Ways to Bully...(I'm a writer)?

Question

Okay, I am writing a story, book, novel, etc. I want to touch on a social matter like bullying. I was never bullied in school. I have actually been pretty popular my whole life. Whatever. But, I now that I am doing this story...I want it to be as real as possible. I need to know what would make you mad and how someone can put you down...ways to bully basically. Ways to overcome bullying will be useless to me because once I have a problem I can figure out a solution for myself. That's the fun in writing.

Just let me know anything that would make you feel sooooo bad. They could be true stories or things you've seen or heard or just imagined. I don't care. I'll take all the problems you can get.

Thanx in advance and you have my deepest respect and gratitude for helping write this story. Thanx again!

Answer 1

School bullying

Main article: School bullying

In schools, bullying usually occurs in all areas of school. It can occur in nearly any part in or around the school building, though it more often occurs in PE, recess, hallways, bathrooms, on school buses and waiting for buses, classes that require group work and/or after school activities. Bullying in school sometimes consists of a group of students taking advantage of, or isolating one student in particular and gaining the loyalty of bystanders who want to avoid becoming the next victim. These bullies will taunt and tease their target before physically bullying the target. Targets of bullying in school are often pupils who are considered strange or different by their peers to begin with, making the situation harder for them to deal with. Some children bully because they have been isolated, and they have a deep need for belonging, but they do not possess the social skills to effectively keep friends (see social rejection).[10] "When you're miserable, you need something more miserable than yourself." This may explain the negative actions towards others that bullies exhibit.[citation needed] However, just like with adults, there are also those who simply enjoy hurting other people.

Bullying can also be perpetrated by teachers and the school system itself: there is an inherent power differential in the system that can easily predispose to subtle or covert abuse, humiliation, or exclusion - even while maintaining overt commitments to anti-bullying policies.[19][20]

School shootings receive an enormous amount of media attention. The children who perpetrate these shootings sometimes claim that they were victims of bullying and that they resorted to violence only after the school administration repeatedly failed to intervene.[11] In many of these cases, the victims of the shooters sued both the shooters' families and the schools.[21]

Some suggest these rare but horrific events have led schools to try harder to discourage bullying, with programs designed to teach students cooperation, as well as training peer moderators in intervention and dispute resolution techniques, as a form of peer support.[citation needed]

American victims and their families have legal recourse, such as suing a school or teacher for failure to adequately supervise, racial or gender discrimination, or other civil rights violations. Special education students who are victimized may sue a school or school board under the ADA or Section 504.