Students Speak Out: Minnesota
Bullying--Why Do We Care?
I am struck by the discussion--'is bullying normal" and by some of the videos. Okay, so bullying takes place. We can talk about what we think should be done. But it'll be a better solution, I believe, if we understand the nature of the harm being done by bullying.
How does bullying affect learning in school? Does it have an impact on the overall school environment, or just those who are bullied or doing the bullyiing?
Michael Atherton has asked, "Why the focus on teachers?" Obviously, most students think it's important. But why? Is it because you think teachers are in a position to make a difference or have an obligation to make a difference? Is it because when authority figures allow bullying to persist, it sets a standard for what types of behavior are permissable, and students want a higher standard? Is it because allowing bullying to persist suggests to you that teachers don't care about you, and this in turn makes makes it harder to be motivated to learn?
Why do YOU care?
How does bullying affect learning in school? Does it have an impact on the overall school environment, or just those who are bullied or doing the bullyiing?
Michael Atherton has asked, "Why the focus on teachers?" Obviously, most students think it's important. But why? Is it because you think teachers are in a position to make a difference or have an obligation to make a difference? Is it because when authority figures allow bullying to persist, it sets a standard for what types of behavior are permissable, and students want a higher standard? Is it because allowing bullying to persist suggests to you that teachers don't care about you, and this in turn makes makes it harder to be motivated to learn?
Why do YOU care?
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Permalink Reply by Nora on -
We also had to read "The Giver" this year. I had read that book in fourth or fifth grade but the teacher knew that there were a lot of kids who had already read it. What he gave us projects (well, I guess it was one big project with a lot of different parts) they emphasized things that we had not picked up on the first time we read it. So even though we were reading the book for the second time we noticed different aspects of it than we had before. I think that one way of trying to target a lot of different people's learning levels is to give assignments that are open to interpretation. This way people can take different angles on the same thing.
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Permalink Reply by Brett on -
Good point, but sometimes it would be nice to broaden my perspectives in literature and read something new you know? =)
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Permalink Reply by Nora on
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Yeah. At first when I found out that we had to read "The Giver" again, I was kind of annoyed, but in the end it was good. There are definitely books that I would not want to read again though. It's not the teacher's decision, it's the curriculum and if you have a not so creative teacher, that would be unfortunate.
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Permalink Reply by Jason on -
students should stay positive. they gotta keep having faith and not be so down. and the caring i cant remember why i said it.. it was after someones discussion though...
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