Cyber bullying is not a felony but it is a crime. Cyber bullying is often pertaining to girls. Students will increase in threats and hate notes and has been increasing the past 7 to 10 years. Spreading rumors online is considered cyber bullying as well. Taking unflattering pictures and then sending them around can hurt some bodies heart. Making sure our classrooms are clear from cyber bullying will be important and being aware that it does happen and that we will need to stand up against it. Allowing parents to become more aware of what goes on will help as well so we as teachers are not the only ones that are fighting this problem. Its often more than one person ganging up another. Its hard to put a stop too with increasing technology.
As teachers we need to be careful and teach equality and help our students to respect one another because much can happen off of school primacies and on phones. I have seen this happening even with students planning to start a food fight at school the next day based off of facebook and phone messaging. It was crazy, it can lead to police even being involved such as in a school where my sister teaches at this present time. Lets encourage them to do what is right as we avoid cyber bullying!
http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-cyber-bullying
http://www.bullyingstatistics.org/content/cyber-bullying-statistics.html
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