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AWARENESS - Middle School And Social Media
Over 14% of high school students have considered suicide, and almost 7% have attempted it.
Bully victims are between 2 to 9 times more likely to consider suicide than non-victims and suicide is the third leading cause of death among young people resulting in about 4,400 deaths per year.
98%
of school shooters reported being bullied in school.
Adults don't intervene in 85%
of bullying incidents because they don't see it.
There is no doubt that bullying is a problem in U.S. schools, but just how much of a problem is it? The latest bullying statistics 2014 reflect bullying in “real life,” as well as cyber bullying.
The numbers are both shocking and disheartening.
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (DHHS) anti-bullying website, Stopbullying.gov, bullying is defined as “intentionally aggressive, usually repeated” verbal, social, or physical behavior aimed at a specific person or group of people. Some bullying actions are considered criminal, such as harassment or hazing; but “bullying” alone is not illegal. And recent news stories abound with tales of cyberbullying – where the target is harassed through social media or other technology – that have unfortunately resulted in victims’ suicides. The majority of bullying still takes place at school; 1 in 3 U.S. students say they have been bullied at school, according to the DHHS.
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THE HARD TRUTH
Middle School
Every 7 minutes a child is bullied
"20% of students in the united states grades 9-12 have reported experienceing bullying, while 28% of students in grades 6-12 reported the same."
Each day 160,000 students stay home to avoid bullying
" 29.3% of middle school students had experienced bullying in the classroom, 29% experienced it in the hallways or lockers, 23.4% were bullied in the cafeteria, 19.5 % were bullied during gym class and 12.2% couldn't even escape the torture in the bathroom."
"Bystanders were present in more than 85% of the bullying incidents and only acted in 10-19%."
"70.6% of teens have seen bullying occur in their schools and around 30% of young people admit to bullying themselves."
Cyberbullying is a relatively new problem, having evolved with the Internet and development of social media websites and apps.
It's easily as devastating as face-to-face bullying, if not more, and it's slashing and burning through school districts across the U.S.
More than half of the country’s young people have reported that they have been cyberbullied, and of the young people who reported cyberbullying incidents, one-third of them said their bullies issued online threats, according to 2014 bullying statistics published by anti-bullying website, nobullying.com.