2. ESSSENTIAL QUESTIONS
1. WHAT IS HAZING AND WHAT ARE SOME WAYS
TO PREVENT HAZING?
2. HOW ARE BULLYING AND HAZING ALIKE?
HOW ARE THEY DIFFERENT?
3. WHAT IS BULLYING?
According to the stopbullying.gov website,
bullying is the unwanted, aggressive behavior
among school aged children that involves a
real or perceived power imbalance. Bullying
includes actions such as making threats,
spreading rumors, attacking someone
physically or verbally, and excluding someone
from a group on purpose.
Do you know anyone who has been a victim of
bullying?
4. In order to be considered bullying, the behavior must be
aggressive and include:
• An imbalance of power: kids who bully use their power
such as physical strength, access to embarrassing
information, or popularity, to control or harm others. Power
imbalances can change over time, and in different
situations, even if they involve the same people.
• Repetition: bullying behaviors happen more than once, or
have the potential to happen more than once
5. According to www.dosomething.org. here are some facts
about bullying:
1. Over 3.2 million students are victims of bullying each
year.
2. 1 in 4 teachers see nothing wrong with bullying and
will only intervene 4 percent of the time.
3. Approximately 160,000 teens skip school every day
because of bullying.
4. 1 in 7 students in grades K-12 is either a bully or a
victim of bullying.
6. 5. 56 percent of students have personally witnessed some
type of bullying at school.
6. Over two-thirds of students believe that schools respond
poorly to bullying, with a high percentage of students
believing that adult help is infrequent and ineffective.
7. 71 percent of students report incidents of bullying as a
problem at their school.
8. 90 percent of 4th through 8th graders report being victims
of bullying.
7. 9. 1 out 10 students drop out of school because of repeated
bullying.
10. Harassment and bullying have been linked to 75 percent of
school-shooting incidents.
11. Physical bullying increases in elementary school, peaks in
middle school and declines in high school. Verbal abuse, on
the other hand, remains constant.
12. A 2009 survey found that 9 out of 10 LGBT youth reported
being verbally harassed at school in the past year because of
their sexual orientation.
8. There are three main types of bullying:
Verbal bullying is saying or writing mean things. Verbal
bullying includes:
• Teasing
• Name-calling
• Inappropriate sexual comments
• Taunting
• Threatening to cause harm
9. Social bullying, sometimes referred to as relational bullying,
involves hurting someone’s reputation or relationships. Social
bullying includes:
• Leaving someone out on purpose
• Telling other children not to be friends with someone
• Spreading rumors about someone
• Embarrassing someone in public
10. Physical bullying involves hurting a person’s body or
possessions. Physical bullying includes:
• Hitting/kicking/pinching
• Spitting
• Tripping/pushing
• Taking or breaking someone’s things
• Making mean or rude hand gestures
11. Students Who are Bullied often show warning signs, these
students may:
Have torn, damaged, or missing pieces of clothing, books, or
other belongings
Have unexplained cuts, bruises, and scratches from fighting
Have few, if any, friends with whom he or she spends time
Seem afraid of going to school, walking to and from school,
riding the school bus, or taking part in organized activities
(such as clubs or sports) with peers
12.
13. Take a long "illogical" route when walking to or from school
Lose interest in doing school work, or suddenly begin to do
poorly in school
Appear sad, moody, teary, or depressed when he or she
comes home
Complain frequently of headaches, stomach aches, or other
physical problems
14. Have frequent bad dreams, or trouble sleeping
Experience a loss of appetite
Appear anxious and suffer from low self-esteem
15. Students who bully others:
It's important to recognize the characteristics of students
who bully, which may help prevent bullying and allow for
early intervention. These students may:
Have a positive attitude toward violence and the use of violent
means
Have a strong need to dominate and subdue other students
and get their own way
Be impulsive, aggressive, or easily angered
16. Lack empathy toward students who are bullied
Have defiance and aggression toward adults, including
teachers and parents
Be involved in other anti-social or rule-breaking activities such
as vandalism, delinquency, and substance abuse
Have greater physical strength than that of others in general
and the students they bully in particular (especially in boys)
Be more likely to report owning a gun for risky reasons, such
as to gain respect or to frighten others
17. What can I do?
• Intervene immediately. It is ok to get another adult to help.
• Separate the kids involved.
• Make sure everyone is safe.
• Meet any immediate medical or mental health needs.
• Stay calm. Reassure the kids involved, including bystanders.
• Model respectful behavior when you intervene.
18. Avoid these common mistakes:
• Don’t ignore it. Don’t think kids can work it out without adult help.
• Don’t immediately try to sort out the facts.
• Don’t force other kids to say publicly what they saw.
• Don’t question the children involved in front of other kids.
• Don’t talk to the kids involved together, only separately.
• Don’t make the kids involved apologize or patch up relations on the spot.
19. Get police help or medical attention immediately if:
• A weapon is involved.
• There are threats of serious physical injury.
• There are threats of hate-motivated violence, such as racism or
homophobia.
• There is serious bodily harm.
• There is sexual abuse.
• Anyone is accused of an illegal act, such as robbery or extortion—using
force to get money, property, or services.
20. Was there anything that was missed about
bullying? If not, you have two essential questions
to answer:
1. What is bullying?
2. What are some ways to prevent bullying?
22. What is hazing?
Hazing is any action taken or situation created
intentionally:
• that causes embarrassment, harassment or ridicule
• risks emotional and/or physical harm to members of an group or team
• whether new or not regardless of the person's willingness to participate
23. Hazing is the practice of rituals and other activities involving
harassment, abuse, or humiliation used as a way of initiating a
person into a group.
Hazing can be seen in many types of social groups, including
gangs, sports teams, schools military units, and
fraternities/sororities.
Hazing is prohibited by law and may comprise either physical
(possibly violent) abuse or psychological abuse. It may also
include nudity or sexually-oriented offenses.
24.
25. What’s the harm in a little hazing?
According to the Hazing Prevention.org the concept of Hidden Harm has to do
with the fact that we don’t know everything about the newest members of our
organization.
Think about it, someone joins your organization and they are carrying with
them a hidden background that would make them highly susceptible to serious
repercussions if hazed. What might be some of the consequences for this
person if hazed?
26. Put another way, we all have heard of the term ‘baggage” right?
Consider the baggage that today’s students bring with them to high
school or college. Have you ever dealt with or know someone who:
suffers from depression, or another mental health issue? Has served
in the military – been in a war zone? Been sexually assaulted?
Comes from an alcoholic family? Has an alcohol or other addiction?
Has attempted or seriously considered suicide? Is on medication or
has been in counseling for a mental health disorder? Has been
abused physically or emotionally? Has been hazed or bullied before?
27. All of the aforementioned backgrounds and countless others we can’t
even imagine, could put someone at higher risk of being re-
Traumatized through hazing.
28. What’s the difference between hazing and bullying?
The difference between hazing and bullying is subtle. The same power
dynamics
are involved. The same intimidation tactics are used. The same second-class
citizenship issues arise. The only real difference between bullying and hazing
is
that bullying can happen to anyone, anytime and is used as a means to
exclude
someone. Hazing is an instrument of including people by having them earn
their
way into a group, occurring only in the context of being new to an
organization,
team or group. Bullying is about exclusion; hazing, inclusion.
29. PREVENTION
Help others to:
Notice hazing.
Interpret hazing as a problem.
Recognize a responsibility to change it
.
Acquire the skills needed to take action.
Take action!
30. StopHazing.org discusses how every individual can make a
difference in the fight against hazing.
The most effective way is to educate without drawing attention to
the issue of hazing and helping others to interpret hazing as a
problem.
Remember the adage, “If you are not part of the solution, you
are part of the problem.”
Begin by simply educating yourself to the problem; help others to
re-define hazing; become a positive role model
31. By talking with youth about the potential problems; inform yourself about the
laws surrounding hazing and the policies in your school or potential college;
finally, identify with others in your community to break the cycle of hazing.
For more info, go to www.stophazing.org
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