Many schools have zero tolerance bullying policies, but lack the educational aspect to help prevent bullying. As I started to create my intervention for LGBT bullying in schools I focused on an educational program that aims to educate youth on LGBT bullying. The Program I created is a program that will be nationwide and focus on educating youth on LGBT bullying. I will make sure to clarify even though this program is designed for LGBT students it can apply to all student that are bullied. I think having a program designed around LGBT bullying is important, because this population is growing every day and there have been a lot of issues in the news and all around the world concerning the LGBT community and many schools do not have support groups in place to help this community cope.
The program I am implementing consists of a video that will be viewed on an everyday basis by students, faculty and staff. This video will begin with a clear definition of bullying and distinguish there are many different types of bulling, but the two most prevalent in schools today is verbal and physical. After giving a thorough definition of bulling the video will then provide statistics so the students, faculty and staff understand how big of an issue LGBT bullying has become. Next, the video will give real life stories concerning students that were bullied due to their sexual orientation and the fatal outcomes that can come from bullying to include suicide. I think having real life accounts of students who are really puts things into perspective, because they are able to see how their actions can cause pain not only for the student but for their families and the community. The final section of the video will include ways to intervene if you see so...
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...er could be finding time that is not going to interfere with the learning of students to view the video and complete the daily questionnaire. Many schools work on a very strict schedule and viewing the video would take away time from a teacher teaching their students. The third and final barrier that I see is finding time for faculty and staff to attend the weekly workshops that aim to help faculty and staff recognize warning signs and go over steps they need to take if they encounter a student being bullied. As a school you are left with the dilemma of paying staff overtime of conduct these weekly meetings or taking away from planning time that they may have to create some time at the end of the week. These three barriers are ones that I think could defiantly be worked around, but it would involve planning from the school district, principle and faculty and staff.
Although the rating of the movie can cause a debate that can last years, parent discretion is always the final say. Parents should be encouraging their children to watch this movie for multiple reasons. When younger minors watch this movie, they are getting a sense of the real world instead of the protected one that their parents have built for them. Students eventually will have to stand up to a bully and through this film children will better “navigate the defined roles of bully, bullied, and bystander…” (Philllips) This film shows younger audiences what bullying actually looks likes and thus they will be better-equipped in recognizing it in real life. Children are learning that bullying is wrong and that even the slightest taunting can be hurtful. Fellow classmates need to be more conscious of one another’s feelings. Hirsch educates this audience on what is right and wrong in handling a bully situation. The audience learns the downfalls of each of the victims and how they learn from them to help stop bullying. For example, Ja’Meya now knows that aggression is not the solution in stopping her abusers, another example includes Kelby’s realization that trying to end bullying alone is useless so she joins Stand for the Silent. America’s youth is able to decipher from Ja’Meya’s and Kelby’s decisions and apply them to solving their own problems at school or community. Children now days know more than adults think they do. The level on which a person can understand what is right and wrong has moved to a much younger age in recent years. Through internet, television, and word of mouth students gather information about various amounts of topics-appropriate and inappropriate. Adults cannot protect what children see or hear every day during every second. The documentary is evidence to what students already see on a daily basis and many youths
Although research has concluded that children who are victims or engage in bullying behaviors model what they see at home, what should be the school’s role and responsibility in helping deal with bullying? Children spend at least seven hours in school each day during the school year, therefore, schools have a significant role and responsibility in helping prevent bullying. According to STOMP Out Bullying, “since 1992, there have been 250 violent deaths in our schools and bullying was a factor in several school shootings, “ (STOMP Out Bullying). There have been anti-bullying laws in many states that require their schools to establish policies and rule in dealing with bullying. “Creating a mission statement, code of conduct, school-wide rules,
As shown as a real issue within high school through television’s Freaks and Geeks, bullying is something that needs to be understood and dealt with. In an age with more resources for bullies to use, the consequences are too severe not to do anything about it. Bullying is now stretching beyond the school hallways and has invaded students in their own homes. There needs to be more awareness on what the actual effects of bullying are and that bullied victims are not alone.
I will open up the opportunity for the students to feel comfortable enough to come to me and discuss if they are having any issues with bullying or even at home. I will make my students aware of how bullying can impact and affect other people’s lives, in fact this video is a perfect representation of just that, I will be aware of how my students act with each other and if there happens to be a time when bullying occurs which will happen from time to time, I will put a stop to it. I will contact their parents and discuss the matter with both of them and I will make every effort for the two kids involved to learn to get along by doing activities together and working together. Bullying is not an easy thing to stop. I would not be able to just change how a certain student or groups act. It would be a progressive change that includes consequences for the students if they do not become aware of how they are treating others. Bullying has been and still is a serious matter in today’s society and I want to be a part of the continual change and awareness schools are providing to students and administration all over the
Kosciw, Joseph G., Mark J. Bartkiewicz, and Emily A. Greytak. "Promising Strategies For Prevention Of The Bullying Of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transgender Youth." Prevention Researcher 19.3 (2012): 10-13. Education Research Complete. Web. 18 Mar. 2014.
Schools with anti-bullying programs say that these programs really helped and schools who don't have it are missing a lifetime opportunity in helping kids who are bullied. They say that schools that don't have anti bullying are not increasing their academic performance, intimidation, harassment, insults just keeps on increasing. There are more exclusion, more discipline problems, suspensions, and expulsions.
...of rule-setting against bullying should be implemented not only on an individual level, but on a classroom and school-level as well. "The school," says Dan Olweus, "has a responsibility to stop bullying behavior and create a safe learning environment for all students." He suggests a curriculum that constantly monitors abusive behavior, promotes kindness, acceptance of differences and educates teachers, school staff, parents and children alike about bullying and response strategies.
When is it considered okay to take away someone's rights? A person cannot be defined by one word. Homosexual is only one word. Television and movies have not perfectly portrayed all of Americans since it started. Having two moms or two dads isn't the worst thing that could happen. A child growing up with two dads or two moms will believe that it is normal. According to many cultures and religions, being a homosexual is wrong and it does not really exist. Homosexuals are being shunned by followers of these faiths. LGBT teens are more likely to think about or attempt suicide because they encounter bullies at school, work, and in other public areas. The issue of gay rights was similar to women's rights in the 1920s. Homosexuals do not look any different from heterosexuals. Marriage is a topic of many young girls and even some boys daydreams. Russia recently passed laws that make gay rights nonexistent. Nothing can change an LGBT male or female.
Bullying against teens is still happening even though there are various awareness programs to try to prevent it. I want to create awareness of bullying against teens of all religions, race, and sexual orientation. Even with the various attention to bullying, the problem still persists despite the school providing awareness, students are still afraid to say anything. Societal patterns today make bullying a difficult issue to eliminate. Starting in 2007, a total of 35 states made laws to go against bullying at school. These laws consisted of a clear definition of bullying, and how schools will be required to enforce uniform standards of conduct. The reason bullying comes as such an issue to me is because I actually know friends that have been suicidal and have caused themselves harm due to being bullied every day, in school and at home.
... Each school needs to evaluate how their potential risk and which measures to take to ensure the safety of students and staff. In addition, some schools have speakers come in and tell their story about what happened to them and how it has affected their lives. Some students may relate to a story and in turn can have a huge impact on their emotions as well as their behavior. In the end school bullying has been around for centuries and will continue for many more years, but prevention and awareness are key to reducing the problem with school bullying.
Bullying is a repeated harmful act that continues to affect millions of students every year. There is no stereotypical person that is a target for bullying; anyone can be its victim. There may not always be any signs of physical harm during these attacks, but our children always suffer emotional harm. Educating students, teachers and parents seems to be the only valid solution to this problem. There are many organizations that can educate the schools on this subject but for it to work people must care. Maybe one day, when enough people realize that this problem will not go away with out their help, we can eliminate bullying from our schools. In a perfect world there would be no bullying, but if you could ask Rachel Scott she would tell you we do not live in a perfect world, only a hopeful one.
“Researchers have conducted that at least 25% of all children will be affected by bullying at some point during their school years, and many of these children miss significant numbers of school days each year owing to fear of being bullied” (Bray, M., Kehle, T., Sassu, K. (2003). Bullying has become a major problem for our students and our schools. Children are missing educational time and are losing self-confidence because they are afraid or intimidated by other students. We, as teachers, need to reduce bullying in our schools and prevent bullying from being a reoccurring issue in the lives of our students in order for them to learn, grow and develop. Our goal as teachers should be “to reduce as much as possible-ideally to eliminate completely- existing bully/victim problems in and out of the school setting and to prevent the development of new problems” (Olweus, D. (1993).
Some children have normalized the bullying culture and can no longer recognize what is and isn’t bullying. By adding anti-bullying programs schools, including administration and parents, will be aware of all forms of bullying and what they could do to help the cause. There are many forms of anti-bullying programs said to be built for the many different forms of bullying. There are programs that find the parents to be the source of the solution. This includes schools sending guides to the parents homes to teach how to deal with bullying, and to begin a discussion on how to talk about bullying with their child, which often leads to therapeutic talks. Programs that only involve schools are filled with anti-bullying messages throughout the school year that reinforce positive behavior. There also are programs that include both forces, parents and schools. These programs according to Elizabeth Lawner and Mary Terzian in “What Works for Bullying Programs: lessons from experimental evaluations of programs and evaluation” say “Five of the six programs that involved parents and implemented a whole-school approach worked for at least
Bullying and sexual harassment perhaps do not immediately come to mind when discussing school violence, however they are two of the most widespread and pervasive issues facing schools today. While the word “bully” brings to mind a harmless school age right of passage to many, research today shows that bullies often times have a number of family or social problems. Also, in today’s modern world, bullies may not merely shake down classmates for lunch money; they have found ways to hound their victims long after they have left the school grounds by using the internet. Another form of bullying is sexual harassment, which is bullying based on the person’s gender or sexual preferences. Sexual harassment is a very damaging problem, especially to school age child who have yet to develop a strong sexual identity of their own. While sexual harassment is generally considered to be aimed from a male to a female, both males and females are victims and perpetrators of this destructive act. For people who are not knowledgeable on the subject of school violence, they may be confused on where the line has been crossed and dangerous behavior begins, nevertheless, there is clear data on who is a bully, what behavior is characterized by a bully, who are victims of bullies, what sexual harassment is, and who is affected by sexual harassment.
Bullying has become a serious problem in public schools systems. Being a victim of bullying is a daily struggle for some students. The issue continues to grow, but the question is how to stop bullying from occurring. Many ways have been attempted to stop bullying, but some are more effective than others. Having the students get involved seems to have the most positive effect on the bullying issue in public school systems.