IntroductionBullying has been a part of school for as long as children have been around. For some it seems like a natural, if uncomfortable, part of life and the school experience, while for others it can mean terrifying experiences that have marred and characterized otherwise happy school years. Dan Olweus, a pioneer in research on bullying behavior, documented that 2.7 million children are victims and 2.1 children act like bullies (Fried, 1997, cited in Aluedse, 2006). With bullying cited as the reason for violent gun-related crimes in recent years, school districts as well as national governments have implemented anti-bullying policies. Bullying is a complex phenomenon, in which several children demand lunch money from a smaller child. This is a global epidemic that is hitting schools everywhere. Almost everyone has witnessed or experienced bullying. With technological progress, harassment even affects the Internet. Parents, teachers, students and government agencies are trying to stop bullying practices. I chose to write about bullying because I experienced it firsthand while working in Japan. As an English teacher at Tomobe High School in Kasama, Japan, I witnessed how a twelve-year-old boy regularly mistreated not only his classmates, but also physically attacked his teachers. Sometimes, when all the students were seated, he would wander around the classroom and attack other students; I saw how the professor glanced at him and then turned his head so that he would not testify and would not need to act. I saw how this boy verbally bullied his classmates by shouting and making comments in a hostile and insolent tone; I saw how he often became physical and hit, shoved, pushed...... middle of paper ......, K., & Coie, J. (1987). Social information processing factors in reactive and proactive aggression in children's peer groups. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 53,1146-1158. Fried, S. (1997). Bullies and victims: children abusing children. American Journal of Dance Therapy, 19, 127-133. Olweus, D. (1984). Aggressors and their victims: Harassment at school. In N. Fmde & H. Gault (Eds.), Disruptive behaviors at school. New York: Wiley. Smith, P. and Sharp, S. (1994). Bullying at school: insights and perspectives. London: Routledge. Roland E. and Munthe E. (1997). The 1996 Norwegian program to prevent and manage school bullying. The Irish Journal of Psychology, 18, 233-247. Ross, D. M. (1996). Harassment and teasing during childhood: What school staff, other professionals and parents can do. Virginia: American Counseling Association.