Bullying
has gained a tremendous amount of attention.
We have heard, seen, or read of horrific acts of bullying, whether
through face to face contact, email and Facebook, or spreading rumors. These despicable acts have at times resulted
in senseless acts of violence committed against oneself or one’s neighbor.
October
has been given the honor of being National Bullying Prevention Month. This is the seventh year in a row PACER has
promoted bullying prevention education and awareness. This year, prominent organizations, including
Facebook and Yahoo!, as well as distinguished celebrities, such as Annie
Thurman from the Hunger Games and Mikey Reid from Victorious, have joined the cause
to raise awareness and encourage prevention.
Below are links to websites to provide you with additional bullying prevention information and what you can do in our school and community to put an end to bullying. The sites define what is bullying, explains why kids bully, and provide resources to help if you are bullied or witness bullying.
TeensAgainstBullying.org
StopBullyingNow.hrsa.gov
In addition to the Children of Peace, what else can we do in our school to address and prevent bullying? How would you handle a situation where you saw someone being bullied? What are some steps we can take to encourage acceptance and tolerance at school and in our community?
Thomas-We can start off by not bullying other people and we can help the victims of the bullying, stay away from the bullies. I would stop the bully and take the bullied kid away from the bully. We can continue to to have a school uniform so that people wouldn't get judged by their clothing and we can get to know people before we make judgments.
ReplyDeleteWes- I would make a area where kids will be protected more in that time of need. I would tell an adult immediatly and help the victim to make sure he is okay. We should encourage kids to use the Children of Peace. This would help against bullying so the bully knows better.
ReplyDeletePatrick-We need to make standing up to the bully or writhing your name on a sheet of paper more comfortable for our students which is hard because no one wants to do that. We also need to make people get to know our teachers and staff better so they our comfortable to go to them as well. One way to increase community acceptance is by simply getting to know them or just being positive. We can do a lot a simple e things to make a difference and we should make those changes now.
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DeleteNate- I think we could add hall monitors to beef up our anti-bullying situation, if we really needed to. I think our COP organisation is probably enough for now, though. If I saw someone getting bullied, I would try to stop them, and perhaps try to negotiate with both sides in a non-violent manner. If that doesn't work, than that might be the time to get some adult intervention. Acceptance and tolerance in our community both seem to be quite present, but one thing we might do is have more community activities, so we would all know each other better, and therefore be able to cope better with each other.
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ReplyDeleteGrace- If you see someone being bullied, don't ignore it. Like in the video, show the victim that you are their friend. More importantly, tell a teacher or a trusted adult or even write a slip for the Help Request Box. It kind of depends on the situation. If it was verbal, I would tell the bully to stop calling them names. If the bully was beating up the kid, I would find the nearest teacher, but if no one was around, I would tell them to stop and then try to make them stop if they didn't. I think that at school, we can have special days celebrating different races. Obviously at our school we can't wear special clothing, but maybe for the lunches, part of it could be from a certain country. This way people would learn about different races and hopefully be able to tolerate people of that race more. We could also have special games at recess that correspond with that day's culture.
ReplyDeleteKeelie: i think so far our school is doing fine with bullying stuff. you don't really hear that often of kids getting bullied at saint joes. if i saw someone being bullied i would get mad and tell them to knock it off. of you're not firm with them, they won't stop. you really shouldn't candy coat things that's serious. i thinks in our community and school we should tell bystanders to speak up because most the time they are the ones who really make the difference
ReplyDeleteBailie- I think that in our school we could also, like Thomas said, not bully in the first place. If I saw someone being bullied I would tell them to leave the person being bullied alone. But, I would say it in an assertive way so the bully would know I meant what I said. One step we could take to encourage tolerance is by examples. There could be other children of every different shape and size play in a playground and maybe other children will see them and learn to accept others.
ReplyDeleteAndoni-I have the honor of being a child of peace. This lets me see what must be done to stop a bully. I think that we,as a school, have done well stopping the bully before they have a chance to make their move. We have health class that teach us the importance of conflict resolution and peaceful compromise. We also have Mrs. Miller go to each class and talk about bullying. The kids already have it in their heads that bullying is bad. We have all been taught the steps of negotiation in health. [AKA the TALK strategy]
ReplyDeleteT- take a time out
A- Allow each person to tell their story without interruptions
L- let each other ask questions
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We should be taught from our parents to accept people for who they are.
Ryan- I think that the rules should be stricter and the punishments harsher. If i say someone being bullied I would try and stop it, no one should be treated like that. Bullies need to be shown that the kids they pick on are people too. They need to know what they are doing to innocent people. When kids are being bullied and they kill themselves the kids who bullied them killed them. They are responsible for the death of a person and they need to see that.
ReplyDeletePetie- I think that our school is doing good but maybe looking for it s bit more. St.joes doesn't really even have much bullying so it isn't to big. If I saw someone bullying I would probably tell the bully to stop and pull the bullied kid away from the situation and ask if he's ok. In order to accept diversity you have to think that at one point you may have also looked like that person did, or maybe just thinking about haw that person is feeling.
ReplyDeleteReed- I think that our school could improve one a few things. A example would be that we don't except everyone as what we call a friend. St. Joe's does not have that much bullying join on. If i saw a bully beating up a kid i would get into the situation and try to end the fight. As a COP i have been educated about how to stop bullying and how to prevent it. If a bully is reading this try to take a walk in another persons shoes and see how it feels to be bullied
ReplyDeleteHayley: Our school could do 1 mix it up lunch a month. This will help everyone make new friends and expand their social group. If I saw someone being bullied I would speak up for the victim and have him/her join my friends and I instead. We could all learn to not judge a person by their race, color of skin, and how the look or dress. We could all learn the talk strategy.
ReplyDeleteIn our school we could make more harsh punishments for people who do bully so it encourages them no to bully again. If I saw someone being bullied I would tell the bully to lay off and tell and adult. As a society we can make bullying illegal if it gets really bad.
ReplyDeletereference to the 1930's alcohol prohibiton, bullying is still going to happen, just out of sight. Besides, when i got bullied at my old school I solved it, on my OWN. That is the problem, if somebody gets bulled they flee back to whoever is the superior, not get rid of it themselves. they will be dependent on the superiors their whole life, and when there is no more superiors, they are going to be helpless
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DeleteNatalie- We can prevent bullying by making sure that there is a hall monitor whenever we change classes and whenever we aren't in class. If I saw someone being bullied, I wouldn't try and stop the bully myself, but I would go and get a teacher or an adult nearby. We could try and have more of the mix it up at lunchs and try and teach racial acceptance, and since we have uniforms here, clothes wouldn't be a problem. We could alos make punishments that would discourage further bullying
ReplyDeleteNikita- we could prevent bullying further by having older kids (6th-8th) watching out in the halls and switching positions to make it to class and stuff. If they see anything, they could help. If I saw someone being bullied I would step in and ask what was going on, then would help solve the problem. Encouraging acceptance would be something we could put posters up to help, but to pull the weed at its roots, we might have to attend classes with the other people and take the time to realize where they come and where our prejudice comes from and stop it "at its roots"
ReplyDeleteLuke- we can prevent bullying by seeing that whoever does will be punished with extreme consequences. That will get them so that they will never do it ever again. If I saw a student getting bullied, I would tell the bully to back off. If that doesn't work and the conflict escalates, I would get a teacher or adult. Besides our school, almost all schools have free dress. This encourages bullying. Uniforms conceal what financial problems they have and makes everyone equal.
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DeleteAdriana-to prevent bullying I think that we could have hall monitors that walk through the halls between breaks to make sure there isn't trouble with any bullying. We could also be a little bit nicer to everyone I mean it just seems like the most obvious solution. If I saw someone in the hall or at the park I would butt in and try to stop the fight but if I couldn't drop it I would tell an adult who could stop it and maybe include him or her with me and my friends. Some steps that we could take would be maybe hangin out with people u wouldn't really hang out with. If u do really see bullying or even just a fight u could use the negation process that mrs g taught us in Heath AKA T.A.L.K
ReplyDeleteMegan- Bullying is a huge crisis the U.S. face today. To stop it, we must start small level, a.k.a. the schools. To prevent bullying at our school, I think we should have students that watch over the little kids. This might help them to understand how to act in the future. If something happens, I feel the kids might be more comfortable expressing their emotions with us vs. a teacher. The middle school could take shifts throughout the year. If I saw bullying happening around me, I would totally stand up for the victim. NO ONE should feeling like they are less important than anybody else. To stop this issue in the community, I think we should have a local hotline. If we ever need any help verbally and/or physically I would like to be able to get people help.
ReplyDeleteClaire-Bullying is horrible. If I saw someone being bullyed, I would tell a teacher and I would tell the person to stop it.I would make friends with people who are bullyed.
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ReplyDeletefor the past few days i have been plunged into 8 different flame wars about the amanda todd incident, and all of the people are being pure hypocrites; i am getting death treats shoved at me left and right, 10- 13 different people are calling me profanity every chance they get, and yet i am still standing tall. The only way to get rid of your problems are overcoming them. not cowering away from them. When i was at my old school 4 kids didn't like me or my friend either, and these kids were skilled liars, so going to the teachers wouldn't help, i told my dad about it and he told me this: "Deal with it.", so i did the one thing i knew would work, i faced them head on, and after 4 days from when the the problem arose, it was gone.
i know that as long as someone is being defended, they will never fully learn any life lessons.
because enforcing rules doesn't solve it, taking action does.
Oh! and patrick, we do not "need" a different profile picture, you want one
DeleteSydney---I think what we need to do address preventing bullying is we need to teach people younger then us to not grow up like those bullies that we have heard on the news and teach them to learn from all of those sad stories we hear. We don't want to maybe take a life from someone for doing something dumb. We need to think before we do the mean things we do. If i see someone being bullied than I would tell the bullies to stop and stick up for the person. I would also tell that person being bullied to toughen up. They need to learn to be tough in every situation. Well I know a lot of people put this on their posts as the steps they take, T.A.L.K. Mrs. G taught us this
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ReplyDeleteNathaniel- I would like to say the movie was inspiring, thank you Mr. Grant.
ReplyDelete-Even with a lot of rules, we have to take action if bullying is seen. You never know what could happen if you didn't stick up for a friend in a time of need... -N.L.T.
First of all, we can do small presentations, to show the different effects of bullying. We could also have others explain all the different types of bullying, and that it may not only happen at school, and what to do if it happens in public. If I EVER saw anyone being bullied, I would try to help the victim in any way possible, even though this may be hard. One thing that many people have already listed, is that we use the T.A.L.K. strategy to gain acceptance. We can also just try to be friendly with everyone (first impression counts!) and don't insult anyone on purpose (especially big guys). If people start poking fun at you, you can try to laugh it off, but if it's really personal, just walk away. Bullies are annoyed by this, and will quit after a while (believe me). These are the ways I personally would handle a bully.
Lauryn-Even though our COP program is doing terrific there is still more that can be done. We could add a peer counselor for every two grades. They would be like Mrs. Miller in a way. Some kids don't feel conformable talking to an adult. The Peer counselor could talk to the kids that wouldn't want to talk to an adult. It would basically be a COP and Mrs. Miller combined. If you are in a situation where you see someone being bullied then you have many options: tell an adult, write a bully slip in private, or take a stand. One way to accept people is to simply look around. No one is the same. Also people should stop judging. Judging a person does not define who they are....it defines who you are.
ReplyDeleteLiam~ To further prevent bullying at St Joe's there are ways to prevent it, we can enforce more harsh rules, or have more adult duty at recess. Bullying has to be treated assertively when spotted, thus if I saw someone being bullied I would stand up to the victim and say go away to the bully. Criticism is hard to gear away from for every human being and we need to learn how to accept and move on, some steps we can take to accept is to first learn more about that person either by getting to know them personally or through a friend. That way can get to know that person better and learn to accept for who they are.
ReplyDeleteNekane-We can stick up for others we shouldn't just be that one person watching someone suffer through bulling. I would let the bully know what a wrong thing he/she is doing and tell them to stop and get the person being bullied out of the situation. We can speak up not just watch we can talk to our parents and see what there perspective on bulling is or if there isnt children of peace in other schools we can start that up there also.
ReplyDeleteI think are school can bring people up not down and if there is ever someone thats by themselves or sitting alone the people in our school need to sit by that person and try to get to know them better by talking to them. If I saw someone getting bullyed then I would stand up to the bully and tell he or she to stop bulling the victim and why they are doing it. Some steps our community and school can take are by maybe taking an avaliable parent and the adult can watch the play ground and make sure there is no bullying going on.
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ReplyDeleteRylie: In our school, I think we could have more group activities. I mean, I know we have classes together and all, but sometimes working together can build tolerance to each other. Maybe then, we wouldn't be so mean to each other. To handle a situation in which you see someone being bullied, is to not just stand and watch. You should go and get an adult. But most of the time bullying isn't always physically. People may spread rumors about someone. If you should hear these rumors, you should not pass them on and go tell the person what is going on.
ReplyDeleteTomas- We could also put guards out that that are looking for bullying. they could maybe be undercover so the bullys don't stop what their doing when the person turns their way. since I'm big i could go into the fight and help the victom out. and then i would tell them that if they lay one more finger on the victom, i will take their eye out of it's socket.(exaggeration)we can do group activities together. and at recess not just classes. then we can teach the bullys to not be mean. we might even interrogate them to find out why they want to hurt an innocent person.
ReplyDeleteLily- Being a Child of Peace is honoring. There are still many more things we can do to inprove bulying provention at St. Joseph's. Maybe if all the classes ( K-8th) could get together to talk and get to know each other more that could help. A huge part of spreading bad rumors and bullying is just because they don't know each other. If we all get to know each other more there will be less fighting and rumors going round. There are many misconseptions about people that aren't true, people probebly think there really rude, but outside of school they might be the nicest person every, there are just bad rumors that aren't true. This is also saying that being a leader is huge, u can stop bullying and make St. Joseph's a better school. Mrs. Miller has taught the C.O.P's how to react and and deal with bullying. I would use the steps Mrs. Miller has taught us. I could also use they T.A.L.K. strategy Mrs. G has taught us.
ReplyDeleteAubrie- The school could also have classes that everyone takes in case some of the children in a class were being bullied. While in the classes, we could talk about it. Lots of kids are bullied and they just don't say anything about it because they are afraid the bully will hurt them even more. If we had a class to talk about those times, then maybe it would help stop the bullying.
ReplyDeleteIf I saw someone being bullyied, I would stand up for that person and ask the bully to put him or herself in someone else's shoes and think about how it would feel if he or she were being bullied that way. I would then ask why they bully was picking on another kid. If the answer was because the kids was different or the bully didn't like him or her, then I would talk about how the bully should choose a better solution of how to better understand the other kid.
To make a difference in a school or community, people could talk to a counselor or a trusted adult about what is going on and help them figure out ways to overcome their situation.
Raquel- The program for peace is a really good idea thanks to Mrs. Miller, but we could do more to prevent bullying. One idea i have is that maybe some older school kids, that are able to be an idol to the younger students. These kids are to show that bullying is never the answer and to make sure everyone is aware that they are in a safe environment where the word bully doesn't exist. I would stand up for what i think is right at that moment and help settle the situation to find a solution. As a school it doesn't hurt to say hi to the new kid. St. Joesph's school should know that if they were the new kid then how would they feel if they didn't feel accepted. The best thing to do is to reach out to other people.
ReplyDeleteTodd- When you see a bully you can stick up for the victim and tell a teacher or an adult. Help the person and then we would both go and get an adult. How we have the bully box and just helping someone who needs it.
ReplyDeleteLiza- I think we could actually get in the situation and tell an adult. People see a bully and won't tell because they don't want to be bullied. If you tell someone the problem will be taken care of. I know because I was bullied. I didn't want to tell anyone because I didn't want to have the person hate me more. People told me what was happening and I wouldn't listen. If I saw someone getting bullied I would not let that person go through something like i did. It's not fair or at all kind so I would step in and ask what is going on. Then i would look at the bully and say "Stop, if you care about other people then you should leave this person alone." then i would tell an adult and hang out with the victim. We can look at people who we say is weird or a loner and get to know them. If you get to know the person on the inside you get to know someone that is probably needing your help more than anything.
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