Bullying leads many students in any school to be in danger because of many types of bullying. I was once being bullied and helped others from bullying and I wanted to know that Bullying isn't the way to feel better. When in school we must be obliged to be good, kind, educated, and helpful to others. Bullying can cause many things in a person either it can give positivity or negative around you.

3. Types of bullying:
There are many different types of bullying that can be
experienced by children and adults alike, some are obvious
to spot while others can be more subtle. The different types
of bullying that we look at below are some of the ways that
bullying could be happening.

4. Physical Bullying
Physical bullying includes hitting,
kicking, tripping, pinching and
pushing or damaging
property. Physical bullying
causes both short term and long
term damage.

5. Verbal Bullying
Verbal bulling includes name calling,
insults, teasing, intimidation,
homophobic or racist remarks, or
verbal abuse. While verbal bullying
can start off harmless, it can escalate
to levels which start affecting the
individual target.

6. Social Bullying
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.
Social bullying can include:
•lying and spreading rumors
•negative facial or physical gestures, menacing or
contemptuous looks
•playing nasty jokes to embarrass and humiliate
•mimicking unkindly
•encouraging others to social exclude someone
•damaging someone’s social reputation or social
acceptance.

7. Cyber-Bullying
The Cyber Bullying Research Centre defines cyber
bullying as: Intentional and repeated harm inflicted through the
use of computers, phones, and other electronic devices.
Cyber bullying can be overt or covert bullying behaviours using
digital technologies including hardware such as computers and
smartphones, and software such as social media, instant
messaging, texts, websites and other online platforms.
Cyber bullying can happen at any time. It can be in public or in
private and sometimes only known to the target and the person
bullying.
Cyber bullying can include:
•abusive or hurtful texts, emails or posts, images or videos
•deliberately excluding others online
•nasty gossip or rumours
•imitating others online or using their log-in
•Cyberstalking
•Cyber harassment
•Defamation
•Libel and Slander

8. Bullying Leads to:
• Students who are bullied often experience depression ,low self-esteem , that may last a
lifetime, shyness, loneliness, physical illnesses, and threatened or attempted self-harm.
• Verbal and social/relational bullying can be just as harmful as physical bullying.
• Increased feelings of sadness and loneliness, changes in sleep and eating patterns, and
loss of interest in activities they used to enjoy. These issues may persist into adulthood.
• Health complaints
• Decreased academic achievement—GPA and standardized test scores—and school
participation. They are more likely to miss, skip, or drop out of school.

9. How to Prevent Bullying
Parents, school staff, and other caring adults have a role to play in preventing bullying.
They can:
•Help kids understand bullying. Talk about what bullying is and how to stand up to it safely. Tell kids bullying is
unacceptable. Make sure kids know how to get help.
•Keep the lines of communication open. Check in with kids often. Listen to them. Know their friends, ask about
school, and understand their concerns.
•Encourage kids to do what they love. Special activities, interests, and hobbies can boost confidence, help kids
make friends, and protect them from bullying behavior.
•Model how to treat others with kindness and respect.
•Teach kindness and Empathy to show how kids should stand and help one another
•Use the arts to create context a powerful tool for helping young people see situations from different
perspectives