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What is bullying?
Bullying is the wilful, conscious desire to hurt, threaten or frighten someone. It is when someone or several people do or say unpleasant things to you or keep teasing you in a way that you don’t like. Many people describe bullying as ‘the most awful thing that has ever happened to them’. Whilst bullying is widespread throughout our schools, it can happen anywhere and to anyone.
Bullying generally takes on one of four forms:
Physical
hitting, kicking, punching, slapping and other forms of violence. It also includes destroying personal belongings.
Verbal
name calling, teasing, taunting, threats. Words are used to hurt and/or humiliate another person and are more harmful than people think.
Consider the following well – known rhyme:
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me.
This is a very misleading rhyme about bullying. Although name-calling will not break your bones, verbal abuse can be just as painful and hurtful as physical abuse and can leave a deeper scar on your mind than a broken arm can on your body.
Indirect:
being ignored or left out, spreading rumours, manipulation, gossiping about a person, telling lies about someone. This type of bullying can be very subtle – making it harder to identify.
Cyber:
(Online Bullying) – is the term used to refer to bullying and harassment by use of electronic devices through means of email, instant messaging, text messages, blogs, mobile phones, pagers, and websites.
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