Bullying in classrooms has not became more often. It has been an issue since school started long time ago. The thing is that now it has more space on the news and the every day newspapers. As I could read on BBC (1), in Japan two kids gave up hope and took their own lifes to escape from the constant abuse they were being targeted every day. But this happens every day, in every school all over the world. In our country (Chile) we had the case of some kids that also commited suicide due to bullying, last year.
Bullying is something that affects not only children, but also their families, their friends and their teachers (that, someday will be us). And that makes it a very important issue to all of us, because we (and I mean everybody, not just future teachers but everyone) to become "change agents", to start teaching children to live in community, and to respect everyone, no matter how they look like, their race or where they come from.
Respect is the basis to create a better enviroment in our classrooms, and all of us (teachers, parents, friends, people in general) must work to show the world that with respects, we can stop this abuse and save the lives of those who are being abused.
(1) Hogg, Chris. "School bullying in Japan". BBC News. Online. 15 November 2006, Tokyo.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/witn/2006/11/061115_bullying.shtml
Sunday, March 29, 2009
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ReplyDeletehow do you think that this can be possible?
I hate be the pessimist one but, you get the idea of all of us about the bullying and education enviroment, but we can really changue this?
it is useful that little improvement that we are going to do?
don't hate me! it's is just a thought!
see you! :P