Michael
Michael considers himself to be a “leader.” At school he has a group
of friends who are very popular. Michael and his friends meet in front
of the school each morning. They stand near the sidewalk in a group,
where they can make comments as certain students arrive at school.
There are students whom they always target with insults. Sometimes
they throw things at the target students and even push them. They
like to knock one another around and purposefully collide with the
student they are picking on.
Michael actively enjoys watching this bullying. He often just
stands back and laughs as his friends make life miserable for other
students. Sometimes his friends get in trouble with a teacher and are
sent to the office. But they never tell the teacher or the principal that
Michael is really the one who gets things going and eggs everyone on.