Bullying: Understanding Bullying

In defense of the bullies (Opinion, 01/16/2004)
By Jonathan Blanks - A bi-partisan alliance in the Indiana State Senate is proposing legislation to curb bullying and violence in Indiana public schools. (Added: 4-Feb-2004 Hits: 178 )

Taking on bullies
By Mary E. Chollet - With hot lines and counseling, schools tackle the intimidation that breeds violence In Maquoketa, Iowa, 12-year-old Amanda O'Meara is doused with gasoline and set afire for "flirting" with a boy two other girls liked. (Added: 4-Feb-2004 Hits: 290 )

Stopping Bullies on the Playground
By Candra D. Thornton, John A. Sutterby, Pei-San Brown - PProtecting the Right to Play: Stopping Bullies on the Playground %u201CWhen bullying occurs, the most likely venue, especially in primary schools, is the school playground. This illustrates the darker side to recess.%u201D Whitney & Smith (1993) Outdoor play environments are highly social places. Children take advantage of the free time to play games with their friends or to simply sit and chat. Testimony of the social enjoyment is found in the sounds of laughter that float from playgrounds like leaves in an autumn breeze. But with this social bliss also comes the presence of aggression%u2014bullying. (Added: 4-Feb-2004 Hits: 332 )

Girl bullies don't leave black eyes, just agony
By Jane Elizabeth - ERIE -- To most adults, the typical school bully is the beefy kid who knocks the books out of the hands of the bespectacled ninth-grader in the hallway, or the hulking football player who tosses the swim team member into the shower stall. Ophelia Project volunteer Stacey Alex, right, plays the aggressor in a skit with, from left, Laura Audet, April Clark and Ellen Anderson, all McDowell High School seniors and project volunteers. The Ophelia Project, based in Erie, is one of the few anti-bully programs for girls in the country. (Martha Rial, Post-Gazette) But in the world of adolescent girls, the school bully wears glitter fingernail polish. (Added: 4-Feb-2004 Hits: 368 )

Bullies Who Kill - Brandon's Story
By n/a - Brandon's Story As told by his mother Cathy I have tried to write this message for three days and have not been able to complete it-- maybe today. I have a lot to say and this is a very painful and emotional subject for me. While my heart goes out to the victims of these school shootings-- my life has been devastated by a different type of crime that is happening in our schools. (Added: 4-Feb-2004 Hits: 615 )

Bullies Push Their Victims To Suicide
By Caroline Alphonso - The cases of two B.C. 14-year-olds show school harassment can become a matter of life and death, Dawn-Marie Wesley was so afraid of being beaten up that suicide seemed like her only escape. "If I try to get help, it will get worse," she wrote in her suicide note to her family. "They are always looking for a new person to beat up and they are the toughest girls. If I ratted, they would get suspended and there would be no stopping them. I love you all so much." (Added: 4-Feb-2004 Hits: 119 )