Dealing With Bullies: To Fight Or Not To Fight | The Communication Blog

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Dealing With Bullies: To Fight Or Not To Fight

By Paul Nyhart


It's now the second most popular video clip on the web, behind a fifteen year old girl singing regarding her favorite day of the week. Casey, the Aussie young boy suspended for bodyslamming a child for taunting, has stimulated publishers to think of their own renditions of the event, including this Street Fighter Zangief video. Casey never imagined he'd be a glorified cult hero when he dropped the little one, but that's precisely what he's turning out to be, whether he likes it or not (word is that he doesn't mind it).

Now, I'm not a leading educator or child psychiatrist, which might not really make a difference when it comes to issues like bullying, nor was I there to be aware of the precise context of what actually transpired. All I do know is what I remember when I had been a child: inspirational speakers would always go to our classes and drill into our heads that we were all completely different, and that being completely different was alright! One person came in and painted this mural for like an hour and a half, reminding us exactly how wonderful we have been in between, as all of us looked over each other in bewilderment why we were missing gym. Anti-bully campaigns enable you to use the internet and join petitions, and offer guidelines as to "what is a bully" as well as "why bullies do what they do," which increases understanding yet doesn't seem to be really proactive.

That's why plenty of people liked watching this child piledrive the "bully" into the ground due to the fact that they related with him and wish they could've undertaken the same thing. I'm not to imply that classes ought to reserve thirty minutes every day for wrestling or combats (that would be interesting however) but I feel there should surely be an attempt to build much more social relationship between students, in order to avoid children from feeling unhappy. We once had thirty-five minutes scheduled right at the end of the day for "silent reading," with most of that time period wasted gazing into space or looking at our educators have a head start on grading our paperwork. Bullies would always be present, but their impact is proportional to the number of friends the person being picked on has or how lonely they feel.

Social clubs are good, but how many of them tend to be intended for children who repeatedly take a lot of crap from bullies? It is not too difficult, children don't need details on which children are bullies, and kids can care less about their objectives or "exactly why bullies do the things they do". The fact of the matter is, bullies become much less of an issue when the kids they target have a lot more friends, and most clubs are centered on individuals that presently have plenty of friends. Bullies often target the new kids because they're obviously alone. Exactly how many schools have programs which are directed towards assimilating new students?

The Street Fighter Video is astounding because it creatively, and more or less freakishly, turns Street Fighter into a "realistic depiction of a genuine incident." Yet most significantly, it illustrates what anti-bullying campaigns are lacking: leadership, a central figure that takes a stand and who everybody could rally around and not feel lonely.




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