GRAPHICS OF BULLIED PEOPLE

A list of the characteristics of relational aggression:

• "Exclusion
• Ignoring
• Spreading rumors
• Verbal insults
• Teasing
• Eye rolling
• Taunting
• Manipulative affection
• Three way calling
• Video phoning
• Cyber bullying

Which can then be further broken down to include cyber bullying and other acts of harm or cruelty.There has also been a new emergent type of bullying known as cyber bullying, though we will not go into extensive detail about this type of bullying it is the one that we as future teachers will have to pay special attention to. Bullying is no longer restricted to the school environment, and we will have to address this with our pupils.

Other acts of Relational Bullying (including cyber bullying) are:

• Send cruel and threatening e-mail messages from a computer or text messages from a cell phone
• Ridicule others by posting stories, pictures, cartoons and jokes
• Break into someone’s e-mail account and send nasty messages to others pretending to be that person
• Use the digital camera on a cell phone to take embarrassing pictures of a person then sending the picture to others
• Post pictures of a person on line and then ask others to rate that person’s appearance 

Below is a list of recommendations on how to avoid being cyber bullied. It provides students with a few suggestions such as not to post everything online, keep personal matter private, keep your cool and don't retaliate, remove any material that may put at risk of being victimized, contact the bullies parents, and finally, though abrupt -not that we agree with- is to contact an attorney (N/A,2007).