Should students who commit Cyber bullying

be suspended from school?

By: Lyric Boyd

Students who commit cyber bullying should be suspended from school

What is Cyber bullying?• The use of technology to degrade or humiliate

another person or group.

Cyber bullies use…..• Internet/web pages• Picture messaging/text

messaging

• Email• Blogs

Did you know……• Girls are about twice as likely as boys to be

victims and perpetrators of cyber bullying?

Types of Cyber bullying• Gossip• Harassment• Cyberstalking

Gossip• Posting or sending cruel gossip• Ruin relationships

Harassment• Repeatedly posting

– Rude messages– Insulting messages

Cyberstalking• Unwanted messages• Intimidating messages• May include threats

Fact• If you spend more than 3 hours on social

networks per day, then you are 110% more likely to be a victim of cyberbullying.

What motivates cyber bullying?

• Anger• Revenge • frustration

          

          

          

          

          

                    

                                                                  

                    

                                                                  

                      

                                                                              

                  

                                                         

                     

                                                                     

                    

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Why do teens cyber bully their peers?

• Most do it for entertainment

Effects of Cyber bullying• Feeling Ill• Feeling suicidal• Feeling disinterested in school

Feeling ill• Can cause stomach ulcers• Skin conditions• Insomnia (sleeplessness)

Feeling suicidal• Hopelessness• Only way to escape pain

Feeling disinterested in school

• Higher rates of absenteeism• Try to avoid bullies (drop out)• Grades suffer

Types of cyber bullies• Mean Girls• Vengeful Angel

Mean Girls• Remind people of their social status• Often done in groups

Vengeful Angel• Righting Wrongs• Protecting themselves

Phoebe Prince• Dated a popular football

player• Harassed on Twitter and

Facebook• Hung herself in a

Stairwell• Students posted mean

comments on her Facebook memorial Page.

Why suspension?• It makes teens uncomfortable• The more uncomfortable, the worse they do

in school.