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FranG Registered |
posted 15 November 2005 11:26 AM
  
Is this a huge problem as the press are trying to make out? Are schools trying to cover it up? Are any of you working in schools where anti-bullying measures have been put in place that have worked well? I'd really like to hear your views, home and abroad. IP: Logged |
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dumela unregistered |
posted 18 November 2005 12:37 PM
Yes, bullying is a problem, but it starts at the top and works its way down the staffing ladder to the interactions between the students themselves. Haven't been in a school yet where it isn't a problem, and I've been teaching close to ten years in upper primary/secondary schools in the US and overseas. Places where I found it to be the least problem, the ones where even the maintenance and cleaning staff were valued and treated with respect. As adults, we are models for the kids around us. If we can't treat the "lowest" among us with respect, nor even each other, we can hardly be surprised when the students are incapable of doing so either. We can't undo all that is taught in the home, so bullying will always be something of a problem, but it's severity within a school usually reflects as many issues within the staff relationships as it does between the students themselves/ IP: Logged |
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FranG Registered |
posted 28 November 2005 10:49 AM
I agree that everyone in school needs to be treated with respect and if that is seen to be done then it gives an excellent example to students. It is something that is clearly seen and felt when you enter a school. I also feel it is important that the students feel they can trust the adults in the school to keep confidences and they trust that something will be done following a reporting of a bullying incident. I have heard from nieces and nephews that they don't report incidents because nothing is ever done. IP: Logged |
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dareelphil Registered |
posted 15 March 2006 04:21 PM
Bullying was a huge problem when I was at school (1997-2004) and I believe it still is in most secondary schools. As a primary trainee, it seems to be on the rise in the primary school too and I believe this is largely due to the fact that the children are too worried to tell teachers for fear of being labelled a 'grass' and secondly because there ARE teachers who don't do anything about it or handle it in the wrong way. I am pleased to see there is so much information about anti-bullying schemes now, as this was not the case when I was at school, but still we are hearing news of children committing suicide because of school bullies. I believe the most effective system of dealing with bullying is to have a peer buddy system, similar to a scheme I set up at my old school, where if a child is facing any problems they are able to go to an older child who can then relay them to a teacher if necessary. This worked effictively when I was in sixth form as it meant that the child was able to talk to a peer instead of a teacher. P. Merchant [This message has been edited by dareelphil (edited 15 March 2006).] [This message has been edited by dareelphil (edited 15 March 2006).] IP: Logged |
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Alastair Defender. unregistered |
posted 19 March 2006 02:53 AM
It is possible to try, thanks! IP: Logged |
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johnusrey unregistered |
posted 28 June 2006 03:21 AM
I never tolerate bullying in my classroom. Ever. IP: Logged |
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scaplan Registered |
posted 25 July 2006 11:55 AM
quote: Of course bullying exists, children bully teachers! IP: Logged |
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bludlettingudie Registered |
posted 17 October 2006 10:03 AM
I'm a female Independant Living Advisor in a dorm of 90+ male students, ages 16-25, and can't count how many times a students has tried to intemidate or bully me in order to get what he wanted or simply because he thought he was scary enough to be effective. The students peers and dorm mates won't tolerate bullying female staff and I don't tolerate bullying in the dorm when I see it. Most of the time the students keep each other in line. They will listen to each other before they will listen to staff. It is a huge problem in schools and has gone unchecked for entirely to long. It's just sad that it took a student murdering other students to identify a problem that was going on when you were in school. IP: Logged |
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