By Laura Morales, The Miami Herald Jul. 27--What Everyone Should Know at Cutler Ridge Middle School Bullies have been taunting and roughing up victims since the beginning of time. The difference today? Now they're tech-savvy. "With the introduction of electronic communication, kids have been able to expand the ways they can hurt one another," writes Meline Kevorkian, executive director of academic review at Nova Southeastern University, in her new book 101 Facts about Bullying: What Everyone Should Know ($32.95, Rowman & Littlefield Education). Today's cyber-bullies can send hurtful and threatening text messages on cell phones and create websites dedicated to vilifying certain classmates. They also can post nasty comments and humiliating photos on social networking sites, such as MySpace and Facebook. TRAGIC LOSS In 2006, 13-year-old Megan Meier of Missouri became the face of cyber-bullying victims by hanging herself after receiving cruel messages, which she thought were f...
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