Searching for Surveys

Over the last few weeks I have been working on creating a survey. I want to give to third graders at my Mom's school so I can have data on what's going on in the elementary schools. I've been doing a lot of researching and trying to make the perfect survey. My words never could come out the right way, or the way I wanted them to. Finally,  I asked the consolor at the school I attend if she had any old surveys from our bully prevention program everyone participates in. We started looking for surveys in books but found nothing that was age appropriate. She then had the idea to google surveys. I finally found the perfect survey! I printed it out so my mom can let her third graders answer it, giving me data on what type of bullying is dominate in their grade.

Personal Views

For the past few weeks I have narrowed my research to two types of bullying; verbal and physical. When my cousins are around I like to watch them play, to see how they act around one another. They get so comfortable with each other that one starts bossing the other around.  Sometimes they call each other names but they laugh it off. I realized, maybe it's that way with kids at school. They think they're comfortable with one another so they start calling names and hitting each other. Soon one starts calling names and hitting more than the others. I notice how the tougher cousin laughs when he throws a basketball to them and it hits their stomach. It's funny to him but not the victim. As they play,  things become casual and unnoticed. Kids at school can relate because maybe they have a bully friend. Someone that uses them to make their self feel better.