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-It is estimated that 160,000 children miss school every day due to fear of attack or intimidation by other students. Source: National Education Association.

– American schools harbor approximately 2.1 million bullies and 2.7 million of their victims

– 1 in 7 Students in Grades K-12 is either a bully or a victim of bullying.

– 56% of students have personally witnessed some type of bullying at school.

– 15% of all school absenteeism is directly related to fears of being bullied at school.

– 71% of students report incidents of bullying as a problem at their school.

– 1 out of 20 students has seen a student with a gun at school.

– 282,000 students are physically attacked in secondary schools each month.

– Those in the lower grades reported being in twice as many fights as those in the higher grades. However, there is a lower rate of serious violent crimes in the elementary level than in the middle or high schools.

– 90% of 4th through 8th graders report being victims of bullying

– Among students, homicide perpetrators were more than twice as likely as homicide victims to have been bullied by peers.

– Bullying statistics say revenge is the strongest motivation for school shootings.

– 87% of students said shootings are motivated by a desire to “get back at those who have hurt them.”

– 86% of students said, “other kids picking on them, making fun of them or bullying them” causes teenagers to turn to lethal violence in the schools.

– 61% of students said students shoot others because they have been victims of physical abuse at home.

– 54% of students said witnessing physical abuse at home can lead to violence in school.

– According to bullying statistics, 1 out of every 10 students who drops out of school does so because of repeated bullying.

– Harassment and bullying have been linked to 75% of school-shooting incidents.

Bullying can take many forms but it usually includes the following types of behavior:

Physical – hitting, kicking, pinching, punching, scratching, spitting or any other form of physical attack. Damage to or taking someone else’s belongings may also constitute as physical bullying.

Verbal – name calling, insulting, making racist, sexist or homophobic jokes, remarks or teasing, using sexually suggestive or abusive language, offensive remarks

Indirect – spreading nasty stories about someone, exclusion from social groups, being made the subject of malicious rumors, sending abusive mail, and email and text messages (cyber bullying).

Cyber Bullying – any type of bullying that is carried out by electronic medium. There are 7 types including:

1. Text message bullying

2. Picture/video clip bullying via mobile phone cameras

3. Phone call bullying via mobile phones

4. E-mail bullying

5. Chat-room bullying

6. Bullying through instant messaging (IM)

7. Bullying via wessites

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