NAME: Sarah
TITLE OF SPEECH: Bullying
Introduction: Bullying. I’m sure it has happened to all of us at one point or another but it is one of those things that should never happen. Growing up I personally did not have trouble with being bullied because I had and still have today the courage to say what is on my mind and I didn’t and don’t care what people think of me. It’s one of those things that you think about it will never happen to me but in reality it can happen to anyone. In today’s world though not many kids have that confidence, it’s all about being cool and being in with the in crowd instead of being yourself. So I am here today to give you the facts on what bullying is, why it happens, and what we can do to prevent it.
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I. So what is bullying exactly? According to stop bullying.gov, the definition of bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time.
A. In order to be considered bullying, the behavior must be aggressive and include two things. One is an imbalance of power and two repetition.
1. An Imbalance of power is when kids who bully use their power such as …show more content…
Now the facts. According to Do Something.org over 3.2 million students are victims of bullying each year. 1 in 4 teachers see nothing wrong with bullying and will only intervene 4% of the time. Approximately 160,000 teens skip school every day because of bullying, 1 in 7 students in grades k-12 is either a bully or a victim of bullying, 56% of students have personally witnessed some type of bullying a school, 71% of students report incidents of bullying as a problem at their school, 90% of 4th through 8th graders report being victims of bullying, 1 out of 10 students drop pot of school because of repeated bullying, Harassment and bullying have been linked to 75% of school-shooting