What will I learn Bullying to students and parents.

     The topic of bullying is hard to get through to everybody and usually results into failure. Using the most traditional means of showing awareness to bullying like an assembly is not enough for the students to get involved in and not enough for the school to make it effective. As a student myself, I have seen these assemblies and I know that they are boring and not intresting. So what are better ways to educate students into this topic? To get started, one possible solution is to make a play about anti bullying. Plays are very entertaining since it can be commical or dramatic but it also they teach a lesson. And by using it, seeing the plays will often draw students into the play so they will learn the signs of bullying yet still be entertained. Next is to have an immersive bully interventions like peer mediation. Peer mediation allows students to talk about problems about bullying so that the behavior will stop. I think that there should be more into mediation say talk about problems of other things rather then bullying. Therefore, students will be more comfortable of sharing problems with other students, to be more understanding and finally develop better relationships with even more students. Lastly is to have stand up to yourself and to have self confidence. Most students do not even think of trying to stand up to themselves because they are afraid, they do not want to bet hurt or they do not want get into trouble. Bullying is a behavior thing it is all in their heads so if students think about it or fear it then why am it posting this? It is possible to fight the mind and stand up to negative behavior like bullying. This is how we become stronger and more confident to step up to bullying and finally any problems. We cannot sit here and do nothing just because us students and parents cannot stick up to bullying. If we feel that we are threatened, we have the right to defend ourselves, even that means getting into trouble.

cite:   http://www.nmsa.org/publications/middleschooljournal/articles/january2006/article2/tabid/693/default.aspx

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