BULLYING HISTORY

Psychologist Dan Olwes is the first student of the subject, and as such begins to worry about violence in their country school in 1973 and Norwegian flushes from 1982 in the study of the issue following the suicide of three young men in that year. In Europe they were working in the Nordic countries, also in England where there are long coufls courts or tribunals school bully created in the UK. There exists a direct line from 1989 attended by those wanting advice about situations of bullying.

In Spain there are no official studies to a study by the defender of less than 1999. There are programs of prevention in many countries in Europe, the United States and Spain have been pioneers in Seville, with a program of education prevention referred to by this information that have taken place since 1997.

The interest aroused in the opinion public in different countries: USA, Norway, ... also a clear position by the relevant educational authorities, led campaigns area to prevent and alert students, parents and the public in general the nature of traumatic bullying.

Bullying at school

Have you ever been bullied?
Does it happen in all school?

"My classmates have been bullyig me on non-stop for two years. No-one talks to me. I haven´t done anything to get blamed for, and I still don´t know the reasonI got picked on. I am not any wealthier or poorer or a different race.....What if I was?
I cry myself to sleep every night. I am miserable. My parents know and they have talked to the headmaster but he isn´t interested and says he can´t do anything about it. my parentsknows all the bullies´parents. One girl even lived in the same street and we have been friends since we were tow years old. But we are not friends any more. I don´t want this to happen to anybody in any part of the world. It´s just one of the most horrible things someone can live."
(Emily, 14 yeras old)

Glossary:
To pick on: to tease, harass.
Non-stop: without end.
Abuse: to hurt, maltrate.
To get blamed for: there was no reason for this.
Headmaster: principal of a privated school.
Bully: one who intimidates others by threats.
Teasing: annoying by irritations and provocations.
Social gathering:community group.
Assault: vilent attack.
Underestimate: to estimete at too low a cuantity, degree, power or worth.
Fear: emotion characterized by dread or expectation of harm.
To give up: to surrender.
To cope with: to handle with some degree of succes.

Answer these questions:

1. When did Emily become a victim of bullying?

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2. Why did her classmates bully her?

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3. What sort of things did they do?

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4. What did her parents do?

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5. What did the headmaster of the school do?

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6. How did Emily feel?

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What is bullying?

The word "bullying" is used to describe many different types of behavior ranging from teasing or deliberately leaving an individual out of a social gathering or ignorin them, to serious assault and abuse. Some times it is an individual who is doing the bullying and sometimes it is a group.

The important thing is not the action but the effect on the victim.  No-one should ever underestimate the fear that a bullied child feels.

This video show why is important to talk about BULLYING

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ecv8pYTFm4

Introduction:

This Blog has been created  to research about BULLYING, because in our schools is a topic that affect all students.
Our goal is to know deeply this topic for try a management according to needs in our schools, the students and their families.