MEMBER. ANY STUDENT OR 
SCHOOL EMPLOYEE WHO OBSERVE AN INCIDENT OF DISCRIMINATION, 
HARASSMENT, INTIMIDATION, OR BULLYING SHOULD REPORT IT TO 
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION, WHETHER OR NOT THE VICTIM FILES A 
COMPLAINT. 
 
CONSEQUENCES: STUDENTS WHO ENGAGE IN DISCRIMINATION, 
HARASSMENT, INTIMIDATION, OR BULLYING SHALL BE SUBJECTED TO 
APPROPRIATE DISCIPLINE UP TO AND INCLUDING COUNSELING, 
SUSPENSION, AND/OR EXPULSION. AN EMPLOYEE WHO PERMITS OR 
ENGAGES IN PROHIBITED DISCRIMINATION, HARASSMENT, 
INTIMIDATION, OR BULLYING SHALL BE SUBJECT TO DISCIPLINARY 
ACTION, UP TO AND INCLUDING DISMISSAL. 
 
BOARD POLICY AND ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION 5145.3: More details 
regarding reporting and investigating discrimination, harassment, intimidation, 
and bullying please refer to your schools website, the El Dorado Union High 
School District’s website at www.eduhsd.net, or ask your schools 
administration for a copy of Board Policy 5145.3 and Administrative Regulation 
5145.3. ​( Student Handbook) 
 

How to Respond to Being Bullied, Or 

Observe Someone Being Bullied 
 
If you are being bullied through social media or in person 
regularly, find a trusted friend or adult that can be by your side 
while you deal with bullying. ​With your trusted companion, 
tell a ​school administrator​ that can properly handle the 
situation and hopefully bring and end to the harassment.  
 
If you respond in the moment or at the exact time of being 
bullied, try if possible to remain cool and collected. A student 
 interviewed by Kowalski for the article“ How to Handle a Bully” 
said, “ Escalating the situation too often leads to violence” 
(Kowalski 11). If you handle the situation calmly without 
escalation, the bully doesn’t get the satisfaction of getting to 
you and causing you to get upset with what they say or do to 
you.  
 
Don’t isolate yourself and don’t let yourself be overcome by 
rumors and actions the bully does to you. It can be very hard to 
not let the bully into your head and it may seem that you’re all 
alone. Stay strong and appear strong so it seems like you’re 
beyond pain and rumors that the bully causes. 
 

Conclusion 
If we follow these steps, we can learn to fight back against the 

relentless attacks of bullies around the world. We can do this just by 

bringing much more awareness to the situation and allow other 

people to learn about the problem and find a solution as a whole. We 

can’t defeat the issue without teaming up and facing the problem as 

a group. But we have to remember, handling the issue doesn’t mean 

just punishing the bully, it means finding the reason why they are 

lashing out at others and causing such a huge problem. Bullies can 

very well be vulnerable just like their victims, which is why we all 
need to come together and be there for people when they are low and 

stop bullying directly at the source. Bullying can be slowed down 

tremendously if we follow these tools and examples, we can change 

peoples life and possibly prevent someone from losing theirs. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Work cited 
 
 
 
http://ihs.eduhsd.k12.ca.us/documents/School%20Info/Safe%20School%20Pos
ter.pdf 
https://www.stopbullying.gov/what-is-bullying/index.html 
 
 
http://girlsguidetoendbullying.org/Relational_RecognizeBullying.html 
 
Banks, Ron. ​Bullying in Schools. Eric Digest​. 
https://kidshealth.org/en/teens/harassment.html 
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