Kathy's Case Study: Harassment And Bullying In Schools

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On the other hand, in Kathy's case in particular, it has attracted the school's attention. “We intend to use every tool in our law enforcement arsenal to stamp out harassment and bullying in the schools,"(Kathy) In this particular case, it has been shown that this discourse community in some area the issue has become more severe. In addition, the local police had to involve in this particular case which also suggested lots of immigrant students are suffering right now; which in some aspect shows that the Asian immigrant students is urgently need some love from the Local American people. Things doesn’t just stop here, one Asian Student report have been attacked. “A Vietnamese teen was attacked by more than a dozen teens.”(Kathy) Because lack

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