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Rigby, K. (2003) Addressing Bullying in Schools: Theory and Practise. Accessed September 14, 2007 from, http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/tandi2/tandi259.pdf
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Reference List
Weinhold, B. (2000). Uncovering the hidden causes of bullying and school violence. Accessed November 6, 2007 from, http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3934/is_200002/ai_n8895278
Bullying In schools - Commentary.
The blog that was made shows how some teenagers cope with their problems. They turn to the internet where there are thousands of strangers who can access their information. Teenagers confide in these people because it makes them feel accepted. To give you a better idea of where these students are coming from, this blog aims to inform you of some basic information that backs up where the teenage girl is coming from.
Bullying in schools is an Educational Issue that sometimes gets overlooked. The aim of this blog is to talk about the issue of Bullying and how it can affect the students of our schools. There are many factors that cause bullying in schools such as abuse and neglect at home, disabilities, different cultures and undue influence. These are three examples which I aim to discuss throughout this blog.
If a child is being abused or is neglected at home, it is most likely that they will take that neglect out on someone else (Weinhold, B, 2000). Children bully their classmates because it makes them feel better about themselves, and gives them the attention they feel they deserve (UK National Workplace Bullying Advice Line, 2007). A child who is being neglected at home is more likely to be the class bully than a child who is loved and appreciated by their parents and siblings. School bullies use power plays against their classmates such as violent threats, intimidation and exploitation to get their own way and bully others (Weinhold, B, 2000). A child who is neglected and abused at home may act as a bully at school because they do not know that their behaviour is not socially accepted. A child who is a bully because of their experiences at home may not know how else to act (Government of South Australia, 2007). This does not excuse their behaviour, but it does explain why certain children act in certain ways. With the knowledge of childhood neglect and abuse, those children can also attain the counseling they require, so that they do not hurt other children emotionally, mentally and physically.
Students with a disability or who are of a different race are the students who are targeted by the majority of bullies (Government of South Australia, 2007). The media does not inform the public of the discrimination and bullying against disadvanted students as much as “white” and mentally capable students. Students who are disabled are picked on at school because they are not seen as “normal” and this gives other students something to bully them about. Students who are seen as “uncool” at school tend to pick on those who have a disability because they believe they are higher than them.
Undue Influence is one of the main reasons why students bully their peers. If a student is not accepted at school, they will do anything to try and work their way up on the social ladder. A lot of the time to be accepted by the “cool” kids, you have to do a lot of things to keep your place in the group. Unfortunately, bullying is one of those things. This is a terrible excuse for bullying. Students should not bully their classmates just so they keep their friends. If someone is making you do something that you don’t agree with, they are not friends worth keeping.
Music_Adict_ is a blog site where a teenage girl who is being bullied unloads all of her feelings for the world to see. The aim of this blog is to show that a child who is being bullied would rather confide in total strangers than talk to their family or a teacher. This is a worrying fact purely because noone really knows who is viewing the blogs. Bullying in schools is such a serious Educational Issue. With blogging about these issues, it adds an extra dimension to the problem. The media portrays Bullying In Schools as an issue that needs to be treated with more severity. Students are at risk when they are bullied. Parents need to be made aware of the happenings at school, so they can control what happens at home – especially with the internet.
I personally do not agree with the way the media portrays bullying in schools. The bullying part does not only happen within the school grounds. Internet chat services such as MSN Messenger, Myspace, Blogger.com, and Facebook are all sites which teenagers access to talk to their friends and meet new people. Bullying occurs through email, comments and instant messages as well as face to face at school. The media rarely talks about this side of school bullying, therefore parents are unaware of what their children are up to on the internet. This is dangerous and unacceptable. The media is something that most people pay attention to. Staff and parents needs to be informed of all the ways their their students and children are being bullied and the affect that is having on them. Without this knowledge it is harder to save the lives of those who are being bullied at school.
Bullying in schools is an Education Issue that has been occurring for hundreds of years. There is no excuse for bullying someone else. Every student has the right to go to school and feel safe in the school environment. It is not fair on students to feel scared to attend their classes, and for them to lock themselves away at lunch time. It is unsafe for these students to be blogging about their issues at school and interacting with complete strangers. The media represents the stereotypical views of Bullying in Schools without taking into consideration the events that happen outside of school hours.
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