What is Bullying?
This type of behavior is associated with bullying.
What is unwanted aggressive behavior?
Using social media or technology to target someone.
Cruel messages, mocking posts, rude comments, or catfishing.
What is cyber-bullying?
A bully says, "Here comes four-eyes again," and you respond with, "Thank you for noticing my glasses!"
What is thanking the bully for what he/she said?
Someone is having a bad day, and they say something out of pocket, but this is not rude because...
What is "Bullying is not a mean or rude moment"?
Terry created a very mean nickname for Deidre. Now everyone is calling Deidre that name.
What is social bullying?
Maria purposely messes with Raven every day at school. This behavior is...
What is intentional?
What is physical bullying?
A bully says, "She's so fake. Look at her over there looking dumb. That's why nobody likes her." You say nothing.
What is ignoring the bully?
Ashley is sweeping in the classroom, and she accidentally hits you with one end of the broom. It hurts and you are upset, but she apologizes immediately. This is not bullying because....
What is "Bullying is not accidental or incidental"?
Carson keeps spiking the volleyball right into the back of Kameron's head on purpose.
What is physical bullying?
Destiny messes with Alesia every calendar day of the academic year. This means that bullying is...
What is repeated over time?
Can be a combination of all types of bullying; comments about worth or value, rumors, and cruel nicknames.
What is mental/emotional bullying?
A bully comes up to you at the bus stop and begins to partake in actions that are annoying. Eventually, they joke on your new Air Jordan Patent Breds. You're upset, but you turn to your friend and say "Getting shoes on the SNKRS app is hard, but I'm glad I was able to get these. What do you think is for lunch?"
What is starting a conversation with someone else?
There is a Tik-Tok trend in which people have to find a person each day and innocently prank them. You are pranked innocently. However, this is not bullying because...
What is "Bullying is not something that happens once?"
Justice and her group of friends are gaslighting (i.e., an insidious form of manipulation and control) a classmate to make her believe she is unworthy of acceptance
What is mental/emotional bullying?
Physical strength, access to embarrassing information, and popularity are associated with the characteristics of bullying.
What is a power imbalance?
Name calling, insults or teasing, racist remarks, threats, and intimidation.
What is verbal bullying?
A bully says," Your hair does not look right; it looks like horsehair," and you respond with "I wonder what assignments we are going to do today."
What is changing the subject?
Kylie dislikes you, and this hurts your feelings because you do not know why. However, this is not bullying because....
What is "Bullying is not disliking someone"?
Layla made an account pretending to be someone else. After making the account, she decides to prank her classmate Raekwon.
What is cyber-bullying?
What is a power imbalance?
Rumors, lying, exclusion, isolation, rude hand gestures, or mocking.
What is social bullying?
A bully comes by your table. They start talking very loudly about you to their friend. You take out your notebook and begin writing.
What is opening a book or writing in your notebook?
Alisha, your tutor, is having a bad day, and she says to you "Your homework assignment is wrong. It's giving you didn't study." She only acts like this one day and later apologizes for her actions and explains why she was upset.
What is "Bullying is not a rude or mean moment" and "Bullying is not something that happens once"?
Carver creates a Tik-Tok page titled "Seth Johnson Fashion Police" where she takes pictures of people who wear ugly clothes or shoes and creates mean captions about them. She then creates nicknames for the persons and gets her group of followers to call the persons those nicknames.
What is cyber-bullying and social bullying?