I HAVE ORDERED THE KIT TO GO TO MY CHILDRENS SCHOOL TO BRING AWARENESS TO THIS EPIDEMIC. IT ONLY TAKES ONE - THAT'S RIGHT - ONE CHILD TO STAND UP FOR SOMEONE WHO CAN'T STAND UP FOR THEMSELVES....BE THAT ONE CHILD.
MY HOPE IS THAT I CAN INCENT MY CHILD'S SCHOOL'S FELLOW STUDENTS TO GO TO OTHER SCHOOLS AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE. SOLIDARITY....THAT IS WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. A FOREST FIRE STARTS WITH ONE HEART THAT IS ON FIRE. LET THIS MOVIE IGNITE A NATIONWIDE EPIDEMIC THAT PUTS AN END TO THIS HORRIFIC AND GROWING PROBLEM BY STANDING UP AND BEING HEARD. BE THE VOICES OF THOSE WHO NO LONGER HAVE A VOICE.....
AS PER "ALICETX.COM" THE FOLLOWING STATISTICS WERE GATHERED:
The numbers continue to rise every month...
- 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
- American schools harbor approximately 2.1 million bullies and 2.7 million of their victims. Dan Olweus, National School Safety Center.
- 1 in 7 students in Grades K-12 is either a bully or a victim of bullying.
- 56 percent of students have personally witnessed some type of bullying at school.
- 15 percent of all school absenteeism is directly related to fears of being bullied at school.
- 71 percent of students report incidents of bullying as a problem at their school.
- 1 out of 20 students has seen a student with a gun at school.
- 282,000 students are physically attacked in secondary schools each month.
- Those in the lower grades reported being in twice as many fights as those in the higher grades. However, there is a lower rate of serious violent crimes in the elementary level than in the middle or high schools.
- 90 percent of fourth through eighth graders report being victims of bullying
- Among students, homicide perpetrators were more than twice as likely as homicide victims to have been bullied by peers.
- Bullying statistics say revenge is the strongest motivation for school shootings.
- 87 percent of students said shootings are motivated by a desire to "get back at those who have hurt them."
- 86 percent 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.
- 61 percent of students said students shoot others because they have been victims of physical abuse at home.
- 54 percent of students said witnessing physical abuse at home can lead to violence in school.
- According to bullying statistics, 1 out of every 10 students who drops out of school does so because of repeated bullying.
- Harassment and bullying have been linked to 75 percent of school-shooting incidents.
NATIONAL STATISTICS: (http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=49)
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. (2012). Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2011 (NCES 2012-002).
| Percentage of students ages 12-18 who reported criminal victimization at school during the previous 6 months, by type of victimization and selected student characteristics: 1999, 2005, and 2009 | ||||||||||||
| Student characteristic | 1999 | 2005 | 2009 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Theft | Violent | Serious violent1 | Total | Theft | Violent | Serious violent1 | Total | Theft | Violent | Serious violent1 | |
| Total | 7.6 | 5.7 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 0.3 |
| Sex | ||||||||||||
| Male | 7.8 | 5.7 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 0.3! | 4.6 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 0.6 |
| Female | 7.3 | 5.7 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 1.1 | ‡ |
| Race/ethnicity2 | ||||||||||||
| White | 7.5 | 5.8 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 0.3! | 3.9 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 0.3! |
| Black | 9.9 | 7.4 | 3.5 | 1.2 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 1.3! | ‡ | 4.4 | 2.5 | 2.3! | ‡ |
| Hispanic | 5.7 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 0.6! | 3.9 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 0.4! | 3.9 | 3.0 | 1.3! | ‡ |
| Asian | — | — | — | — | 1.5! | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | # | # |
| Other | 6.4 | 4.4 | 2.2! | # | 4.3! | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | # |
STAND UP AND DO SOMETHING. GO TO http://www.thebullyproject.com AND JOIN. FOLLOW ME....TWEET IT....FACEBOOK IT. DO WHAT YOU CAN. GET THE WORD OUT AT YOUR SCHOOLS. LET'S LET NOT ONE MORE CHILD TAKE THEIR OWN LIFE BECAUSE THEY FEEL THERE WILL BE NO END TO THEIR ABUSE.
