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   <span style="color: rgb(244, 1, 1)"><span style="color: rgb(244, 1, 1)"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)">Q <span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)">1 .How many people from all over the world have been bullied this year? <span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"> **<span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)">A1 .** **Over 2 million people get bullied each year.** <span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"> <span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(244, 1, 1)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)">Q2.What is the main reason why bullies like to pick on people <span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)">? <span style="color: rgb(126, 14, 139)"> <span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)">**<span style="color: rgb(126, 14, 139)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)">A2.The two main reasons why bullies pick on people <span style="color: rgb(72, 5, 128)">is because of their appearance and social status. **

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<span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(126, 14, 139)">       ====== <span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)">   <span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(126, 14, 139)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(244, 1, 1)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)">Q3.Why do bullies act this way? <span style="color: rgb(112, 10, 164)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)">**A3. Because they are jealous, have poor self esteem, want attention o****r** **mad at the world and take it out on other people.** <span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(244, 1, 1)"> <span style="color: rgb(126, 14, 139)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(244, 1, 1)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)">Q4.What percent of the victims and witnesses do not tell someone if they are so scared? <span style="color: rgb(96, 2, 156)"><span style="color: rgb(78, 6, 132)"><span style="color: rgb(79, 5, 128)"><span style="color: rgb(112, 10, 164)">**A4. 59% of victims do not tell anyone they are getting bullied.**

<span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)">Q5.Specifically, what do the bullies usually do to torment other people? <span style="color: rgb(96, 10, 153)"> <span style="color: rgb(96, 10, 153)">**A5.**       <span style="color: rgb(96, 10, 153)"> <span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"> <span style="color: rgb(126, 14, 139)"> <span style="color: rgb(235, 5, 5)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)">Q6.Do the bullies actually ENJOY tormenting others?<span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)">
 * <span style="color: rgb(96, 10, 153)">**Verbal Bullying: Verbal Bullying is where the bully calls you names and makes threats etc...**<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">
 * **Mental Bullying: Mental Bullying is where the bully use's abusive language towards you.**
 * **<span style="color: rgb(96, 10, 153)">Physical Bullying: Physical Bullying is where the bully physically hurts you. This can include pushing, punching, and ki<span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)">cking etc... ** <span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)">[[image:http://www.ed-u.com/bullying.gif width="190" height="142" align="right" caption="Bullying and fighting"]]
 * <span style="color: rgb(96, 10, 153)">A6.Yes, but sometimes they do it just to get attention. **

Q7.What age group are the bullies usually ? <span style="color: rgb(112, 10, 164)">**A7. The main age group for bullying is a school bully that can range from 5-18.** <span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"> <span style="color: rgb(235, 5, 5)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)">Q8.What is bullying? **<span style="color: rgb(81, 4, 149)">A7.when someone keeps doing or saying things intentionally to control another person **, **<span style="color: rgb(85, 1, 188)">or just to look better than them because they are jealous of the person. ** <span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"> Q9.Do some teachers bully their students? <span style="color: rgb(84, 1, 157)">**A9. Yes by picking on students** Q10.Do some parents bully their children? <span style="color: rgb(76, 4, 129)">**A10. Yes that is called family violence wich you can help stop!** <span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)">

Q11.Do teachers get bullied? <span style="color: rgb(48, 2, 131)">**A12. Teachers can get bullied from other teachers or there students (Depending on what year they teach)** Q12.What country has the highest record of bullying?
 * A12. America**

Q13.What percentage of the victims in our class are girls?
 * A13.1.5%**

Q14.What percentage of the victims in our class are boys?
 * A14.9%**

Q15.How do girls bully?
 * A15.** <span style="color: rgb(72, 6, 91)"><span style="color: rgb(152, 21, 11)">
 * **<span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(72, 6, 91)"><span style="color: rgb(152, 21, 11)">Girls bully by using emotional violence. They do things that make others feel alienated and alone. Some of the tactics used by girls who bully include:  **
 * **<span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(72, 6, 91)"><span style="color: rgb(152, 21, 11)">anonymous prank phone calls or harassing emails from dummy accounts  **
 * **<span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(72, 6, 91)"><span style="color: rgb(152, 21, 11)">playing jokes or tricks designed to embarrass and humiliate  **
 * **<span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(72, 6, 91)"><span style="color: rgb(152, 21, 11)">deliberate exclusion of other kids for no real reason  **
 * **<span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(72, 6, 91)"><span style="color: rgb(152, 21, 11)">whispering in front of other kids with the intent to make them feel left out  **
 * **<span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(72, 6, 91)"><span style="color: rgb(152, 21, 11)">name calling, rumor spreading and other malicious verbal interactions  **
 * **<span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(72, 6, 91)"><span style="color: rgb(152, 21, 11)">being friends one week and then turning against a peer the next week with no incident or reason for the alienation  **
 * **<span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(72, 6, 91)"><span style="color: rgb(152, 21, 11)">encouraging other kids to ignore or pick on a specific child  **
 * **<span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"><span style="color: rgb(72, 6, 91)"><span style="color: rgb(152, 21, 11)">inciting others to act out violently or aggressively  **

<span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)"> Q16.What percentage of the BULLIES in our class are boys?
 * A16.86.58%**

Q17.What is the worst that a child/adult was bullied?
 * Q17. When the bully has been so mean that the victim has deliberately killed themselves.**

Q18.How do bullies get phone numbers, email addresses or house addresses if people the victims know does not give it to the bully?
 * A18.They might get them from the websites that ask for emails and addresses if they want to join the chat rooms and other communication websites.**3456

Q19. If a bully didn't know he was a bully and someone told him would he stop?
 * A19. Sometimes if the bully does not mean to.**

Q20. What is the main why bullies want to have revenge?
 * A20.Maybe the victims remind them of someone they hated in the past.**

Q21. Are there more boy bullies than girls? <span style="color: rgb(71, 5, 118)">**A22. No, girls get bullied more than boys.**

Q22. Are there more boys who have been bullied than girls?
 * <span style="color: rgb(69, 5, 118)">A23. Yes. **

Q23. Do bullies want their victims to commit suicide or hurt them selves badly?
 * A23. The bullies just want to be cool so they bully the smaller or smarter children.**

Q24. Has everybody bullied someone before? A24. **There is no correct answer but some people think that everyone has bullied someone before, just some people only bully by saying something that wasn't meant to hurt someone's feelings.**

Q25.Has everyone been bullied before?
 * A25.No.Not everyone.**

Q26.What percentage of kids are being bullied at school?
 * A26.In the US there are about 29% of the school children in high school that get bullied, and about 23% in Canada, but the answers might be incorrect since many children do not admit that they are being bullied.**

Q27. What percentage of adults have been bullied at work or anywhere?
 * A27. At work, 37% out of 54 million people get bullied, which is 16,650,000 people!**

Q28.What percentage of the witnesses tell people that someone is being bullied?
 * A28. Only 15% actually tell their parents or somebody that may help them that someone is getting bullied.**

Q29.What percentage of the witnesses don't tell people that someone is being bullied? <span style="color: rgb(90, 12, 126)"> =<span style="color: rgb(90, 12, 126)"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(91, 16, 16)"><span style="color: rgb(85, 252, 39)"><span style="color: rgb(99, 13, 13)"><span style="color: rgb(33, 48, 181)"><span style="color: rgb(16, 6, 249); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">     **<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(91, 16, 16)"><span style="color: rgb(85, 252, 39)"><span style="color: rgb(99, 13, 13)"><span style="color: rgb(33, 48, 181)"><span style="color: rgb(16, 6, 249); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Comprehension questions:      **=
 * A29. 85% of people each year don't tell people.**

=<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(91, 16, 16)"><span style="color: rgb(85, 252, 39)"><span style="color: rgb(99, 13, 13)"><span style="color: rgb(33, 48, 181)"><span style="color: rgb(16, 6, 249)">     = <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(91, 16, 16)"><span style="color: rgb(85, 252, 39)"><span style="color: rgb(99, 13, 13)"><span style="color: rgb(33, 48, 181)"><span style="color: rgb(16, 6, 249)">Q1. <span style="color: rgb(11, 19, 244)">What feelings does the bully have after bulling someone? <span style="color: rgb(11, 19, 244)"><span style="color: rgb(16, 6, 249)"><span style="color: rgb(33, 48, 181)"><span style="color: rgb(19, 6, 249)">Why do they keep doing it?
 * A1. the two main reasons what the bully feels like is: the bully feels better because they have let our there anger** **out and another reason is they feel allot cooler because they picked on the smallest kid. The keep doing it because they feel better/ like being popular.**

Q2. Does it make them feel guilty if the person bullying them commit suicide?
 * A2.** **It depends if the bully wanted the victim to commit suicide if they didn't want it to go to far we think they would feel very very guilty and would wish that they didn't bully them in the first place.**<span style="color: rgb(40, 24, 216)"><span style="color: rgb(33, 48, 181)">

Q3. Should we stop all bullies or just school bullies? Why and How?
 * A3.Yes we should stop this because people do not like bullying and it doesn't help anyone anyway. Lots of people can die because of bullying and no one enjoys bullying.**

<span style="color: rgb(40, 24, 216)">Q4. Where do the victims usually get bullied and why do they bully there?
 * A4.People usually get bullied in an alleyway because no-one is there.**

Q5. What is bullying and how do we help stop it in our community?
 * A5.Bullying is when a group of people gang up on someone else and hurt them verbally or phyically.We could put up posters for anti-bullying.**

Q6. What is the most used type of bullying? why?
 * A6.The most used type of bullying is verbal bullying because someone can say something and it just comes out horribly, and they don't think of how they can hurt someone.**

Q7. what could we have to say or do to the bully to let them know what they do is bad and to stop?
 * A7.We could ask the bully to stop or we could ask a teacher or someone you trust to ask the bully to stop.**

Q8. Do bullies know about human rights? If they don't should we tell them about it?
 * A8.Maybe.We should tell them about the Human Rights.**

Q9. Should bullying be against the law? If so, what would happen to them when they got arrested, and what type of bullying would it be? -amy_tjan.**
 * A9.Bullying should not be against the law, it is unfair that the slightest name calling or push and shove might get someone in jail for a number of days, but we should do something about it since I hear some people tell me that their friend is being bullied and no matter how many times they tell the teacher, nothing is done about it.

Q10 Do the bullies actually enjoy bullying others? Why or why not? If they don't, why do they do it?
 * A10.They enjoy tormenting others, but it is usually only to get their anger out of themselves.**

Q11.How can you tell if someone is bullying someone else or they are just plain teasing-and-having-fun? **<span style="color: rgb(33, 0, 255)">A11. **
 * **<span style="color: rgb(33, 0, 255)">Discuss what has been going on with your child and find out his side of the story. Children bully for a number of reasons. It may be that he is being bullied himself, or he may be trying to get attention or become popular with a group. **
 * **<span style="color: rgb(33, 0, 255)">Help your child to understand how his actions are affecting other children. You may need to talk about this over a period of time. He needs to know that bullying is totally unacceptable. **
 * **<span style="color: rgb(33, 0, 255)">If the bullying is happening at school, talk to your child's teacher or form tutor to get a better picture of what is going on and what can be done. **
 * **<span style="color: rgb(33, 0, 255)">If there are other children involved in the bullying, they may be putting pressure on each other. It may help to speak to their parents - they will probably be as anxious as you are to put an end to the problem. **

<span style="color: rgb(33, 0, 255)"> <span style="color: rgb(33, 0, 255)">Q12.What is going through a bully's life? **<span style="color: rgb(33, 0, 255)"> A12. **
 * <span style="color: rgb(33, 0, 255)">1. They watch more violent TV at home. **
 * <span style="color: rgb(33, 0, 255)">2. They misbehave at home more frequently. **
 * <span style="color: rgb(33, 0, 255)">3. They spend less time with adults at home. **
 * <span style="color: rgb(33, 0, 255)">4. At home, when they are disciplined, they face more forceful parental discipline. **
 * <span style="color: rgb(33, 0, 255)">5. Bullies have fewer positive adult role models. Perhaps, they don't get adequate opportunity for watching a lot of adults in their environments trying to win friends and influence people through communication, persuasion, or negotiation. Consequently, they don't get adequate opportunity to role model for ideal social skills. **
 * <span style="color: rgb(33, 0, 255)">6. Likewise, bullies have fewer positive peer influences. Perhaps, the peers with whom bullies identify are also trying to dominate others by fear and coercion **
 * <span style="color: rgb(33, 0, 255)">7. Bullies also get into more fights. **

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=<span style="color: rgb(248, 79, 193)"> = <span style="color: rgb(248, 79, 193)"> <span style="color: rgb(248, 79, 193)">Q1.A12How many people in the world would want to help bully victims in schools and try to stop bullying around the world? Why would they want to do this? <span style="color: rgb(235, 152, 234)">A1.

<span style="color: rgb(244, 12, 6); font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="color: rgb(236, 9, 9); font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif">[In our class the main reason that we would not tell on a bully is that we do not want to be a tell tail and losing all your friends.] =<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">**<span style="color: rgb(14, 134, 71); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">Bibliography: ** =

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