The BULLYING Phenomenon Be a buddy , not a bully !

GREECE ROMANIA 6th Gymnasium of Lamia BULGARIA Colegiul National "Mihai Eminescu" 79 "Indira Gandhi" Secondary School 6th Gymnasium of Lamia ITALY SPAIN C.D.P.Fernando de los Ríos Istituto Comprensivo Alfonso Volpi PORTUGAL TURKEY Agrupamento de Escolas n.º 1 de Odivelas, Escola Básica da Pontinha LITHUANIA Oruçgazi Secondary School Vilniaus savivaldybes Grigiskiu Sviesos gimnazija Key Action 2 (KA2)-Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices Project - "Be a buddy, not a bully”, financed by European Commission through Erasmus+ Programme

“Mihai Eminescu” National College Constanta The school was founded in 1919 under the name "Domniţa Ileana" Girls' Secondary School as counterpart to the "Mircea cel Bătrân" Boys' High School. The college was named in the 1970s after the Romanian national poet Mihai Eminescu. Until 1990 it was called "Mihai Eminescu" Natural Science High School. In 1990, the name was changed to "Mihai Eminescu" Theoretical High School and in 2005 was given the National College title, thus becoming "Mihai Eminescu" National College (C.N.M.E.), as it is known today. Key Action 2 (KA2)-Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices Project - "Be a buddy, not a bully”, financed by European Commission through Erasmus+ Programme

“Mihai Eminescu” National College Constanta made a survey among students regarding the “bullying” phenomenon, especially in the last two years there have been various effects of this phenomenon: depression and behavioral disorders, exclusion and difficulty in relationships, fear and anxiety. Thus it was found that some of college students have argued that violence is the most common verbal, emotional and relational abuse. Some of those students did not respond or say they did not want to answer.

The bullying phenomenon in Romania Almost half of all children in Romania have, at one point or another, been the victims of bullying-ului, and over 51 % of children questioned say school doesn't take this phenomenon seriously – a study shows "The bullying phenomenon in schools", published by the Child's Telephone Association Approximately 160.000 adolescents cut class every day because of repeated aggressions. 1 in 10 students give up going to school because of repeated aggressions.

BULLYING IN ROMANIA

TEENAGERS HAVE MAINLY BEEN THE VICTIMS OF BULLYING

PREVENTION AND FIGHTING AGAINST BULLYING Understanding the mechanisms that trigger bullying and violence; The style and quality of conflict management, violence acts and bullying management; The quality of school curricula and the way teaching is done in class; Involvement in free time activities and the quality of extracurricular programmes; Developing positive relationships with others and self;

The form of "emotional bullying" is more common among girls, while the form of "physical bullying" is found among boys. Worrying is that the phenomenon of bullying began to descend at primary and secondary students. They are becoming more frequent cases of physical abuse, 56% of cases, and emotionally, 23%. Thus, our college with all partners wants to bring attention to increase awareness of the negative effects of the phenomenon of bullying, especially increasing awareness among children, parents, teachers, local communities, NGOs on the need for involvement in preventing and combating this phenomenon, but it is not often spoken about in Romania.

In our high-school the forms of bullying we meet are: The emotional and relational bullying is frequently met among adolescents but also in classmates relationships; these the victims of these forms of bullying usually come from a rural area or those who have a vulnerable financial situation or a vulnerable familial context; these biographic factors becoming reasons for aggressiveness and nicknames for possible aggressors. The on-line bullying is another phenomenon among adolescents, but unfortunately the phenomenon can hardly be controlled by the authorities.

At gymnasium (I-VIII classes) the most- frequent bullying form to be met is the physical bullying, although in the last year there have been fewer and fewer cases. The victims of these forms of bullying are usually boys; this phenomenon appears among the relationships between boys, this kind of haring a low level of self-confidence and having a problematic family background (divorced parents, single parents families, children whose parents work abroad, bad financial situations, gypsies or with a possible aggressive intro familial context)

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