Bully 2.docx

Frases celebres 1. Es posible destruir a una persona con palabras, miradas, sobrentendidos: eso es la violencia perversa o el acoso moral. MarieFrance Hirigoyen 2. La violencia es miedo de las ideas de los demás y poca fe en las propias.Antonio Fraguas 3. Los niños que ejercen de matones en la escuela repiten a lo largo de su vida comportamiento de acoso sea en el ámbito familiar, sea en el laboral. En algunos casos los acosadores se convierten en personas violentas o delincuentes; en otros seguirán teniendo actitudes de acoso. David Farrington

4. El problema del acoso escolar suele estar oculto... lo que más nos cuesta en los casos de matonismo es combatir la ley del silencio. Caries Mata Ferrater Mora, José : "Para mí, sólo es justificable la violencia contra el tirano, pues el tirano es la encarnación de la violencia y utilizarla contra él es una forma de destruirla." Kundera, Milan: "La lucha del hombre contra el poder es la lucha de la memoria contra el olvido." Williams, Tennessee: "Debemos desconfiar unos de otros. Es nuestra única defensa contra la traición." Olmos, Edward James : "La educación es la vacuna contra la violencia." The statistics on bullying and suicide are alarming:

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Suicide is the third leading cause of death among young people, resulting in about 4,400 deaths per year, according to the CDC. For every suicide among young people, there are at least 100 suicide attempts. Over 14 percent of high school students have considered suicide, and almost 7 percent have attempted it. Bully victims are between 2 to 9 times more likely to consider suicide than non-victims, according to studies by Yale University A study in Britain found that at least half of suicides among young people are related to bullying 10 to 14 year old girls may be at even higher risk for suicide, according to the study above According to statistics reported by ABC News, nearly 30 percent of students are either bullies or victims of bullying, and 160,000 kids stay home from school every day because of fear of bullying

Bully-related suicide can be connected to any type of bullying, including physical bullying, emotional bullying, cyberbullying, and sexting, or circulating suggestive or nude photos or messages about a person. Some schools or regions have more serious problems with bullying and suicide related to bullying. This may be due to an excessive problem with bullying at the school. It could also be related to the tendency of students who are exposed to suicide to consider suicide themselves.

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Almost half (46%) of children and young people say they have been bullied at school at some point in their lives.

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38% of disabled children worried about being bullied.

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18% of children and young people who worried about bullying said they would not talk to their parents about it.

Suicide of girl aged 13 bullied for being 6ft A 13-year-old girl committed suicide after being bullied at school for being tall. Morgan Musson, who was 6ft, was allegedly tormented by fellow pupils over a period of seven months. Even though she was moved to another school by her parents, the bullying continued because the gang involved lived nearby. 'She was called names and threatened with violence because of her size. 'Even though she was 6ft tall, she was sensitive and quiet. The bullies knew this and preyed on her. 'She wanted to become a policewoman, to help others, but nobody would help her.'

Fact: Bullying happens to someone in Canada every 7 minutes on the playground. Fact: Other kids are watching 85% of the time when one kid bullies another kid. Adults like teachers or parents hardly ever see a bully being mean to someone else. Why do people bully? There are lots of reasons why people bully. Bullying is a behaviour, it is something people learn. Bullies may also be bullied themselves, or they were bullied at one time or another in their lifetime. People bully because it makes them feel superior to others. They might get power and strength from bullying others. People bully to get attention. They think that it makes them popular, or that bullying may be a way to fit in. Bullying doesn't make someone popular or cool, it just makes them mean. People who bully are often scared about something about themselves, so they try to scare others to hide their feelings or pick on others so they won't get picked on first. People who bully are unhappy and they take out their unhappiness on others. People who bully feel little or no responsibility for their actions, and often feel the need to control others and may always feel the need to win. People who bully may be jealous of the people they are bullying. People who bully are unable to understand and appreciate the feelings of others. People who bully always choose the one person they know they can win against (basically bullies are chickens). People who bully are excellent observers of human behaviour. People who bully use 'differences' to make victims feel badly about themselves, such as "You're ugly, stupid" etc. as an excuse for their bad behaviour. It's not the 'difference' in the victim that's the problem - it's the bullies who have the problem because they are afraid, jealous, envious, cruel, angry, insecure, and unhappy. Remember, it's our "differences" that makes us special and unique. You should be proud of who you are. Don't let people who bully take that away from you. Don't give people who bully that power over you. Even though people who bully cause a great deal of pain for others, they need help too. If they do not learn how to change their behaviours, they usually end up in trouble with the law. By age 24, 60 percent of people who were childhood bullies have at least one criminal conviction. People who continue to bully have many other problems as adults who show more alcoholism, antisocial personality disorders and need for mental health services. Some people who bully may not even understand how wrong their behaviour is and how it makes the person being bullied feel. The best defense against a people who bully is to LIKE YOURSELF, be CONFIDENT in YOURSELF, and DONT LOOK LIKE A VICTIM. You should never try to beat people who bully

at their own game. You can't bully someone who bullies into not being a bully. If you need help, tell an adult you know and trust. It is hard to solve such problems on your own. Why am I being bullied? (Why me? What did I do to deserve this?) First, you need to know that you are NOT alone in being bullied. You need to know that being bullied is NOT YOUR FAULT. You also need to know that there are many positive things that you can do about bullying. People who bully might tell you things like "You're stupid and ugly" or other bad things. They might try to hurt and control you by telling you that your hair or skin colour, size, sex, race, religion and other things are bad. Don't believe bullies. These things are not bad. If fact, it is these very things that make you special and unique in our world. These mean words and actions tell us all more about the people who are saying and doing such things, than about you. Bullying is really about others who want to have power and control over you. People who bully want you to feel badly about yourself. Don't give bullies that power