To start off, cyber bullying is a joke ( a lot of times but not all the time). People get worked up over stuff like that when really it is just some idiot online. If they are spreading rumors, so what? Unfriend them or something and post that these are lies. You know you are telling the truth and that's what matters. Like Bleyd said, nothing to kill yourself over. Of course there are some cases where people post bad pictures of you, sending you death threats, and things of that extreme, that is true cyber bullying. Not someone posting "you're a w****" on your wall a few times...
Schoolyard bullying? More of an issue. More physical than verbal in my opinion, maybe it's just cuz I'm a guy. If someone says something about me I really could care less. If they say it to my face, I brush it off. I like to stick to the philosophy: Sticks and stones my break my bones, but words will never hurt me". I wouldn't report this to people unless it lead to really bad physical bullying
Physical bullying bugs me. I try to break up fights that I know I could stop. If I don't get out of a fight with the other guys hurt also, I feel defeated. Like I didn't do my job to protect myself. I feel that if someone starts a fight with me, I should use self-defense to fight back and teach them not to mess with me. I wouldn't start the fight. I'm a 2nd degree black belt in Taekwondo so I tend to use that as a way to tell people to back off. And of course that's why I don't really believe physical bullying should be reported unless it gets absolutely out of hand. Of course this threshold may be different for others.
I was bullied for a short period of time in 7th grade by the 8th graders on my soccer team. They would take my phone and text inappropriate stuff on it, or just push me around in general. I really didn't have the mindset I have now, so I just kind of felt down on myself and felt like I did something wrong, when I really was trying to have fun playing soccer. :/
