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Welcome
to Awareness and Prevention of School Violence
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Programs
for Schools. |
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Causes:
Bullying |
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The
goal for all schools should be to reduce any existing bully
problems, prevent new problems and create an overall positive
environment in which all students feel safe.
Some suggestions:
· Establish a Bully Prevention Committee
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Bullying is listed as the number one cause of all incidents
of school violence. In 2001, the U.S. Secret Service produced
a study that revealed that bullying turned out to be a factor
in two-thirds of 37 school shooting incidents. According to
the agency, the attackers in those cases all felt they had been
persecuted, bullied, threatened, attacked, or injured by others.
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can be a victim of Bullying |
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Ten
Myths about Bullying |
All
of these well known people were bullied at school: PHIL COLLINS
(singer), HARRISON FORD (actor), TOM CRUISE (actor), MICHELLE
PFEIFFER (actor), FRANK BRUNO (boxer), AARON SPELLING (producer),
and BOY GEORGE (singer). For some the bullying went on for years;
for others it was less frequent. All of them feel that bullying
is wrong and that it was not their fault, but the fault of the
bully who was looking for a victim.
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THE MYTH: Bullies suffer from insecurity and low self-esteem.
They pick on others to make themselves feel more important.
THE RESEARCH: Most bullies have average or above-average self-esteem.
They "suffer" from aggressive temperaments, a lack
of empathy, and poor parenting.
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