Bullying

I am going to tell you some facts about bullying.

1.) Over 3.2 people are victims of bullying each year.

2.) 1 in 4 teachers see nothing wrong with bullying and will only intervene 4 percent of the time.

3.) Approximately 160,000 skip school everyday because of bullying.

4.) 1 in 7 students in grades K-12 are either a bully or a victim of being bullying.

5.) 56 percent of students have personally witnessed some type of bullying at school.

6.) Over two-thirds of students believe that schools respond poorly to bullying, with a high percentage of students believing that adult help is infrequent and ineffective.

7.) 71 percent of students report incidents of bullying as a problem at their school.

8.) 90 percent of 4th through 8th graders report being victims of bullying.

9.) 1 out 10 students drop out of school because of repeated bullying.

10.) Harassment and bullying have been linked to 75 percent of school-shooting incidents.

11.) Physical bullying increases in elementary school, peaks in middle school and declines in high school.  Verbal abuse, on the other hand, remains constant.

You could help and stop bullying, so do you part.