Emily Bazelon discussed the national topic of bullying in her lecture, “Sticks and Stones” Defeating the Culture of Bullying”. Bazelon starts by defining bullying as a commonly misunderstood concept. She argues that not all conflicts between children are considered bullying. Bullying, Bazelon believes, should be a narrow term, which excludes drama or regular two-seeded conflict; consequently, she regards bullying as repetitive behavior that is a “campaign to make someone miserable”. In other words, bullying is not a fight; it is one-sided.…
Bullying: Why It Happens The documentary Bully, directed by Lee Hirsch argues that bullying is an on-growing social problem occurring in America that is not receiving the acknowledgment it deserves. The film shows how oblivious adults ignore the issue and classify it as a normality, while also showing a clear insight to the mental and physical abuse kids face everyday. Hirsch supports his argument with his successful use of ethos, logos and pathos by weaving together the stories of five different families who have first hand experience with bullying, making them reliable sources. The directors purpose is to inform the audience on bullying and to create a new realization of this ongoing issue, so kids can rise above and empower one another…
The Bully Breed Myth There are many breed of dogs throughout the world. The bully breed of dogs such as, the American Pit bull Terrier, Staffordshire terrier, and Staffordshire bull terrier are all descendants of the ancient molosser dog from the British Isles. These medium size dogs were bred for hunting, protection, fighting, and bull baiting activities. These dogs served in the military, were presidential pits, and nanny dogs for parents.…
HIB stands for harassment, intimidation, and bullying, including cyber-bullying. These actions have become serious and escalating problems in our schools and sadly, have led to suicide of our youth. To confront this problem, the Anti-Bullying Act was created to clarify standards on how to “prevent, report, investigate, and respond to incidents of HIB,” (Anti- Act, 2010, p. 1) Schools are now collecting data which is monitored and reported to the State. The Superintendent reports data to the BOE and community twice a year and schools and districts are given a grade which is posted on their website homepages with a link to the report.…
Reading Rockets is a "national multimedia literacy initiative offering information and resources on how young kids learn to read, why so many struggle, and how caring adults can help" (Reading Rockets, 2018). This website is geared toward many audiences, including teachers, administrators, librarians, childcare providers or anyone who has a hand in helping in helping young readers grow. Reading Rockets is an education initiative of WETA, a well-known U.S. public television/radio station (Reading Rockets, 2018). Funders include the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and other notable foundations and programs (Reading Rockets, 2018). Reading Rockets is the home to a wealth…
Given the powerful effect of bullying from the few outspoken students, introverted students were fearful of speaking up in class. I split the class into smaller groups to create a more engaging learning environment, which additionally allowed me to gain insight on individual students’ hobbies and interests. With time, the more reserved students opened up and surprisingly shared with me heavier aspects of their lives. They came to me for advice on bullying as well as more serious matters including a tragic instance of sexual assault. Communicating with the school administration, we were able to remove her from the situation and enroll her as an overnight student.…
For this assignment I decided to interview a child who I see regularly when my co- worker brings her into work some afternoons. She chose to be called by the name of “Amanda.” Amanda is in the first grade and is 7 years old. During her last parent teacher conference, the teacher had absolutely nothing bad to say about Amanda because she excels in all aspects of school. She quite often finds school less challenging than other students in her classroom, and is frequently bored during school activities and learning.…
In the second interview, I picked an Asian male whose parents were born in the United States. During the interview, I followed the same study guide and adding different questions that related to the topics I had on my guide. I started the interview by asking some general questions about his background. I followed my question guide and ask him those questions. He is a fourth year college student and is working at an insurance office.…
Bullying is a controversial issue, whether it may be from discrimination or any form of harassment. Bullying, discrimination, harassment and many more like cases occurs quite often through various ways. Many times it occurs in public and other times it occurs where no one can see but you and that other person. Whatever way it happens; it happens and few that have against it. People don’t realize the harm of such actions and if they do they don’t show signs that they care until something happens.…
Bullying is most certainly not a new concept in our contemporary society, not by any measure. This problem has existed for a number of years, and in a great number of separate forms. However, no matter when it occurs or what form it takes, bullying is an issue that must be stopped. This is the very point that Lee Hirsch, director of The Bully Project, also known as Bully, is trying to make. Through the film, he hints at a number of different ideas that surround bullying and its existence, like the magnitude of the impact that it has, and that people consistently ignore the issue.…
One problem that is ever evolving and continuously effects young adolescence in school is bullying. Bullying can be defined as an activity in which someone intentionally participates in either physically or emotionally harming a peer through any medium; such as words, actions, or technology. By applying this definition to the term bullying, it makes sense that almost every teenager in America can identify a time when they were bullied, when they bullied someone else, or a time when they saw a peer get harassed. And with an increase in technology use, minorities in school, and a growing LGBT group in the education system the problem is only going to get worse. There is a common misconception in the adult community as well as media that somehow…
Cyber bullying Thesis statement – cyber bullying is the act that occurs using electronic technology. It may include different forms of devices like computers cell phones and also tablets and any other means of social media communication tools. Cyber bullying is a problem known globally. Sometimes it may be unnoticed most of the times when it happens, but cyber bullying can be very destructive and most of the times are very lethal to those people who are being bullied.…
I interviewed my father, who works full time as a chaplain for Memorial Herman hospital, for the workplace harassment assessment. Knowing that he worked for them for 8 years, I figured he had seen some signs/acts of workplace harassment, I was right. Below are some questions I asked to get a full assessment of what he had seen and how he handled it. First I asked, “Can you describe a time when you or someone you know had experienced sexual harassment or bullying in the workplace?” He answered by telling me a time he worked with a peer that was being harassed by another coworker from a different department (same building, but different offices).…
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. Today I stand here infront you not just as a person, but as a survivor. What made me a survivor is not something unique. What I have been through is something that thousands of children go through on a daily basis.…
Recently in one of my classes, the teacher asked for four brave volunteers to do an in-class activity. The class was very shy and it was hard for him to get participation. A guy raised his hand to participate and after seeing the lack of participation from the class I raised my hand and volunteered. After me, two more guys volunteered. I was the only woman in the group…