Being Safe from a Bully

I do not know what to make of this video but it just seemed very odd.

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Bullying Images.

How can teachers stop bullying.

What can educators do about bullying by school staff? Dr. Allen McEvoy's article Teachers who bully students will help clarify the issues. Linda Starr has written an essential article for educators titled: "Are You a Bully?" And Dr. Dan Olweus spoke about this topic at the National Bullying Prevention conference in Atlanta GA (October 2005). His research has found that when we ask students if they have been bullied by a teacher, half the reports we get seem genuine. His criteria for screening out spurious reports were: clearly unrealistic descriptions of the teacher behavior: "My teacher crushed my skull." "My teacher hung me up by the ears." reported by only one student in a class but not corroborated by any other students in that class. very brief and unrepeated events of low intensity. Dr. Olweus defined teacher bullying in this research as: "teachers using degrading negative comments openly about a student or students." After screening responses, his research (done in the mid- 1990s) found that 11-12% of students reported bullying by peers, while 1.5-2% reported bullying by teachers, with the numbers reporting teacher bullying increasing as students got older. Interestingly, he did not find a correlation between any one young person being bullied by a teacher and that same young person being bullied by a peer- so his research suggests that teacher bullying does not set up students to then be bullied by their peers. This might not be the case, I believe, if the teacher explicitly invited peers to bully the target or talked critically about the target to the class rather than insulting the target directly. Dr. Olweus found that half of students reporting teacher bullying said the teacher bullied all the students in the class, while half said that the teacher singled out one or a few students. He hypothesized that- barring extreme behavior- the latter type of bullying might be even more damaging, because in a class where the teacher bullies all the students they may be more able to console themselves by concluding that they have a crazy or mean teacher. A sole target may be more likely to believe that there is something wrong with him or her. Here are some interventions I would suggest schools use to reduce teacher bullying: - Work together as a staff to create a code of conduct for staff. Which methods of discipline, building motivation, and feedback are acceptable? Which cross the line into bullying? Which behavior toward colleagues is out of line? When staff discuss and agree on these standards, adult bullies are less likely to believe that their practices are supported by their peers. This code of conduct can become part of teacher evaluation instruments as well. - Make sure administrators know about incidents and patterns of teacher bullying. As with sexual harassment, there should be clear definitions of unacceptable behaviors, ways to report, and protection from reprisals for good faith reporting. A code of silence will not serve our students any better than the code of silence that used to surround sexual harassment, It may be important for staff to report teacher bullying as a group to reduce vulnerability to reprisals by the adult who bullies. - Work out ways all staff can let each other know when they see anyone have a momentary lapse into angry or otherwise hurtful behavior toward students. Sometimes these ways will be based on a code phrase or other signal. - Survey staff and students periodically about school climate. Include questions about whether staff are treating students respectfully. Look also for bullying from administrator to staff (and vice versa), school board and community toward staff (and vice versa), and staff toward each other.

Kid bullied dies at 13

Wow and WOW!

This is a video of a kid whos mother got rid of his World Of Warcraft account.

This is an extreme example of what happens when someone gets so addictive to a video game.

Cartoon of Bullying

I found this cartoon with many more of how school bullying is found in cartoons. 

Bullied Artist Drawns On Experience, Has Last Laugh

            

A young artist who was badly bullied at school has drawn on his experiences to create artwork selling at more than 1,000 a painting alongside such icons as Andy Warhol and Banksy.

Steve Farmer, 22, of Shepton Mallet, Somerset, regularly suffered cuts, bruises and black eyes and once even had his wrist broken by bullies jealous of his talent.

Steve's self-confidence plummeted and he was put into the bottom group for all subjects – including art – before his parents finally moved him to another school.

But he has turned his brushes with the bullies into a successful career with fans paying more than 1,000 a time for the striking paintings.

He said today: "I hope my success will be some inspiration to all the kids who get bullied at school.

"It's important to stick to what you are good at and never give up. I felt a lot of anger towards the people who bullied me at school and I think that comes out in my work."

 

Confidence started to build

Steve was tormented on a daily basis when he was a pupil at the Blue School in Wells, Somerset.

He said: "It was a nightmare for me. Pretty much every day I came home from school with cuts and bruises and I often had black eyes.

"I think they picked on me because I was quiet and timid and I really liked drawing. The bullying got worse until one day some boys attacked me and my wrist was broken.

"That was when my parents decided to move me to another school. After that, my confidence started to build up and I went to art college, and from there things have gone from strength to strength."

Steve's mum Mel said: "At first we thought Steve might be exaggerating, like some kids do, but it got beyond a joke.

"We had a call saying he had sprained his wrist in class. They took him to the local cottage hospital but then we were asked to come and pick him up and take him to the Royal United Hospital in Bath.

"Doctors there realised it was broken and he had to have it re-set a week later. He said it happened when he had been pushed off a stool in class.

"His self-confidence was at rock bottom but he has always stuck at his art and we are all so proud of him."

 

Raw energy

Steve emerged from Northern Radstock College with a degree in fine art and began producing wild paintings that attracted the eye of Bath gallery owner Richard Mauger.

He invited Steve to submit some of his work in an exhibition alongside Warhol and Banksy at the Mauger Gallery in Bath earlier this year.

His paintings were a hit and he has since sold 10 works at £1,000 a pop, with fans from as far away as the US snapping up his work.

Mr Mauger said: "Steve's art has a raw energy that stems from a deep, fiery passion for painting and an even deeper passion for communicating with the world at large.

"When he showed his work to us at the Bath gallery earlier this year, we immediately felt he had something worth exploring. He is an exciting artist to follow."