Bullying
True or False: Bullying is okay, if it's all in good fun
False - fun or not, if it is intentional, repeated behavior, it IS bullying
True or False: If someone teases you once, it is best to just ignore it.
What is False? - Teasing once is mean behavior. Stand up for yourself and tell the person they are being mean. Remember, teasing might lead to more teasing and even turn into bullying. Friends can tend to tease one another but we need to remember that it still hurts and can easily be taken too far.
True or False: If someone gives you a dirty look or makes a rude comment about you it is bully behavior.
What is False? - one dirty look or one rude comment is not bullying, it is just rude behavior but it still should not be tolerated.
People who help a person who is being bullied are called this.
What is an Upstander?
True or False: I'm tattling if I tell someone about bullying.
What is False?
Telling is done to protect yourself or someone else from getting hurt. This is being an upstander.
Tattling is done to get someone in trouble.
True or False: Bullying only happens at school.
False - Bullying can happen at school, on the internet/social media, on a sports team, and even at home. People can bully with words, pictures or actions, and they can do it alone or in a group.
True or False: someone who purposefully says or does something to hurt someone once is mean.
What is True? - because it is on purpose and happened once.
True or False: Rudeness might look like burping in someone’s face, jumping ahead in line, bragging about grades or even throwing a crushed up pile of leaves in someone’s face.
What is True? - incidents of rudeness are usually spontaneous, unplanned inconsideration based on thoughtlessness and poor manners.
When someone says or does something unintentionally hurtful and they do it once - what is it?
What is Rude?
True or False: If someone is being rude, it always means they are trying to hurt you.
What is False?
True or False: Only kids are bullies.
What is false?
True or False: It is okay if someone continues to be mean - such as telling someone that they are stupid or ugly everyday.
What is False? - when someone is continually mean, even after being told to stop, it is considered bullying.
Someone bumps into you in the hallway and doesn't say "excuse me" is an example of:
A) Bullying behavior
B) Rude behavior
C) Mean behavior
What is Rude behavior?
Definition: offensively impolite or ill-mannered.
A person who witnesses bullying, but does not act or participate is called this.
What is Bystander?
When you stand up for someone who is being bullied, you are being this.
What is being an upstander?
True or False: Sometimes people bully to make themselves feel better - giving them the feeling of power or control
What is True - people bully for many reasons including:
They think it’s cool
They think it’s no big deal
They think adults don’t care
They think the other person deserves it
They are frustrated or unhappy themselves
It makes them feel powerful or in control
They are jealous
They are looking for attention
Someone who is unkind or cruel is _________
a) Rude
b) Mean
c) Bully
What is Mean?
True or False: The main distinction between "rude" and "mean" behavior has to do with intention.
What is True? - rudeness is often unintentional, mean behavior very much aims to hurt or depreciate someone
What is physical bullying?
A) Spitting
B) Tripping
C) Punching
D) All of the above
What is all of the above?
Only a few states have cyberbullying laws.
What is false?
Cyberbullying is illegal in every state.
This behavior happens repeatedly, involves a power imbalance, and is meant to hurt someone emotionally or physically.
What is bullying?
True or False: It is best to ignore someone who is being mean to you.
What is False - you need tell the person to stop and you need to report the mean behavior to a trusted adult right away.
What are the three necessary components that make rude behavior change to bullying behavior?
What are repeated, intentional, and imbalance of power?
Repeated (behavior continually happens)
Intentional (not accidental-behavior happens on purpose)
Imbalance of Power (one person has more power/control over the other person)
This is the use of technology to harass, threaten, embarrass, or target another person.
What is Cyberbullying?
Cyberbullying includes photos, messages, or pages that don't get taken down, even after the person has been asked to do so. In other words, it's anything that gets posted online and is meant to hurt, harass, or upset someone else.
A good way to help stop bullying at school is to do these three things.
What is report it to an adult, be an upstander, and support the person being bullied?