topic #6

[asalerno]

After reading Nineteen Minutes the effects of bullying on a person came to my attention more than any other time in my whole life. The amount of torture Peter encountered was unbelievable. What Peter needed was help which unfortunately he never received. When Peter was younger his parents would tell him to ignore the hurt and rejection. "Just ignore them Peter." Lacy told Peter after he was being harassed in the fourth grade. Lacy went into the principal about the bullies and the principal did not do anything. However, parents’ telling their children to do this is just not enough. Parents make it seem like it is easy to ignore the bullies. Parents need to take further actions than just telling them to ignore what the bullies are saying. This obviously will not make a difference.
Students who are shy should not change who they are to become stronger due to bullies. They should remain as they are and not have to be worried about bullies. If there is a situation involving bullies it is the job of either a teacher or parent to help the student. Therefore, teachers and parents have the responsibility to intervene when a student/child is hurt socially. If a parent is told by their child that they are having difficulties with other students at school, it is the parent’s responsibility to notify the school. When the school is notified it is the principal’s or the teacher’s job to keep an eye on for the bullies. And when the bullies are caught in the act consequences have to be harsher so that that both the school and victim can be insured that it will not happen again. I also believe that peers have a responsibility to intervene with bullies when acting as a witness. It is very important that peers notify a teacher or adult about the circumstance so therefore, the bully can have a consequence.

[glennb]

I agree with the fact that just parents telling you to ignore things is not enough. Parents need to get involved and help stop the bullying. If Peters parents had just done this simple thing then maybe Peter wouldn't have become motivated to shoot up the school.

Teachers should also be involved in stopping bullying. To many times teachers just stand by an let these things happened. Incidents can be prevented if teachers could just learn to stop the bullying of other students.

[samanthabonora]

I agree completely with what you are saying here. That yes, parents and teachers need to start taking more responsibility and more action to help stop and eventually prevent school byullying, especially at young ages. To adults, like parents, teachers, and even high school kids we know that bullying is a part of high school and it will happen, but if something is done to prevent it from happening so much at a young age especially so much to just one individual so that almost their entire childhood is destroyed by these effects than it wont lead up to that much in high school. So yes, adults do know that kids will sometimes get bullied, but to push off to the side each time with a simple "ignore it" tip, won't do it. I agree with, "If there is a situation involving bullies it is the job of either a teacher or parent to help the student. Therefore, teachers and parents have the responsibility to intervene when a student/child is hurt socially. If a parent is told by their child that they are having difficulties with other students at school, it is the parent’s responsibility to notify the school." This way the problem can be solved early on.

[cgeorge]

i completey agrewe with you angela. i would also like to say this though...
since parents are not in school and they dont witness what goes on there, they may not have the right idea of whats happening. One of the most powerful things a person has is their voce. You are given a voice to use it. When parents say dont drink and dont do drugs, i guarentee you over half of the teenagers in the world are not going to listen to them and they will try it anyway. The same thing goes with discipline. If you are to tell the principle or guidance coulser what is going on, that may not be enough to stop the situation. I think it would much more productive if teens start to speak up for their peers if they witness something. If it's really bad enough to go tell an adult about, you are not being a snitch, you are protecting the situation from worsening.