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, and Voldemort are all di%%erent ty#es o% &illains, all in di%%erent ty#es o% mo&ies. Each &illain %alls under the category o% a '(ully). A (ully is de%ined in many ways (ut in each way, none are re#resented #ositi&ely. *ndi&iduals are la(eled as a +(ully+ #urely (ased on their actions and how they treat other indi&iduals. Based on whether they #hysically harrass someone to whether they create some ty#e o% negati&e im#act on someone else,s li%e. Being la(eled as a (ully is nothing to (e #roud o%- it is actually something to (e ashamed o%. .nowing that you mentally scarred someone, !nowing that you,re the reason %or someone else,s sadness is nothing to (e #roud o%. +Signi%icant negati&e e%%ects ha&e (een documented on the #hysical and emotional health o% (oth (ullies and their &ictims. + /0igliore1. Bullies are also sometimes re%erred to as cowards. They,re so insecure a(out themsel&es that they ha&e to (ring someone else down, 2ust to (ring themsel&es u#. They don3t understand that calling someone +ugly+ isn,t going to ma!e them attracti&e, or calling someone +dum(+ isn,t going to ma!e them smarter. Bullies are run (y their own insecurities. 4or some time now (ullying has ne&er (een thought o% as a serious #ro(lem. Peo#le ha&e

shrugged it o%% li!e its nothing. 5ecently #eo#le ha&e seen the conse6uences o% (ullying and the harm it can (ring to one. Article 78 tal!s a(out ways to eliminate (ullying in a classroom. This article (rings u# a %ew good ideas that can hel# #re&ent (ullying in the classroom. '9se a con%idential message (o: %or student suggestions or comments on classroom concerns.) /0igliore1. The message (o: is only one o% many suggestion the article tal!s a(out, (ut * see a #ro(lem with the article. *t only tal!s a(out things inside the classroom. *t doesn3t hel# those (eing (ullied outside o% school. The #erson ,who wrote this article, also seems to (e going at it the wrong way. $e wants communication to (e the !ey to sto# (ullying. * (elie&e that strict rules and conse6uences need to (e #ut in #lace in order to #re&ent (ullying. Although * don3t %ully agree with the suggestions o% this article, * learned that #re&enting (ullying in the classroom could (ene%it all the students and sta%% at the school. Students will %eel com%orta(le and sa%e at school. Article 77 contains more #ersonal accounts and statistics o% (ullying. 'Bully (light) shows that (ullying can e&en occur in college. *t doesn3t 2ust disa##ear a%ter a certain age- it can ha##en to anyone at any time. The article contains a #ersonal story o% a student at ;ashington high school in 0ilwau!ee. *t shows how wides#read (ullying really is. '<=> o% si:th graders said they were (ullied at least once in the course o% %i&e school days.) /Lemonic!1. This is shoc!ing, nearly hal% the !ids in ?th grade are (eing (ullied at least once a wee!. This article is

relia(le as the source o% the in%ormation this article contains come %rom studies done (y a student at 9"LA. * ha&e also learned #ro#er ways to deal with someone (eing (ullied and one doing the (ullying. 'Su#er&ise your child3s acti&ities whene&er #ossi(le. Set clear, consistent rules %or(idding (ullying and de%ining the #enalty. Strictly en%orce them.) /Lemonic!1. * %eel this is a #ro#er way to settle (ullying as a more in&ol&ed #arent will lead to a more res#onsi(le child. * #ersonally am a &ictim to (ullying. * may loo! li!e *,m the ha##y all the time, that * ha&e no trou(les, that *3&e had no worries. @et, * ha&e (een (ullied %or a %ew years o% my li%e. *,&e (een (ullied %or many di%%erent reasons, %rom my tal!ing, to my teeth, and to my ethnicity. *n elementary, * would (e moc!ed e&ery single time * miss #ronounced a word. 0y classmates, my si(lings, e&en my %riends would all imitate me. * actually ne&er too! this to heart. * would (rush it o%% and actually laugh a(out it too. A%ter it ha##ening all the time, it did start to get under my s!in. *t may not seem li!e a (ig deal, (ut i% you ha&e to deal with the same situation, almost e&ery day it gets to you. *t came to the #oint where * didn3t li!e to socialiAe as much- * didn3t want to em(arrass mysel%. This wasn3t the only #ro(lem * had to deal with at the time. At that age, my two %ront teeth were (oth ca&ities, so they were (oth sil&er. This made me %eel somewhat li!e an outcast. Some 2o!es were made a(out me and my teeth (ut as * always did * 2ust ignored it and 2ust (rushed it o%%. As * got older * realiAed it doesn3t matter what others thin!. There will always (e #eo#le who criticiAe others (ut don3t e&er let that a%%ect you.

B&er the years, *,d say, (ullying has decreased. Through the sur&eys that * made %reshmen to seniors %ill out, *3&e noticed that more seniors and 2uniors ha&e (een (ullied than so#homores and %reshmen ha&e. 0ost students mar!ed that they ha&en3t e:#erienced (ullying (ut there was C seniors and 2uniors who said they did and only 7 so#homore and %reshman. * %eel li!e this isn3t trustworthy statistics as %reshman and so#homores may (e less willing to o#en u# and say they ha&e (een (ullied. Seniors and 2uniors are also more relia(le as they will ta!e the sur&eys more seriously while so#homores and %reshman wont. *,&e also noticed that the ma2ority o% the #eo#le that ma!e them %eel sa%e are the #olice (eing e&erywhere and the administration (eing acti&ely around school. 0ost adolescents might hate the %act that there is some ty#e o% authority e&erywhere they loo!, (ut little do they !now it3s a sa%ety call %or someone else. The decrease in (ullying may (e caused (y ideas such as the +com#laint (o:+ /"urriculum 5e&iew1, or (y research #ro2ects such as this one. Bullying gets more recogniAed e&ery year and more #eo#le are acting u#on their instincts to #re&ent or sto# it. Students are starting to ma!e a di%%erence to sto# (ullying, such as ma!ing #ledges that they will (e #art o% the solution. +These !ids were willing to ta!e a leadershi# role, !nowing that i% they too! a stand, others might %ollow. They also recogniAed that e&en i% no one else %ollowed in their %ootste#s, they would do what they !new was right+ /"oloroso1. * %eel li!e there still is (ullying in the school (ut #eo#le 2ust don3t s#ea! u# a(out it. * see #eo#le tal!ing a(out others all the time (ut they !ee# it discrete. Peo#le ne&er want to (e !nown as a snitch or a 'hater) so they don3t want to s#ea! u#. *n Article 78 it

suggests ways %or teachers to #re&ent (ullying (ut not once ha&e * seen teachers try to im#ly any !ind o% rules to #re&ent (ullying. Teachers need to see that it3s a serious #ro(lem and need to disci#line any student (ullying another. As * learned %rom article 77, #arents also need to ste# in and chec! u# on their children e&ery now and then and teach them a(out the harms o% (ullying. * (elie&e (ullying will ne&er go away (ut * do (elie&e it can (e controlled. The recent generations are ta!ing the initiati&es and creating #rograms ranging %rom actual %aceDtoD%ace thera#y to grou#s and to hotlines, where #eo#le are there to listen to your #ro(lems. 4or e:am#le, Eorway has a #rogram called +The Blweus Bullying Pre&ention Program+. +;e see Eorway,s national initiati&e as a (rea!through %or the systematic, long term, and research (ased wor! against (ullyF&ictim #ro(lems in schools+ /Blweus1. This #rogram can ma!e a di%%erence in reducing (ullying not only in 5ancho (ut schools e&erywhere. * also (elie&e that school o%%icials ha&e as much res#onsi(ility as the #arents o% the (ully. School o%%icials ha&e to ha&e stricter #olicies and ha&ing conse6uences %or those that go against these. The school should ha&e an antiD (ullying #rogram and any student caught (ullying is re6uired to go. This #rogram should not only disci#line them (ut also show them what (ullying can lead to.

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