Friday, May 13, 2011

Number 2: School

School bullying refers to all types of bullying done on school property, whether it is peer-to-peer bullying, bullying of younger children by older children, or bullying in which a teacher is either a victim or a culprit.

Pack bullying is bullying undertaken by a group.Pack bullying may be physical bullying or emotional bullying and be perpetrated in person or in cyberspace. In person, it can take place in schoolyards, school hallways, sports fields and gymnasiums, classrooms, and on the school bus.

Individual bullying is one-on-one bullying that may take place either in person or online, as well as being physical bullying or emotional bullying. It can take place everywhere that pack bullying can, and also in smaller areas into which a pack can’t fit, such as bathrooms.

Physical bullying is bullying that takes the form of physical abuse, such as pushing, shoving, hitting, fighting, spitting, and tripping. Threats of physical harm and attempts to force people to act in ways they would prefer not to are also included. Emotional bullying could also take the form of purposely misplacing or hiding someone’s belongings. Emotional bullying can be done in person or through cyberbullying.

Few bulley targets Homophobic bullying is sometimes distinguished because it has a particular target population.

Bullying of students with disabilities is another type of bullying with a focused target population.

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