Special Topic: Bullying and Hazing Facts

For this set of 10 I want to provide facts about bullying and hazing.  I will do my best to provide evidence and supporting information, rather than just experiences, to show the dangers and importance of recognizing this action.

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Bullying and Hazing Fact #1:  Know what they are

Knowing what these are is the first step to preventing them.

Bullying:  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. Bullying includes actions such as making threats, spreading rumors, attacking someone physically or verbally, and excluding someone from a group on purpose. -stopbullying.gov

Hazing:  It shall be unlawful to haze, or otherwise mistreat so as to cause bodily injury, any student at any school, college, or university.
Any person found guilty thereof shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor, unless the injury would be such as to constitute a felony, and in that event the punishment shall be inflicted as is otherwise provided by law for the punishment of such felony.
Any person receiving bodily injury by hazing or mistreatment shall have a right to sue, civilly, the person or persons guilty thereof, whether adults or infants.
The president, or other presiding official of any school, college or university, receiving appropriations from the state treasury shall, upon satisfactory proof of the guilt of any student found guilty of hazing or mistreating another student so as to cause bodily injury, expel such student so found guilty, and shall make report thereof to the attorney for the Commonwealth of the county or city in which such school, college or university is, who shall present the same to the grand jury of such city or county convened next after such report is made to him. -Virginia Statue on Hazing

In later posts I will address the line between positive behavior and bullying/hazing, the consequences for both the one doing the actions and the one being acted upon, and other related topics.