Mar 30
Bullying at school, students abusing other students, is a topic on the minds of many people: teachers, students, and general citizens. Recently, you read a newsstory regarding a school shooting in Germany on BCCB NewsRound.
Without mentioning names or specifics, describe in detail an incidence of bullying you’ve witnessed at school. Explain the situation.
- Describe the personality of the bully as best you can. Is he or she known to bully others often?
- In your opinion, what was the motivation or reason for the bully to torment his/her victim.
- Did anyone help the victim? Were there any bystanders – people who watched what was going on – who did nothing to help the victim? Why do you think people chose to do something or chose to do nothing about the bullying incident?
- What did you do about this incident, and why did you choose to act this way.
Your blog post should be at least 8-10 sentences. You need to write in complete sentences. Spelling counts. Remember, people from all over the world can and do read what you write.
Blog due Friday, April 3, 2009.
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