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In our first video on cyberbullying get a general overlook of what this series of videos will offer.


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Thank you We sneak in cyberbullying Allah shmoop up a

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course overview Cyberbullying can be anonymous torment to someone day

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in and day out Cyber bowling's led two suicides violence

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and families while falling apart It's really a no brainer

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that it's a crime We just have to define it

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a little more clearly Well i'm dave symon off I'm

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the founder of shmoop and i'm talking to you about

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all this because we hate bullies around here If you

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find yourself bullied we want you to know how to

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deal with it If you see someone being bullied who

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can't defend him or herself Well we want you to

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know what to do And if you're a bully well

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we want you to be afraid of what's coming for

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you Old school bullies got away with things in the

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back recesses of the school playground with these guys But

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today big brother is alive and well And while he

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loves to be loved if you know what we need

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so who are these cyber bullies and who are the

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victims Is this guy a cyber bully This guy this

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guy all right so quick fact Eighty one percent of

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kids surveyed think it's easier to get away with bullying

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someone online than in person That is there a whole

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lot more likely to just do it and ninety percent

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of those who have seen it happen totally ignore it

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and let it keep happening Is this guy a victim

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This guy this guy Another quick fact Did you know

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that nearly forty three percent of kids have been victims

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of cyber bullying at least once and only ten percent

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of victims will tell someone they trust and here's the

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source Do something dot borg All right well how about

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this guy bully No bully victim What do you think

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Well let's find out here's what this course is going

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to cover Evolution of cyberbullying what's cyberbullying is and what

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it isn't Technical and legal aspects of cyberbullying all that

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confusing computer mumbo jumbo and about how big brother lives

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inside the internet and he really does what to do

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when you encounter cyberbullying and you'll encounter it we promise

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And finally and it's a biggie You have a social

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responsibility If someone believes you it's your duty as a

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human being to make sure that bully doesn't get off

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Scot free So yeah we're going to go over all

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that good stuff without the kid gloves In fact we

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hope you're so appalled by the actions of these bullies

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and by the inadequate laws that have been set in

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place to deter them They will draft your very own

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bill and submitted to congress back We encourage you to

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actually do it seriously Maybe your teacher will even insist 00:02:34.2 --> [endTime] on it What do you think here's An apple

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