Bullying Within the Schools

I was watching the news the other day and there was this lady in Ohio that was going around to the schools talking about bullying. She was conducting small seminars to help the young adults to know that bulling was not the way. I stand in applause for this woman. There is to much bullying within the school system and nothing is being done about it. My daughter was a victim of bullying in the second grade. She was locked in the girls bathroom stall with another girl that was giving out threats and would not let her out. When she went to the teacher of the situation the teacher asked the little girl if she did it and she of course said no. Teacher said "well if I did not see it then I cannot do anything about it". I tried to take action and nothing was done. I went to the higher up to get a transfer for my child and was brought in by the principle to be ridiculed for not talking to her, which I did but she said she took care of it (not). Bullying is nothing to let go, if your child is being bullyed at school please take the time to do something. This bullying affects their education, soical environment, self-esteem, and self-concept. Rid the world of bullying.

Information on the statistics of bullying:

One third of teens reported being bullied while at school

About 20 percent of teens had been made fun of by a bully, 18 percent of teens had rumors or gossip spread about them, 11 percent were physically bullied, such as being shoved, tripped, or spit on, 6 percent were threatened, 5 percent were excluded from activities they wanted to participate in, 4 percent were coerced into something they did not want to do, and 4 percent had their personal belongings destroyed by bullies

4 percent of teens in this study reported being the victims of cyber bullying

Most bullying occurred inside the school, with smaller numbers of bullying incidents occurring outside on the school grounds, on the school bus, or on the way to school

Only about a third of bully victims reported the bullying to someone at school

About 2 of every 3 bully victims were bullied once or twice during the school year, 1 in 5 were bullied once or twice a month, and about 1 in 10 were bullied daily or several times a week

In addition, about 20 percent of students experience physical bullying at some point in their lives. About 8 percent of students have been the victims of a cyber bullying. Studies have indicated that females may be the victims more often than males.