Knowledge+Saturation

=**__*Knowledge Saturation* __**=

= **What we know about bullies and bully victims** =

1. Bullies usually pick on someone their own size or smaller, have different skin colour or are disabled because they look and may act different. 2. Bullies usually bully someone more than once in groups so the victim gets scared. 3. There are two main types of bullying, Physical (like hitting or punching), and verbal (teasing and name calling). 4. Bullies mostly pick on people at school or in their street. 5. Bully victims sometimes don't tell anyone that people are bullying them so it is even harder to find out if a person you know is getting bullied. They usually don't tell anyone because they are scared about the bullies finding out and start bullying him/her again. 6. Some people who get bullied commit suicide or have drinking and drug addictions when they are older because they have had tormented childhood. 7. Children and adults can be bullied or be a bully. 8. Bullies bully because sometimes they have had a difficult life because their parents might of gotten divorced or their parents drink and take drugs or it might even be that someone has died in their family. 9. In bully gangs, there is the main bully and then the rest are tag-alongs. The tag-alongs are usually only in the gang because they don't want to be bullied themselves. 10. Bullies can also bully using the internet and also bully in texts. This is called cyber-bullying. 11. Bullies normally pick on the sensitive or smaller children and these children are the ones that do not tell anyone about there problems. 12. Bullies usually pick on people from a different country and tease them about their religions. 13.Bullies are usually abused at home and take it out on people at school. 14.Bullies DON'T HAVE FRIENDS. 15.Bullies can be lonely people. 16.People don't usually tell others if they're being bullied, this doesn't take them anywhere. 17.Not many people stick up for others when they're bullied. 18.People who bully are sometimes depressed about their life. 19. People that are being bullied usually want to stay home 20. People that bully usually pick on people because they have something better than them. 21. Human Rights Declaration was set up by the United Nations (UN). 22. Not all places follow the Human Rights Declaration. 23. China is one of the largest countries that don't follow the Human Rights Declaration. 24. There are 30 articles in the Human Rights Declaration. 25. There are many ways that being bully. E.G - cyber bullying, text bullying, verbal and physical. 26. 'Sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never hurt me' is not true at all. Some people only say that to make themselves less scared of teasing and namecalling. Sometimes this encourages the bullies to say even crueller things to them. 27. Anyone can stop a bully, the person who is getting picked on, the person who sees a bully bullying a person, or the bully itself. 28. A bully might bully someone because they got something that the bully wants. 29. Some bullies think that if they bully someone that it will make them look stronger so that they would be popular. 30. If you don't want bullies to pick on you, be close to a teacher or play with a group of friends. 31. **Stand up for yourself!** don't let the bullies get to you. Don't let them rule your life, you are more than that! 32. If you see a bully bulling and you are going to try and stop it, try and get a whole group to go up to them so you won't get bullied as well. 33. If you are a bully try and get some help. You can phone What's Up on 0800 9 428787 or phone No bully on 0800 66 28 55. 34. If a bully comes up to you, try not to look scared otherwise they will pick on you and say things like "scaredy cat!" or nickname you "wimpy". 35.Bullies sometimes feel scared because of something at home or somewhere, so they act tough to try and get rid of their feelings.

Written by:Libstar, Madeleine103, Amy_tjan and Izzylizzy.  =What we have learnt about bullying: =

1.Bully victims feels scared or threatened because they are usually taller or older than them. 2.Norwegian researcher Dan Olweus defines bullying as when a person is "exposed, repeatedly and over time, to negative actions on the part of one or more other persons." He defines negative action as "when a person intentionally places injury or discomfort on another person, through physical contact, through words or in other ways." 3.Bullying can occur in any place there are humans. 4.They may bully out of jealousy or be acting out because they themselves are bullied. 5.Bullies can say certain words that trigger a reaction from a past event which upsets the victim more than others. 6.One year, 31,000 children called child lines saying they were being bullied. That is only 1/5 of the children who are getting bullied. The other 4/5 are too scared to ask for help. 7.10% of these children harm themselves. But sometimes it is even worse. They go further than that. Some children take their own life. 8.Bullying is an act of repeated aggresive behaviour in order to intentionally hurt another person, physically or mentally. 9.Bullying is characterized by a person acting in a certain way to have power over another person. 10.It can include name calling, verbal or written abuse and exclusion from activities or social activities. 11.Some places in the US have LAWS against bullying. 12.Bullying can occur in workplaces where the boss picks on/bullies their employees. 13.It is estimated that 160,000 children bunk off school every day due to fear of attack by other students.

Researched by:Amy_tjan, Izzylizzy, Libstar, Lauren468 and Madeleine103.

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__What this YouTube clip means to me:__//

This clip is a very powerful clip and it reminds us of what bullying can do to those who are victims of bullying. There have been many deaths through suicide because the people being bullied can not take it anymore. It is sad that nobody seems to stick up for these people since they feel sorry for THEMSELVES; they don't want to get bullies or picked on if they tell someone. We need to be careful of our actions and how we treat other people. We should also try to stick up for the victims and not let them get picked on. It wouldn't feel great if we were getting bullied either. It all may seem like a cliche but we all need to learn how to treat others as we want to be treated. You might also want to talk to the bullies, they might not seem like bad people after all.This clip also reminds me of how bullying can hurt/effect others and how the victims can kill themselves.

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 * [[image:http://www.ctpta.org/_themes/arcs-ct-pta-03-23-00/arcbul1a.gif width="20" height="20" caption="bullet"]] || 1 out of 4 kids is Bullied. ||
 * [[image:http://www.ctpta.org/_themes/arcs-ct-pta-03-23-00/arcbul1a.gif width="20" height="20" caption="bullet"]] || 1 out of 5 kids admits to being a bully, or doing some "Bullying." ||
 * [[image:http://www.ctpta.org/_themes/arcs-ct-pta-03-23-00/arcbul1a.gif width="20" height="20" caption="bullet"]] || 8% of students miss 1 day of class per month for fear of Bullies. ||
 * [[image:http://www.ctpta.org/_themes/arcs-ct-pta-03-23-00/arcbul1a.gif width="20" height="20" caption="bullet"]] || 43% fear harassment in the bathroom at school. ||
 * [[image:http://www.ctpta.org/_themes/arcs-ct-pta-03-23-00/arcbul1a.gif width="20" height="20" caption="bullet"]] || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">100,000 students carry a gun to school. ||
 * [[image:http://www.ctpta.org/_themes/arcs-ct-pta-03-23-00/arcbul1a.gif width="20" height="20" caption="bullet"]] || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">28% of youths who carry weapons have witnessed violence at home. ||
 * [[image:http://www.ctpta.org/_themes/arcs-ct-pta-03-23-00/arcbul1a.gif width="20" height="20" caption="bullet"]] || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">A poll of teens ages 12-17 proved that they think violence increased at their schools. ||
 * [[image:http://www.ctpta.org/_themes/arcs-ct-pta-03-23-00/arcbul1a.gif width="20" height="20" caption="bullet"]] || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">282,000 students are physically attacked in secondary schools each month. ||
 * [[image:http://www.ctpta.org/_themes/arcs-ct-pta-03-23-00/arcbul1a.gif width="20" height="20" caption="bullet"]] || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">More youth violence occurs on school grounds as opposed to on the way to school. ||
 * [[image:http://www.ctpta.org/_themes/arcs-ct-pta-03-23-00/arcbul1a.gif width="20" height="20" caption="bullet"]] || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">80% of the time, an argument with a bully will end up in a physical fight. ||
 * [[image:http://www.ctpta.org/_themes/arcs-ct-pta-03-23-00/arcbul1a.gif width="20" height="20" caption="bullet"]] || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">1/3 of students surveyed said they heard another student threaten to kill someone. ||
 * [[image:http://www.ctpta.org/_themes/arcs-ct-pta-03-23-00/arcbul1a.gif width="20" height="20" caption="bullet"]] || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">1 out of 5 teens knows someone who brings a gun to school. ||
 * [[image:http://www.ctpta.org/_themes/arcs-ct-pta-03-23-00/arcbul1a.gif width="20" height="20" caption="bullet"]] || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">2 out of 3 say they know how to make a bomb, or know where to get the information to do it. ||
 * [[image:http://www.ctpta.org/_themes/arcs-ct-pta-03-23-00/arcbul1a.gif width="20" height="20" caption="bullet"]] || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">Almost half of all students say they know another student who's capable of murder. ||
 * [[image:http://www.ctpta.org/_themes/arcs-ct-pta-03-23-00/arcbul1a.gif width="20" height="20" caption="bullet"]] || <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">Playground statistics - Every 7 minutes a child is bullied. Adult intervention -4% Peer intervention - 11%. No intervention - 85%. ||