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>> successful camp staff training >> the scenes, these behaviors may create unhappiness and distress. The prevalence of exclusion and embarrassment in >> front of others can be quite daunting to some. The lines of behavior and what is deemed appropriate or inappropriate >> are difficult to manage when staff experience these behaviors so quickly within the first few days of interaction before >> campers arrive for the summer Packet -->
 * 1) "Bullies and Their Victims." //Harvard Mental Health Letter// 18.5 (2001): 4. //MAS Ultra - School Edition//. EBSCO. Web. 2 Nov. 2010.
 * **//Bullying//** was defined as constantly saying or doing nasty or unpleasant things to someone or teasing someone in a way he or she doesn't like.
 * almost one-third of students admitted to being involved in **//bullying//** in some way -- 13% as bullies, 11% as victims, and 6% as both.
 * 1) Bennett, Jessica. "FROM LOCKERS TO LOCKUP." //Newsweek// 156.15 (2010): 38. //MAS Ultra - School Edition//. EBSCO. Web. 21 Oct. 2010.
 * Forty-five states now have anti-**//bullying//** laws; **//in//** Massachusetts, which has one of the strictest, anti-**//bullying//** programs are mandated **//in//** **//schools//**, and criminal punishment is outlined **//in//** the text for even the youngest offenders.
 * dozens of articles have called **//bullying//** a 'pandemic"
 * **//School//** **//bullying//** can be devastating, but social scientists say it is no more extreme, nor more prevalent, than it was a half century ago.
 * 1) Swearer, Susan, and Janice Delucia-Waack. "HOW TO CURB SCHOOL BULLYING IN MASSACHUSETTS." //Newsweek// 155/156.26/1 (2010): 12. //MAS Ultra - School Edition//. EBSCO. Web. 21 Oct. 2010.
 * Bay State lawmakers pass one of the strictest anti-bullying laws **//in//** the U.S.
 * **//In//** Finland and Norway, where anti-bullying efforts include thrice weekly student pledges and annual reviews, results have shown greater promise
 * 1) Vatz, Richard E., and Lee S. Weinberg. "BULLYING BY ANY OTHER NAME…." //USA Today Magazine// 139.2784 (2010): 54. //MAS Ultra - School Edition//. EBSCO. Web. 4 Nov. 2010.
 * Baltimore City Health Department released a study that showed a strong correlation between children who had been suspended multiple times and those who committed, and were victims of, homicide. Children who bully am themselves almost always victims of **//bullying//**--and even violence--and they replicate with other kids what they see adults do
 * To stop **//bullying//**, schools should: have a no-tolerance policy for **//bullying//** (assault, battery, or harassment); develop and distribute their policy to students and parents; immediately notify the parents of the alleged bully of the allegations and bring the parents into the school to discuss them; specify a series of incremental penalties depending on the gravity and repetition of violations; and act quickly to investigate all claims of **//bullying//** and determine if they have a basis for punishing the offender. (This determination must include a fair heating of the claims of the victim, the bully, and relevant witnesses.)
 * 1) Haber, Joel D. "Excellence in Staff Training to Reduce Bullying Bullying Prevention at Camp -- Third in a Series of Three Articles." //Camping Magazine// 79.3 (2006): 1. //MAS Ultra - School Edition//. EBSCO. Web. 4 Nov. 2010.
 * Staff training is one of the most important pieces of successful bully prevention, and this article provides the key aspects and tools to
 * Staff may accept this behavior as part of interacting with each other to fit in, but behind


 * 1) "...I am gay."
 * Some people point and laugh at persons who are homosexual.
 * Some people over react and threaten homosexuals.
 * 1) "...I am biracial."
 * Some people do not accept the fact that someone's parents can be of two nationalities.
 * Some people lie about what can happen to interracial parents.
 * 1) "...we are over weight."
 * Some people make fun of larger people because they find humor in their misery.
 * Some people physically harm persons who are over weight
 * 1) "...I am Muslim."
 * Some people may target you because of your religion.
 * Some people may threaten and attack you because of your religion.
 * 1) "...just because."
 * People with money are often marks for bullying.
 * Some people gather groups to help bully specific people.
 * 1) "..people were jealous."
 * Some people bully others for dating a specific person.
 * Some people are physically tormented for dating someone.
 * 1) "We'll never be the same. But hopefully the community will be stronger because of it."
 * Shouting at people can cause a 'code black' in schools.
 * Some people resort to stalking certain people.