Ok this is my opinion on bullying and bullies. I think so much more can be done to stop these people who think its cool or fun to hurt someone else either physically or emotionally. People need to stop saying that it is a part of life and every child goes through it because its not just a stage and the effects of bullying can be disasterous and can effect someones entire life. I remember elementry school kids would constantly pick on me so much so that i wouldn't want to go to school in fact my family was actually thinking about home school because it got so bad i remember in 4th grade coming...

Myths and misperceptions about school bullying
Overcoming stereotypes and false perceptions of school bullying and child bullying
See also myths, misperceptions and stereotypes of adult bullying and workplace bullying.
There's no bullying here
It's in schools which say "there's no bullying here" that you are most likely to find bullying. Bullying happens in every school; good schools are proactive in their approach and deal with incidents of bullying promptly, firmly and fairly. Bad schools deny it, ignore it, justify it, rationalise it, handle it inappropriately, sweep it under the carpet, blame...

This is a essay I wrote for ELA class and my teacher liked it so much that she sent it into a witing contest and I won! These will be displayed at the hockey game I am going to to spread awareness about bullying. This does make references to the book touching spirit bear and Ghost of Spirit bear so you will get the overall picture but you might not get some referances made.I know its long but still please read it, it is only two pages.Thanks!

How to Prevent Bullying ?

    
    Bullying is an immense problem principally in public schools and online. Bullying...

They once knew a girl who was the lead in the musical, and was a cheerleader, and was beautiful.
Some of the kids didn't like how amazing she was, so they told a few kids a terrible rumor.
After that, none of her friends went near her, and the others would snicker when she passed.
She wasn't told why she was being a scape goat, because it was funnier if she didn't know.

She didn't tell her parents, or the counslers, or her teachers, because she was so afraid.
She didn't want to be avoided longer than nessacary. She didn't want to feel bad longer.
But it kept going and going, and by the end of the...

Bully - 1. a blustering, quarrelsome, overbearing person who habitually badgers and intimidates smaller or weaker people.
2. Archaic . a man hired to do violence.
3. Obsolete . a pimp; procurer.
–verb (used with object)
4. to act the bully toward; intimidate; domineer.

Not a very good definition, huh? Bullying affects kids all over the world. Most bullies use fist - or physical - acts to bully. But you can bully with words, too. Many kids also commit suicide from bullying. I, personally, was bullied through out Kinder Garden. I was called names, punched repeatedly, robbed, ecetera. Did you...