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Bullying and “Bullycide” national data and statistics.

by MARK TRAINA

Aug 6, 2012

Bullying and “Bullycide” national data and statistics. Approximately, 160,000 U.S. public school students miss school every day out of fear of being bullied. Many types of bullying occurring in schools today did not exist when we as parents and teachers were growing up. Students got threatened, teased and bounced around a bit, but this new type of bullying that I am talking about is occurring in “Cyberspace!” Cyberbullying is becoming more and more rampant in schools across America. Social networking has provided an entirely new environment for bullying to take place. According to bullying statistics coming out of the White House, in 2010, there were approximately 2.7 million students involved in cyberbullying activities either as the perpetrator or as the victim. Strangely, studies have actually shown that being a victim of cyberbullying can actually lead to the victims themselves becoming cyberbullies as a means of retaliation. In fact, revenge for bullying is one of the stro...See MoreBullying and “Bullycide” national data and statistics. Approximately, 160,000 U.S. public school students miss school every day out of fear of being bullied. Many types of bullying occurring in schools today did not exist when we as parents and teachers were growing up. Students got threatened, teased and bounced around a bit, but this new type of bullying that I am talking about is occurring in “Cyberspace!” Cyberbullying is becoming more and more rampant in schools across America. Social networking has provided an entirely new environment for bullying to take place. According to bullying statistics coming out of the White House, in 2010, there were approximately 2.7 million students involved in cyberbullying activities either as the perpetrator or as the victim. Strangely, studies have actually shown that being a victim of cyberbullying can actually lead to the victims themselves becoming cyberbullies as a means of retaliation. In fact, revenge for bullying is one of the strongest motivations for school shootings, according to recent bullying statistics. Approximately, sixty percent of all students felt that the number one reason students shoot at one another at school is because they have been victims of physical violence in their home, communities and/or at school. Interestingly, a number of studies have also suggested that many students act out violently on their peers, teachers, school administrators and school staff personnel because they are abused at home. FACT: Over half of all public school students have witnessed a bullying crime take place while at school. FACT: Approximately fifteen percent of all students who do not show up for school report it to be out of fear of being bullied while at school. FACT: Over seventy percent of all public school students report bullying as an on-going problem. FACT: Nearly ten percent of students dropping out of school or changing from one school to another is due to repeated bullying. FACT: Five percent of all public school students have actually witnessed a fellow student on campus with a gun. FACT: Ninety percent of the bullying that is occurring in public schools throughout America occurs between fourth through eighth grades. FACT: Over fifty percent of all public school students reported that witnessing physical abuse at home can lead to violence in school. FACT: Sadly, homicide perpetrators were found to be twice as likely as homicide victims to have been physically abused by family members and/or peers during their early childhood and adolescent years. FACT: Over 280,000 Students are reportedly attacked on publicly funded school campuses in America each month. Suicide continues to be one of the leading causes of death among children under the age of fourteen. “Bullycide” is a new term used to describe suicide as the result of being bullied. Clinical studies out of the Yale School of Medicine have shown strong connections between bullying, being bullied and suicide. In fact, suicide rates for American public school students have grown more than fifty percent in the past thirty years. Bullying can include various types of behaviors from physical attacks, to destroying one's personal property or clothing, verbal abuse, starting rumors, name calling, verbal aggression online, as well as, other forms of cyberbullying. For students who feel they are being bullied, it is important for teachers, school counselors and school administrators to address the matter with a parent as soon as possible. Students need to be informed that telling on someone for doing something wrong is always the right thing to do. Students also need to know that in the majority of cases when a bully is reported, the bullying stops because the bully is faced with very serious repercussions. These repercussions could possibly lead to expulsion, imprisonment and parental court appearances and fines.

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