According to a recent survey, violence exists in schools in a great many
Nowadays, school violence is
If I meet with school violence, I will not answer violence with violence, for it will result
All in all, every student should behave himself and keep away from violence.
Research showed 60% of middle school students in America
It also showed that over 50% of bullying decreased if the school had
Another way is to talk to the bully. Tell them how much it hurts when they call you names or
Bullying is never, nor will it ever be an acceptable matter. Together we can stand up to bullying and make it disappear.
3 . The effect of bullying (欺凌) can be serious and even lead to tragedy. Unfortunately, it is still a mostly researched area.
Since bullying is often ignored, it may provide an important clue in crowd behavior and passer-by behavior.
A.Research indicates that the victim often becomes the bully. |
B.Psychologists have been puzzled by the inactivity of crowds and bystanders when crimes occur in crowded places. |
C.More attention should be paid to people's reaction to bullying when it happens. |
D.Hitler, for example, is claimed to have been a victim of bullying in his childhood. |
E.Campus bullying is becoming a serious problem in some high schools in big cities. |
F.The friends and classmates of the bully and the victim also accept the violence as normal. |
G.The link between bullying and school violence has attracted increasing attention since 1999. |
Judy Kuczynski is president of an anti-bullying group called Bully Police USA. Her daughter Tina was the victim of severe bullying starting in middle school in the state of Minnesota. Her said, "Our daughter was a very outgoing child. She was a bubbly personality, very involved in all kinds of things, had lots of friends. And over a period of time her grades fell completely. She started having health issues. She couldn't sleep. She wasn't eating. She had terrible stomach pains. She started clenching her jaw and grinding her teeth at night. Didn't want to go to school."
Bullying is defined as negative behavior repeated over time against the same person. It can involve physical violence. Or it can be verbal — for example, insults or threats. Spreading lies about someone or excluding a person from a group is known as social or relational bullying.
And now there is cyber bullying, which uses the Internet, e-mail or text messages. It has easy appeal for the bully because it does not involve face-to-face contact and it can be done at any time.
The first serious research studies into bullying were done in Norway in the late 1970s. The latest government study in the United States was released last year. It found that about one-third of students age twelve to eighteen were bullied at school.
Susan Sweater is a psychologist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and co-director of the Bullying Research Network. She says schools should treat bullying as a mental health problem to get bullies and victims the help they need. She says bullying is connected to depression, anxiety and anti-social behavior, and bullies are often victims themselves.
1. From the case of Tina, we can know that .
A.bullying is rare | B.victims suffered a lot |
C.schools are to blame | D.personalities are related |
A.To beat someone repeatedly. | B.To call someone names. |
C.To isolate someone from friends. | D.To refuse to help someone in need. |
A.Because it can involve more people. | B.Because it can create worse effects. |
C.Because it is more convenient. | D.Because it can avoid cheating. |
A.bullies are anti-social | B.bullies should give victims help |
C.students are not requally treated | D.bullies themselves also need help |
A.Bullying—Old Irish Girl Committed Suicide |
B.15-Year-Old Irish Girl Committed Suicide |
C.Cyberbullying-Taking Off in Schools |
D.How to Find Bullying among Teens |