Wow, those bullying videos really hit me hard. It's easy to forget how strongly bullying can affect our students. I wonder sometimes how many kids were silently suffering at my high school, but I never knew. Also, I think about all the students who I knew were being bullied, but I did nothing to stop it.
As a teacher, I want to stop bullying from occurring at my school. I definitely agree that school-wide intervention programs in elementary school are very important. That one at Graden Elementary certainly seemed to help. As a high school teacher, I plan to speak bluntly to my students about the effects of bullying like SuEllen (I can't remember her last name), the counselor, did at Graden. High school students need lessons to be relevant to them. They appreciate it when adults are honest and real with them about serious life issues.
What do you all think of that method of discouraging bullying? I'm open to constructive criticism.
ED460 Personal and Social Well Being is a course taken by college students in education during their student teaching semester. Topics covered include: poverty, child abuse, bullying, drugs, alcohol, and tobacco, counselors' role in school, adolescents and choices, and the use of technology.
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Monday, January 17, 2011
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