As many of you know I have been very concerned about school bullying. I have done a lot of reading on the subject, plus stories on school bullying I have seen on the TV news. It is a major problem that can not continue to be swept under the rug. I have been so concerned about school bullying that I wrote a novella titled, Out of the Darkness. I look at the side of the victim, the side of the bully, and an over the top solution to the problem. I hope that you all go to, amazon.com/author/larry_w_fish, and order your copy today. It is available in paperback or on kindle.
The following facts I got from the website, www.dosomething.org/us/facts/11-facts-about-bullying
1--Over 3.2 million students are victims of bullying each year.
2--Approximately 160,000 teens skip school every day because of bullying.
3--17% of American students report being bullied 2 to 3 times a month or more within a school semester.
4--1 in 4 teachers see nothing wrong with bullying and will only intervene 4% of the time.
5--By age 14 less than 30% of boys and 40% of girls will talk to their peers about bullying.
6--Over 67% 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% of students report incidents of bullying as a problem at their school
8--90% of 4th through 8th graders report being victims of bullying.
9--1 in 10 students drop out of school because of repeated bullying.
10--As boys age they are less and less likely to feel sympathy for victims of bullying. In fact they are more likely to add to the problem than solve it.
11--Physical bullying increases in elementary school, peaks in middle school, and declines in high school. Verbal abuse, on the other hand, remains constant.
I have read stories lately about students that were bullied so much that they committed suicide. According to the CDC, suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death between the ages of 10 and 14. It is sad to think that this is going on in the United States of America. Bullying is evil, there is no other way to describe it. One act of kindness will beat evil every time.
As students, parents, teachers, and concerned citizens you need to become involved. The children that are in school today are the future leaders of tomorrow. If bullying is not stopped when they are in school it will follow them to their adult lives.
Copyright Larry W. Fish 2017
