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What is Bullying?
Physical bullying means:
- Hitting, kicking, or pushing someone…or even just threatening to do it
- Stealing, hiding or ruining someone’s things
- Making someone do things he or she don’t want to do
- Name-calling
- Teasing
- Insulting
Non-verbal (Relationship) bullying means:
- Refusing to talk to someone
- Spreading lies or rumors about someone
- Making someone feel left out or rejected
The reason why one kid would want to bully another kid is this: when you make someone feel bad, you gain power over him or her. Power makes people feel like they’re better than another person, and then that makes them feel really good about themselves. Power also makes you stand out from the crowd. It’s a way to get attention from other kids, and even from adults.
Cyber bullying is a type of verbal bullying that happens online or electronically (the Internet, mobile phones or other technology).
Click on the link below to listen to the news about cyber bullying.
Cyber- Bullying
Here is the answer key for the listening on bullying.
TRUE / FALSE:
| a. T | b. F | c. T | d. F | e. F | f. T | g. F | h. T |
| 1. | influence | a. | impact |
| 2 | victims | b. | injured parties |
| 3. | menacing | c. | threatening |
| 4. | consent | d. | permission |
| 5. | spread | e. | circulated |
| 6. | vulnerable | f. | weak |
| 7. | commented | g. | remarked |
| 8. | impulses | h. | urges |
| 9. | magnified | i. | increased |
| 10. | profile | j. | description |
| 1. | A new report on the influence | a. | of the Internet on US teens |
| 2 | annoying and potentially | b. | menacing online activities |
| 3. | having rumors about them | c. | spread online |
| 4. | the most common | d. | complaint from online teens |
| 5. | Teenagers still believe that worse | e. | bullying happens offline |
| 6. | making themselves | f. | vulnerable |
| 7. | 39% of social network | g. | users had been cyber-bullied |
| 8. | Bullying has entered the | h. | digital age |
| 9. | the effect | i. | is magnified |
| 10. | through a website, online profile | j. | or blog posting |
Cyber-bullying spreads in the US
A new report on the influence of the Internet on US teens reports that one third of teenagers who surf the Net have been victims of cyber-bullying. The research, conducted by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, says: “About one third of all teenagers who use the internet say they have been targets of a range of annoying and potentially menacing online activities – such as receiving threatening messages; having their private emails or text messages forwarded without consent; having an embarrassing picture posted without permission; or having rumors about them spread online.” However, the most common complaint from online teens was about private information being shared rather than direct threats or physical violence. Teenagers still believe that worse bullying happens offline.The report discovered that as more young people join social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook, they are making themselves vulnerable by sharing more of their personal information online for cyber-bullies to find. The survey found that 39% of social network users had been cyber-bullied in some way, compared to 22% of online teens who had never used social networks. Report author Amanda Lenhart commented: "Bullying has entered the digital age. The impulses behind it are the same, but the effect is magnified. In the past, the materials of bullying would have been whispered, shouted or passed around. Now, with a few clicks, a photo, video or a conversation can be shared with hundreds via e-mail or millions through a website, online profile or blog posting."
