BULLYING Being on the receiving end of someone abusing power'

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BULLYINGBeing on the receiving end of someone
abusing power.
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Bullying

• Objective Students will be able to explain how
  harassment, bullying, and destructive humor can
  only make someone feel inferior if he/she lets
  it.
• Students will be able to explain when it would be
  appropriate to get help from an adult when
  handling an abuse-of-power situation and when one
  should handle such a situation on their own.
• Students will be able to describe strategies for
  handling abuse-of-power situations on their own.

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Review Discuss

• Power can be disproportionate depending on the
  situation and/or context.
• When one is in a position of power, one should
  handle it skillfully.
• At Mae Hensley, NO ONE has the right to interfere
  with anyone elses feelings of physical or
  emotional safety.

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Bullying (abuse of power)When should you get
help from an adult?

• Students who are victims of constant teasing,
  destructive humor, and perhaps even harassment
  should get help from an adult.
• Students that feel they are being physically,
  emotionally, or sexually harassed should get help
  from an adult.

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Bullying (abuse of power)When to try and
handle the situation yourself?

• Mild teasing, harassment, and destructive humor
  should be ignored, asking the person to stop, or
  by laughing it off.
• When you are being physically or emotionally
  harmful to another student, think about how you
  felt when it happened to you.

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Ways of Responding to TeasingSKILLFUL UNSK
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• Ignoring
• Quietly asking the person not to tease you in
  that way
• Laughing it off

• Physical assault
• Yelling
• Crying

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What Should You Do?

• You are walking to class and there are three
  students behind you that you dont know. You
  realize that they are tugging on your backpack
  and they obviously want some kind of a reaction
  from you.
• What is a skillful way to handle this?
• What is an unskillful way to handle this?

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What Should You Do?

• A friend of yours has been teasing you in a way
  that you feel is insensitive and mean. You laugh
  when your friend teases you even though the
  teasing makes you feel bad about yourself.
• What is a skillful way to handle this situation?
  
• What is an unskillful way to handle this
  situation?