senior graduation project
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Bullying & Harassment In SchoolsBy Meghan Theisen
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“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
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Thesis
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Personal RelevanceI decided to do this project because I’ve been in the situation where I’ve been teased and made fun of. I’ve
also been in the situation where I felt like suicide was the only way out of a
rough situation. Seeing the recent suicides, especially among gay students, sparked an anger and
concern within me. I want to leave my footprint in someway shape or
form.
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What is Bullying?
• An aggressive behavior that involves unwanted negative actions
• Involves a pattern of behavior over a repeated time
• Involves an imbalance of power or strength
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Why Do People Bully?
• To show they are in charge
• They’re insecure with themselves
• They’re victims of bullying or had once been a victim of bullying
• Jealously
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Between 15% & 30% of students are bullies or victims of bullying
3.7 million youths engage in & 3.2 million are victims of moderate or serious bullying each year
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77% of students are bullied mentally, verbally and physically
8% of students say they missed 1 day of class a month for fear of bullies
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87% of teenagers said shootings are motivated by a desire to “get back at those who have hurt them”
39% of middle schoolers &
36% of high schoolers say they don’t feel safe at school
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The Types of Bullying
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Physical Bullying
• Occurs most often at schools but can occur on the way to and from school
• Socially marginalized for reasons including weight, ethnicity, or other characteristics making it harder for them to fit in
• The bully or bullies intend to hurt, embarrass, or intimidate the victim
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Emotional or Verbal Bullying
• Verbal bullying is just as harmful as physical bullying
• Can affect one’s self image
• Can affect someone in emotional and psychological ways
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School Bullying
• Pack Bullying • Individual Bullying
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Cyber Bullying
• Cyber bullying is when someone is harassed, humiliated, embarrassed, threatened or tormented using technology
• Text messages and cell phones are also used to harass a victim
• Cyber bullying like any other type of bullying is an attempt to make someone feel about him or herself
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42% of kids have been bullied while online
1 in 4 have had it happen more then once
35% of kids have been threatened online
1 in 5 have had it happen more then once
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Tips for Stopping a Cyberbully
• Don’t respond• Don’t retaliate or be a bully yourself• Save the evidence; Don’t erase the
messages• Talk to a trusted adult
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Text Bullying• 9 out 10 teens have a cell phones
• Can happen 24 hours a day even at home; home is usually a place for a victim to get away from the bully
• • Text bullies are meaner because they don’t see there
victim
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Tips if you run into a bully
• Ignore them
• Stand up for yourself; be brave and confident
• Don’t bully back; violence isn’t the solution
• Don’t show how your really feeling
• Tell an adult
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Suicide
11th leading cause of death in the United States
8th leading cause of death for males
19th leading cause of death for females
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Bullying and Suicide
• Bully victims are between 2 to 9 times more likely to consider suicide then non-victims
• Bully-related suicide can be connected to any type of bullying
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“Bullycide”
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Corrine WilsonSeptember 30th, 1991- October 6th, 2004
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• Moved to Rockdale, Texas in 2000
• She played softball on a team of girls who were already considerably good
• She would cry after every single practice
• They would tell her she was fat, ugly, and exclude her
• They told her she should go kill herself
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Ryan HalliganDecember 18th, 1989- October
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• The same group of boys taunted and teased him from 5th grade until 8th grade
• His first girlfriend called him a loser and told him she wanted nothing to do with him
• She copied and pasted the instant message between them to all her friends
• “Some call it bullycide or even cyber bullycide. I just call it a huge hole in my heart that will never heal.”
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April HimesApril 27th, 1986- February 14th, 2000
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• Enjoyed painting, singing, choir, gardening and spending time with her family and friends
• She missed 53 school days because of bullying
• She was called fat, ugly, and physically bullied daily
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Kristina CalcoDecember 26th, 1989- December 4th, 20051
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• A 4.0 honor student who always strived for perfection
• She was very artistic
• Was part of the yearbook, newspaper, and broadcasting staff
• She played on the volleyball, swimming, and track teams
• Was constantly tormented and called ugly
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School Shootings Caused by Bullying
The Downfall of Seung-Hui Cho
On Monday April 16th 2007 he killed 32 people and wounded 25 people in the Virginia Tech
Massacre
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• Born in South Korea
• Came home from school in the 1st grade crying throwing tantrums because he didn’t want to go
• Moved to America in the 2nd grade
• Diagnosed with an anxiety disorder which inhibited him from speaking
• Throughout high school he was teased for his shyness and inability to talk
• Was always alone
• They would tell him to “Go back to China”
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• In 1999 after the Columbine massacre he was transfixed by the event
• He wrote on his binder “F you all I hope you all burn in hell.”
• In a school assignment he wrote that he wanted to “repeat Columbine”
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In College…• Poet professor Nick Giovanni removed him from her class 6 weeks into the
semester • He intimidated female students by photographing their legs underneath the desk
• He wrote obscene and violent poetry
• Always wore sunglasses; even indoors
• Described as awkward, lonely and insecure
• He wouldn’t respond to someone if he was greeted
• He was involved in 3 different stalking incidents
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The Morning of the Shooting
• He mailed a manifesto to NBC at 9:01 am the day of the shooting
• Contained 43 images of him with the weapons
• Contained 27 video clips of angry rants
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The Victims
Ross Abdallah Alameddine Jamie Bishop
Brian Bluhm
Ryan Clark
Austin Cloyd Jocelyne Couture-Nowak
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Daniel Perez Cueva Kevin Granata Matthew Gwaltney
Caitlin Hammaran Jeremy Herbstritt Rachael Hill
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Emily Hilscher Jarrett Lane Matt La Porte Henry Lee
Liviu Librescu G.V. Loganathan Partahi LumbantoruanLauren Ashley McCain
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Dan O’Neil Juan Ortiz Minal Panchal Erin PetersonMichael Steven Pohl Jr
Julia PrydeMary Karen ReadReema SamahWaleed ShaalanLeslie Sherman
Maxine Turner Nicole Regina White
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Students Threatened or Injured With a Weapon at School
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Rates of Bullying and other School Discipline Problems
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Students Who Carried a Weapon to School