Not exact matches
I used to get verbally
bullied every day in
middle school and high
school, by
kids that are half my size.
Kids in
middle school bully others to protect their image and improve their social status.
Although
bullying can start as early as preschool, by the time
kids reach
middle school, it has often become an accepted part of
school.
Bullying occurs more often in the
middle school and early teen years because
kids are transitioning from being a child to an adolescent.
This type of
bullying becomes more and more evident as
kids get into
middle school and junior high.
When I use the term
bully, my mind conjures up the image of a casually - dressed, aggressive - looking
middle -
school kid.
Momentarily stunned out of her sandwich and tater tot induced trance, the girl sees that her lunch has been taken by Cliff Jenks, every coach's favorite athlete, but known as a
bully to the
kids who couldn't care less about
middle school athletics.
One important study tracked almost 900
middle school kids for seven years and found that about 42 % never
bullied at all, while about 10 % became serious
bullies.
So using myself as an example, when I was in
middle school, I was unfortunately a
kid who was
bullied, and when I look back at my grades, I'm not so proud of them as an adult today.