One in seven students in grades K-12 is either a bully or victim of bullying, with 160,000 children missing school each day due to fear of attack. Bullying is a major motivation for school shootings, with 86% of students reporting that being picked on or bullied causes teenagers to turn to violence. Those who commit homicide in schools are over twice as likely to have been bullied by peers compared to homicide victims.

3. ● "1 in 7 students in grades K-12 is either a bully or a victim of bullying."
● "It is estimated that 160,000 children miss school every day due to fear of
attack or intimidation by other students. Source: National Education
Association"
● "Bullying statistics say revenge is the strongest motivation for school
shootings."
● "86% of students said, "other kids picking on them, making fun of them or
bullying them" causes teenagers to turn to lethal violence in the schools."
● "Among students, homicide perpetrators were more than twice as likely as
homicide victims to have been bullied by peers."
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4. Don't waste your life in doubts and fears:
spend yourself on the work before you, well
assured that the right performance of this
hour's duties will be the best preparation for
the hours or ages that follow it.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson