Bullying Case Study

The first time I was introduced to bullying was in middle school. I was walking towards the cafeteria and saw a boy being pushed around by older kids. He wasn’t yelling for help nor standing up for himself, not wanting to get involved I continued my path. I became more aware of the boy and saw this happen almost everyday. No teachers were notified and the boy kept silent. As the school year went by, the kid was getting browbeaten more and more, but still no one said anything. At last an anonymous tip was made and a teacher was able to impede on the bullying. Wretchedly the bullying started again for the kid but it would take place off of school grounds and became more bellicose. I realized that in some cases, telling an adult can dander the bully and deprave the

They conducted a study to understand the pupils view on bullying and and their opinions on the different coping strategies. In the Bullying and the Politics of ‘Telling’, Oliver and Candappa write, “Specific aims of the study were to explore children’s understanding and experience of bullying; and to document their opinions concerning the relative effectiveness of different approaches to tackling bullying” (74). 12 schools were chosen to participate in their study. 24 focus groups were made with 10 pupils in each group. The participant ages ranged from Year 5, whose pupils were primarily 9 years of age, and Year 8 students, who would be around 12 years of age. Different bullying scenarios were portrayed and discussions would follow. Oliver and Candappa write, “The findings indicate that Year 8 pupils found their friends easiest to talk to. For pupils in Year 5, talking to their friends emerged as second in importance to telling their mothers (78).” Pupils found that confiding in their friends was affluent and a beneficial way to cope with