Bullying is a crime in the state of Massachusetts and in creating a law about bullying the state had to define bullying. The Massachusetts legislators’ definition for bullying is: Bullying is the severe or repeated use by one or more students of a written, verbal, or electronic expression, or a physical act or gesture, or any combination thereof, directed at another student that has the effect of: (i) causing physical or emotional harm to the other student or damage to the other student's property; (ii) placing the other student in reasonable fear of harm to himself or of damage to his property; (iii) creating a hostile environment at school for the other student; (iv) infringing on the rights of the other student at school; or (v) materially and substantially disrupting the education process or the orderly operation of a school.
The punishment for bullying could led to imprisonment in a state prison for not more than 5 years or by a fine of not more than $1,000, or imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than 2 and one-half years or both.
We called the Cape Ann YMCA to see if they had any programs about bullying and they did not have any. So we decided to create a pamphlet on bullying to inform the students’ on what bullying is and their responsibility to report it. I am observing a class of 4th graders and half of them do not know what bullying is and how to identify it. So for our service learning project we will be providing a pamphlet to the students and we will discuss it with the students. We could even model some situations on bullying to better inform the students.
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