(Note: This article references a study and resulting book that was edited by Dr. Ken Rigby of the University of South Australia. Dr. Rigby presented a full-day workshop at the University of Arizona in 2008 and was a keynote speaker at the annual convention of the International Bullying Prevention Association later the same year. – Mike)
By Serene Luo
A CHILD specialist embarking on a survey on bullying four years ago was horrified by its revelations.
About half of the 4,000 primary and secondary school children she and her team surveyed had been called names, laughed at, or teased.
More than a quarter had been pushed or hit, or had been sworn at or had rude signs made at them.
One particularly pathetic account was from a child whose birthday was marked by being kicked and punched by 30 people.
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