Ways to reduce bullying in school

Bullying is actual hurtful behavior directed by more powerful individuals or groups

against those who are less powerful. It is not the same thing as fighting or quarreling
between people of about the same strength. It is typically repeated, often enjoyed by
the bully or bullies, never justified. It is experienced as oppression. Bullying can
dramatically affect students' academic and social progress. A safe and fear-free school
environment calls for a comprehensive bullying intervention plan that involves all
students, teachers, parents and public at large.
Firstly, an anonymous questionnaire can be distributed to students and parents to
gather information on many aspects of bullying. The questionnaires can give us
information about where bullying is taking place and how students are reacting to it.
We may note how interested students are in participating in meetings to help reduce
bullying. We are also able to see how the students and parents view bullying. From
this information, we can decide on preventive measures that will be supported by
students and parents.
Secondly, an awareness campaign for students, parents and the general public will
encourage cooperation of everyone involved and form a strong support system to
protect students from being victims of bullying. Such programs can also show
students how they can assist victims and how everyone can work together to create a
safer school environment.
Thirdly, an Anti-Bullying Policy must be drafted out for the school and delegated to a
school committee represented by students, teachers and parents. This policy may
contain: the schools standing against bullying,
illustrations of bullying,
a declaration of everyones rights to be free from bullying,
a statement of responsibility for everyone to stop bullying when they see it and,
a general description of the actions that will be taken against bullies.
For example, initially a counselor or teacher may advise a bully to act in a
responsible and constructive way to remedy the situation. Research shows that many
bullies were victims of bullying themselves and sometimes respond to this gentle,
understanding approach. However, if this approach is not successful, then stricter
actions must be taken. Bullying must never be tolerated.

Bullying In School
Bullying is a very popular disease among the school students today. Bullies may be specified as endangered
species who make ridicule of others for their own fun. Although life is a journey and a tough fight, but, not
everyones a fighter. Students with money power try to harm other students and cease their dignity and
innocence for the entire school life. To discuss this current topic, I have divided my sample paper into 3
sections specifying the practice of bullying and how we can prevent it and save the children from facing this
annoyance. Bullying means to intimidate other students (in school or college context) to do what one wants.
Typically, Bullying is similar to ragging whereby group of people with high profile or superiority or seniority
do pillory or scoff at the benign students. One should never do a wrong thing to make friends. Just for the
sake of impressing other classmates, one should not attempt anything wrong that may harm a credulous
student in anyway.

Day to Day examples of Bullying in School

We often come across news, showcasing the effect of bullying in schools and the side effects on the harmed
students. There are various types of bullying experienced in schools among the students like: teasing,
taunting, threatening, hitting, spitting, and embarrassing others in public place. All these actions may assault
ones dignity. The effect of bullying on the children is so negative, that it may damage their academic
performance. It may force students to even commit suicide. It harms the students not only mentally but
physically, emotionally, and socially. The cause of bullying varies from case to case. The assault may be due
to some personal reasons or out of jealousy or it may depend upon the family background of bullies. Such
families are considered to be dysfunctional as they are not interested in knowing about their child activities
in school. With ignorance comes fear and the fear leads to dogmatism. Education is the key to acceptance.
Such cases can be avoided by the combined efforts of school, parents and off course with the help of school
students. It is said that with time, everything settles down, but in such cases we cant wait for time otherwise
something bad may happen and then no one will be able to handle its consequences.

Ways to prevent bullying in school

Some people feel that bullying is a normal part of growing days but, its not normal , rather something very
aggressive . It has the potential to ruin a students school life and must be avoided as much as the school
authority can, and the parents can. Although teasing is a type of bullying but not identical to bullying.
Teasing is done to provoke other student with continual distractions. Bullying means an imbalance of power.
Bullied students are unable to defend themselves and this causes imbalance of power. The school faculty
must change their attitude to prevent bullying. They must be non-judgmental, non-partial to students and
must justify all the matters sincerely not by taking the side of any student but by being reasonable and
practical over a particular matter. Although a school authority performs the duties genuinely still the news of
bullying is often heard. Its because the students remain quiet and dont bully in the schools because of the
fear of authorities but their thinking remains the same. Maybe they dont harm their classmates but what
about their life, their attitude outside the school? In order to change them completely i.e., not only practically
or awfully but emotionally also, the help of a childs parents is indispensable. They must guide their children
about their attitude. They must explain the children about what is right and what is wrong.
This would surround the students with positive energy and will definitely help them to overcome their
bullying attitude. Rich or poor, high class or low class every child is same and equal and their innocence
must not be harmed by substandard and unsatisfactory attitude. Lastly , I want to say that each of us is a
book to be written, either good or bad , worst or best and, if written, defines a persons personality i.e., a
persons persona is by the people, the nature, the positive or the negative energy surrounding him. Good the
surroundings are, best a person is.

Solution for Bullying

Bullying is a big problem for children and young people that go through it. It knocks
their self-esteem and makes them lose their confidence, and can make them dread
going to school each day. In extreme cases, young people can become suicidal as a
result of bullying, while in other very serious cases, it can get out of hand and lead to
the bully murdering their victim. Its also a huge problem for parents and teachers,
because stopping bullying is a hard task and they often dont know the best ways to
go about it. There are three key elements to stopping bullying: educating the bullies,
imposing greater sanctions for the bullies, and protecting the victim.
The reason that bullies must be educated is that many of them are not aware of
exactly how much they are hurting their victim. In serious cases, it is probably wholly
deliberate, but even then, most bullies wouldnt want their victim to become as
suicidal as they have made them. Bullying can come in all sorts of forms and one that
affects girls in particular is a group of so-called friends excluding them from
everything. In cases like these, if the bullies understood that they had become bullies
picking on a victim, they may think twice.
The second way to deal with the bullies is to punish them. This could be the only
thing that works for incredibly nasty people, because they will only care when it
begins to affect them. Bullying often isnt taken seriously enough; for example, if you
punched a person in the middle of the street you would probably be arrested, but if it
happens in a case of bullying, the perpetrator might get a detention. It is important not
to allow things to happen in school that they would never get away with out in the
real world, and children and young people who dont have boundaries and sanctions
imposed as they grow up may not obey the law as adults.
The final main way to deal with bullying involves working with the victim. Victims
of bullying need to know their self-worth so that they dont just accept whats
happening to them, and need to be taught to be assertive without just being
aggressive. They should also be taught that self-defence is allowed when necessary,
and should not be punished for it, while it is very important that adults always listen
to them and take their concerns very seriously.
All in all, there is no one single solution for bullying, but its not good enough to
ignore it just because its hard to deal with. By using a combination of these three
tactics, teachers should be able to stop bullying at school long before it gets out of
hand.