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80% of adolescents reported being bullied during their school years
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90% of 4th through 8th graders report being victims
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- Up to 7% of 8th grade students stay home at least once a month because of bullies
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Bullies identified by age eight are six times more likely to be convicted of a crime by age twenty-four and five times more likely that non-bullies to end up with serious criminal records by the age of thirty.
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Students reported that 71% of the teachers or other adults in the classroom ignored bullying incidents.
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When asked students uniformly expressed the desire that teachers intervene rather than ignore teasing and bullying.
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Aggressive behavior is learned early and becomes resistant to change if it persists beyond age eight.
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Bullying most often occurs at school where there is minimal or no supervision (e.g.,playground, hallways, cafeteria).
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Most bullying is verbal.
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Bullying begins in elementary school, peaks in middle school, diminishes but does not disappear in high school.
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Both boys and girls bully, usually same sex classmates, with female bullying taking indirect, manipulative forms.
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