Ron Bellanti - Right Now Against Bullying

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Bullying and Teasing: No Laughing Matter


This article summarizes how bullying starts and who are usually the victims of bullying.  Research shows that twenty to thirty percent of school kids are involved in bullying incidents either as a victim or as the bully. The victims are often shy and tend to be physically weaker than their peers.
They may also show signs of low self-esteem, and poor social skills, making it easier for bullies to target them because they, the bullies, know these kids wont be able to do much. Victims of bullying may suffer both physically and emotionally and instead of focusing in class, they’ll be busy wondering what they did wrong that made them the target of this situation. This will cause their grades to go down. Some signs of kids being bullied are if they refuse to go to school, they show up with unexplained bruises, their social activities have dropped significantly low etc. It’s important both at home and in school that parents and teachers talk to students who may show signs of being bullied.

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