Hazing Horrors

Updated: August 05, 2008

For some, it's a ritual they call "initiation." For many others, it's nothing but pain and humiliation. Researchers estimate that as many as 1.5 million high-schoolers have experienced some form of hazing.

Hazing is when a group requires you to do humiliating tasks to be included. Hazing is usually portrayed as harmless fun or an easy way to become accepted by others, but it often leaves lasting mental and physical scars.

Many students experience hazing, read true stories and statistics from the most extensive study on hazing below.