What is bullying?
a) When someone teases someone else
b) When someone uses their power to hurt someone else
c) When someone punches or kicks somebody
b) When someone uses their power to hurt someone else
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Myth or Fact:
Bullies are always physically bigger than the people that they bully
MYTH - Bullies can be of all sizes. Power isn't just from size, but also from being popular, stronger, older, or knowing someone else's weakness, etc.
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What is a bystander?
Someone who watches bullying. This encourages the bullying to continue because the person bullying likes getting the attention and looking stronger and more powerful.
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A kid who you think is kind of a loser is being made fun of for wearing ugly clothes. What should you do?
Stand up for the student by telling everyone that it's not cool, tell a teacher or talk to the kid after and try to see how you can help.
100
True or False:
Gossiping is a type of bullying.
TRUE - Gossiping can be just as hurtful as any other type of bullying, like hitting or teasing.
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Which of the following are forms of bullying?
a) breaking someone's iPod
b) excluding others from hanging out with you and your friends
c) shoving someone
d) telling someone you hate them and think they're ugly on Facebook
e) all of the above
e) all of the above
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Myth or Fact:
Bullying hurts the person who bullies too.
FACT - People who bully are more likely to start using drugs, drop out of school, get involved with crime later in life, and be bullied themselves.
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True or False:
Most kids don't like watching others being bullied
TRUE - 83% of kids say bullying makes them uncomfortable.
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Your best friend told you that she took the lunch from a student two years younger than her just because the kid was being annoying. What should you do?
Tell your friend that it's not cool to do this and perhaps ask her to stop. She might stop because she cares about what you think. If that doesn't work, tell an adult.
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What is gossip usually about?
It's usually something personal and private to the person being gossiped about.
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True or false:
Bullying only happens at school.
FALSE - bullying can happen anywhere (at school, home, community centre, online- ANYWHERE).
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Myth or Fact:
Bullying can happen at home.
FACT - sometimes this is abuse or violence by a parent to a child or by a sibling to another sibling. This bullying is just as harmful as bullying at school.
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What's the number one reason people don't stand up for someone who is being bullied?
They don't want to get bullied themselves.
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Someone tells you at recess that he saw the teacher on the weekend kissing and it was really gross. What should you do?
Tell the person that you don't really care and don't even know if it's true. Tell the person that rumours aren't cool and you don't want to hear them.
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True or False:
It's not gossip if you're saying something that's true.
FALSE - Gossip is just spreading information about others which may be rumours about true or untrue things. This is still very hurtful. Remember that telling someone else's secret is not fair because it's not your secret to tell.
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How many children in Canada are bullied every week?
a) 100
b) 1,000
c) 10,000
d) 1,000,000
d) 1,000,000
Actually it's OVER 1,100,000 students who are bullied at least once every week.
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Myth or Fact:
If you're bullied you should stand up and fight back.
MYTH - Usually people who fight back are bullied more and for a longer time.
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True or False:
When someone steps in to stop the bullying, the bullying still takes a long time to stop
FALSE - If you step in to try and stop the bullying, it usually will stop in less than 10 seconds!
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The person you sit beside in class shows up with a black eye and looks really sad. You ask her what's wrong and she says she got in a fight at home and it's no big deal. What should you do?
Tell the teacher or another adult immediately. A serious problem with bullying could be going on at home.
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Why do people gossip?
a) To make themselves feel better
b) To fit in
c) They're jealous of the person
d) They're just bored
e) All of the above
e) All of the above - people gossip for lots of reasons, but usually it's because they don't feel good about themselves
500
What are some problems that can come from being bullied? (Name 3 things)
Depression, loneliness, poor health (headaches and stomach aches), low self-esteem, missing school, being aggressive, and thinking about or trying suicide.
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Myth or Fact:
Telling someone about bullying only makes the problem worse.
MYTH - A person who is bullying has power over another person and usually only an adult can help fix this. You may have to tell more than one adult to make the bullying stop, but most of the time kids who tell adults that they are being bullied will not be bullied in the future.
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If you don't feel comfortable stepping in during bullying, what can you do?
a) Tell an adult
b) Tell your friends
c) Be nice to the kid who is being bullied, try to comfort them
d) A and C
d) A and C
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You're hanging out with a group of friends and one friend keeps picking on your other friend by telling her that she's fat and ugly. Everyone's laughing and you feel weird not laughing. What should you do?
Don't join in the laughing. If you feel comfortable, tell your friends it isn't cool and you don't want to talk like this anymore. Try and change the topic and talk to the friend who was picked on after and support them.
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One of the best ways to stop gossiping is to:
a) Try not to listen to rumours and ignore ones you do hear
b) Tell the person who the gossip is about so they can stop it
c) Take revenge on the person spreading rumours by starting a little rumour about them
d) All of the above
a) Try not to listen to rumours and ignore ones you do hear - it's not your secret and you don't know if it's true, so let it stop with you!