Bullying
Bystander
A classmate or adult who witnesses bullying taking place.
Target
A person who a bully often seeks out as a victim.
Upstander
A person who sees wrong and acts. Stands up for what is right and does their best to help support and protect someone who is being hurt.
Bully
An individual who regularly menaces others for personal gain.
Distressed
Extremely upset or unhappy
Compassion
Feeling empathy for and wanting to help another in need.
Bullying
Intimidating/frightening people weaker than yourself
Exclusion
Purposefully leaving another person out of an activity or discussion in order to hurt their feelings.
Assertiveness
Standing up for yourself and what you believe in while being respectful of the rights and beliefs of others.
Fear
The emotion that holds bystanders away from helping a victim. The emotion that a victim feels when being bullied.
Indirect Bullying
The spreading of rumors, gossip, or anonymous actions that are meant to hurt another person.
Teasing
Tormenting another in an often clever but cruel way
Respect
Treating people, places, and things with kindness.
Cyberbullying
Using the internet to bully - text messages, unpleasant e-mails, Twitter and Facebook postings, etc. to damage someone's reputation.
Name-calling
an attack on a person instead of an issue Resorting to saying bad things about your opponent
Insecure
lacking self-confidence or assurance
Vulnerable
open to attack; capable of being wounded or damaged; unprotected
Make threats
threaten