Classroom Bullying Assignment 2
In the setting, the first type of bullying that I notice that is taking place is verbally bullying
Tasha. This is done by making insults and remarks to Tasha. The first incident of verbal bullying
is Emily publicly refuses to allow Tasha to sit at the table at lunch. After this incident Emily
writes a hurtful poem about Tasha in the classroom for the group to read. This poem is hurtful
and is making fun of the outfit Tasha has on.
When researching verbal bullying there is some essential information and facts that I found.
According to Journal School of Health, “Improved social norms and awareness of verbal
bullying were associated with reduced verbal bullying experiences and behavior. Although less
likely to bully others verbally, girls were more likely to experience verbal bullying. Students
with no living father were more likely to bully others verbally.” (Satorius,2016) This is valuable
information to understand because these factors of why verbal bullying may be occurring could
be due to an underlying situation the child is facing. This is not always the case but could be the
cause. “Common forms include verbal, physical, and relational bullying.1, 2 Verbal bullying is
characterized by name calling, mocking, insulting, and being humiliated.3 Wang et al1 reported
verbal bullying (53.6%) to be most prevalent among adolescents in the United States when
compared with physical (20.8%), social (51.4%), and electronic (13.6%) bullying.” (2016)
Verbal bullying is the most prevalent among adolescents in the United States. Verbal bullying
can look different and occur differently across students.
The actions that I will take to prevent verbal bullying in the future would be creating and stating
rules that enforcing rules that clearly state that how students are supposed to behave and treat
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others. This way students clearly understand what is expected of them. One part of the Fruits of
the Spirit is love. God shows us his love and we should love others as he loves us. One verse that
relates to the fruit of the spirit that I think could be impactful to this situation is 1 John 14:16.
This verse states, “And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever
lives in love lives in God, and God in them.” (New International Version, 1769/2017, 1 John
14:16). We should show our love to others since God’s love lives in us. This should shine
through us onto others.
The second type of bullying that is taking place within this setting is physical bullying. The
incident that alluded me to think that it is physical bullying is Emily tripped Tasha as she got on
the bus. After she tripped her, this caused Tasha’s water bottle to roll on the dirty floor, falling
on her face, and her phone cracked. This incident was intentional to hurt Tasha. Physical
bullying is a serious and dangerous manner. Reasearch says that “Bullying is often defined as
repetitive and intentional aggressive behavior by one individual or group against another in
situations where there exists some sort of power differential between the bully and the victim in
terms of physical size, social status, or other features.” (Pawlowski, 2016) This means that
bullying is often targeted at others, to receive or gain control and power.
This kind of behavior will not stop if it is ignored or looked over. Bullying is often repetitive
behavior that will just continue to get worse or happen more often. If the bullying is not stopped
then the effect of bullying can take a huge toll on victims. This effect could cause them to have
issues for the rest of their life. One way to prevent bullying in the could be on the lookout for
indicators. These indicators can seem normal to students. Shutting down this kind of behavior
could prevent a bigger bullying situation. Responding to these behaviors as soon as they occur
and addressing the situation head on is important to be proactive. This proactive strategy can be
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used to inform students of the seriousness of bullying. According to Positive Action some
indicators of bullying before it occurs could be “making fun at the expense of another student,
such as their sexual orientation, social standing, or race, eye-rolling, turning their back on
another student, name-calling, laughing cruelly at a student and encouraging others to do the
same.” (Positive Action, 2021) These indicators may not always be the case, but if it is then
stopping these behaviors before the problem becomes bigger could save a child from being
bullied.
The third and final type of bullying that I noticed in this scenario is social bullying. In this
scenario, Tasha is being humiliated publicly by two other girls. In multiple instances, these two
girls think it is funny or cute to tease or physically embarrass Tasha. With these instances
happening multiple times this is social bullying. The girls are “showing out” in front of peers to
put Tasha beneath them and embarrass her in a hurtful way. “Social bullying, sometimes referred
to as covert bullying, is often harder to recognize and can be carried out behind the bullied
person’s back. It is designed to harm someone’s social reputation and / or cause humiliation.”
This scenario is specific to social bullying because the girls are trying to harm or destroy Tasha’s
social reputation by humiliating her. According to research social bullying or covert bullying is
described as “Covert aggression is often perpetrated through social manipulation by children
who use aggression as a strategy to achieve status (Cross et al., 2009). Social manipulation and
social exclusion are relationally aggressive forms of behavior, aimed at damaging relationships
and diminishing acceptance by others (Berger & Caravita, 2016). Morrow, Hubbard, and Swift
(2014) contrasted social manipulation (indirect behavior) from social rebuff (direct exclusion);
however, the correlation between the two forms of victimization was very high (0.94),
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suggesting that they are the same construct.” (Nelson,2017) As it is defined covert bullying is to
manipulate and destroy someone else’s social status to achieve a higher social status.
Covert bullying can be harder for adults to recognize, but easier for students to be able to
identify. One of the best ways to prevent covert bullying is to be open and honest with children
in the classroom. The best way is to make students aware of what covert bullying looks like and
ways to identify it. Once these indicators are identified the next step is to let them know what
steps they should take to shut down this type of bullying down. Since this type of bullying is
harder for adults to identify, the teacher can still be aware, but have the peace of mind that
students feel comfortable sharing this type of information with the teacher. Another way to help
students to understand how to treat others. This may seem like a silly task as a teacher, but
students come from diverse backgrounds. This could go a long way in explaining how others are
different and that is okay. Then telling students how to treat and respect others even if they are
different from you. Once students are able to recognize what bullying looks and what is
acceptable then they are able to report to it an adult. Once they report is then an adult can take
action. Students are around other students more than the teacher is and hear more converstations.
I think this is why student reporting is so important. “Adult intervention is one of the best
defenses against bullying. Teachers need to recognize the warning signs of bullying and
intervene when it happens, sending the message that bullying is not acceptable.” (Burden, 2020)
Teachers may think that this may never happen to them, it is bettter to be proactive and aware
rather than not.
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