As a noun, the Merriam-Webster dictionary (n.d., para 5) defines a bully as a person who teases, hurts, or threatens a smaller or weaker person. As a verb, the Merriam-Webster dictionary (n.d., para 3) defines it as to frighten, hurt, or threaten to act like a bully toward someone. To cause someone to do something by making threats or insults or by using force. In the 15th and 16th centuries, a feudal lord would refer to his sweetheart as his “bully.” A term that was applicable to both men and women as their “lover” (Peters, 2010). Several centuries later the term changed to “blusterer” - someone who was full of hot air and empty threats (Nunn, 2013). Then around 1780 to “a tyrannical coward who makes himself …show more content…
Give them your full attention by listening to what they are saying, stop whatever it is you were doing, make eye contact, nodding your head in understanding, and slightly turn your right ear to their direction for processing the information. Stay neutral. Keep yourself from making judgements about the issue or concern. Communicate compassion and empathy for the person. In her second book, Please Stop Laughing at Us, (2008, p. 415-418) Jodee shares what teachers should say to their bullied student and do: Say, “I don’t know how you feel. I can’t imagine what you are going through.” “Let’s talk about an action that we can take together today to help solve this problem of bullying you are facing.” Contact a park district, public library, or community center one town over and ask for a list of youth programs. Help the student find something that they can participate in. Contact the parents and constructively explain the solutions you and the student have come up with. Be a friendly figure that will approach the concerns as an ally. 6. Don’t make it worse by chastising a tormentor in public. Devise a plan to talk with the victim elsewhere and then approach the assailants in a different location at a later time. 7. Use compassion punishment. Jodee says that traditional punishments do not work. It …show more content…
Get backup if administration is not helping with the situation. Plead your case to the school board and if that doesn’t work contact the education reporter at your local paper. 10. Creatively incorporate an anti-bullying curriculum into your content. For example, in social studies as we talk about different people and how they were treated different or shunned for their beliefs. When working with other staff members and parents it is important to have the understanding that it is not “someone else’s responsibility” to do something. Everyone should do their part to stop bullying. Schools need to provide their staff a training on their district’s bullying prevention policy. Without proper training, teachers may not recognize some behaviors as bullying and then ineffectively treating it with the traditional discipline system (Edutopia, Oct 20, 2013, para. 3) Teachers need to be trained to identify and respond to inappropriate behavior and to be vigilant and visible in the hallways, stairwells, locker rooms, and cafeterias. Have students draw a map of areas that bullying has happened, then share it with the staff to make sure there is coverage. Treat students and others with compassion and respect. Be there for them and let them know you will listen and help
Be prepared to discuss strategies with staff/parents to help them to understand & refrain from bullying behaviour in the future.
The current definition of bullying, according to stopbullying.gov, is “unwanted, aggressive behavior among school-aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is reappeared, or has the potential to be repeated over time” (Bullying Definition).... ... middle of paper ... ...
It is time to raise awareness about teachers bullying students, too, so that students can feel safe and learn at
Bullying incidents need to be monitored and stopped when they are happening. Schools need to do more to prevent bullying issues and stop them for good. Most children are too afraid to say anything to
When you think of a bully most people think of them as a big scary kid who pushes kids in lockers and throws their books on to the ground, well nowadays bullying is a lot different it can get to the extremes of punching, kicking, threats and even Blackmail.
With that. if students, staff members and students would just speak up and report all the bullying that they see, maybe there wont be anymore tragic outcomes. Most importantly those who do bully get the punishment they deserve and serious consequences. So to do that I believe that there should be an anti-bullying law in every state without having someone to be bullied for it. Just so that they could prevent anyone else to endure that type of torture. My last remark that I have for you is that if you ever see bullying happening, you must report it to an adult, police officer, even an administrator. By doing that you are helping children everywhere, saving lives and also you'll feel betterr about yourself knowing you did something important to help people.
A bully is someone who craves power and authority by hurting others verbally or physically like Ralph, Jack, Roger, and Maurice. Ralph was pretentious and believed to get whatever he wanted by becoming chief, and wanted all the attention on him. He did what Piggy did not want him to do which was to call him Piggy. Jack wanted even more power than Ralph and got it by bullying everyone on the island to join him. He physically and verbally hurt Piggy because it gave him authority over him. Roger and Maurice both bullied littleluns and Roger also bullied Sam and Eric physically and killed Piggy. Bullying is a current event that is still going on today that affects so many people no matter what age, it is done to make others feel worse and is increasingly getting worse.
...also remember to teach our children how important kindness and compassion is. Bullying is such an unecessary evil and its up to parents, teachers and adults to protect our children from this abuse.
Piotrowski, Debra, and James Hoot. "Bullying and Violence in Schools: What Teachers Should Know and Do." Childhood Education, 1 Jan. 2008. eLibrary. Web. 30 Oct. 2013.
Bullying has always been a problem within the past century and has become an epidemic. However, because of social media people are becoming more aware of the issues associated with bullying and how it has become a trend in today’s society. You turn on the news and you are hearing about kids being bullied and the end result is suicide. Bullying is occurring worldwide. Not only is it happening in our schools and social networks, but also in the work place. The various types of bullying that exist and the attempt to entirely eliminate them is not achievable because of individual and environmental factors.
What is bullying? It is often described as “behavior that occurs repeatedly and over time intentionally inflicts physical and/ or psychological injury on another individual.” It is an issue that threatens the well beings of children and teenagers. Fifty percent of American children in school have conceded to being bullied in ways such as being left out, being physically abused, and mentally abused (Clay). Ten percent admitted to being cyberbullied (Swearer). Bullying often targets race, disability, national origin, physical appearance, gender, religion, and many more.
In recent times bullying has become a national issue, notwithstanding the fact that it has been in existence for many years. Traditionally, bullying has been seen as horseplay, but with the increase of harassment in schools and suicides; parents and schools are now forced to take action to prevent bullying in schools. Bullying is an unwanted, aggressive behavior that involves a real or perceived power imbalance which has the potential to be repeated over time. Strategies to prevent bullying in schools are grouped into identifying the causes of bullying, creating policies and rules, building a safe environment and educating students and staff.
Some children have normalized the bullying culture and can no longer recognize what is and isn’t bullying. By adding anti-bullying programs schools, including administration and parents, will be aware of all forms of bullying and what they could do to help the cause. There are many forms of anti-bullying programs said to be built for the many different forms of bullying. There are programs that find the parents to be the source of the solution. This includes schools sending guides to the parents homes to teach how to deal with bullying, and to begin a discussion on how to talk about bullying with their child, which often leads to therapeutic talks. Programs that only involve schools are filled with anti-bullying messages throughout the school year that reinforce positive behavior. There also are programs that include both forces, parents and schools. These programs according to Elizabeth Lawner and Mary Terzian in “What Works for Bullying Programs: lessons from experimental evaluations of programs and evaluation” say “Five of the six programs that involved parents and implemented a whole-school approach worked for at least
As adults, teachers, and parents, it is important to respond quickly and consistently to any bullying behavior. This way, we send a clear and firm message that bullying is unacceptable. - “Research shows this can stop bullying behavior over time,” states www.stopbullying.gov. Adults should first intervene quickly and separate the children involved. Making sure every child is safe is very important in order to meet any medical or mental health needs if necessary. As an adult, staying calm is important as well in order to calm down the children involved and not contribute to any hostile mood or environment. In addition, get police help or medical attention if there is a weapon involved, serious threats made, serious violence or racism/homophobia, serious bodily harm, sexual abuse or assault, or any illegal accusations are being
Bullying has become a serious problem in public schools systems. Being a victim of bullying is a daily struggle for some students. The issue continues to grow, but the question is how to stop bullying from occurring. Many ways have been attempted to stop bullying, but some are more effective than others. Having the students get involved seems to have the most positive effect on the bullying issue in public school systems.