tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post4858219303165453377..comments2023-11-03T04:00:24.785-04:00Comments on Kentucky School News and Commentary: C J says Legislature should strengthen anti-bullying lawRichard Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14586435007687942849noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post-36032711907101362742012-02-26T13:09:08.618-05:002012-02-26T13:09:08.618-05:00Bullying is present in our day to day activities a...Bullying is present in our day to day activities at every level, at a higher level it is sometimes known as harassment. There is not a doubt for me that we need tougher anti-bullying laws in order to prevent this type of crime. For me bullying is crime. It doesn’t matter the outcome of the situation involving bullying. Bullying someone has the potential to push this person to harm, mentally and physically up to committing suicide. I also believe that the solution to this problem rests not only in tougher laws, but in a change of our society’s expectations and parameters of leadership. As a society we really push the envelope asking for leaders and many assume that they are taking that role by showing strength and no mercy for the one that is different. That is bullying not leadership. As a society we need to revise our expectations in order to give leadership roles to those that are ready for it. I grew up with a phrase in my mind… “When you really want to know someone just give him or her some power”. For the most part it works, but if you give that power to the wrong person it my cost someone’s life. It is also our responsibility as educators to use our wisdom in order to give that role to a student that is not up to the task.Walter Leszczynski EDF 203 E.K.U.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post-16398193329841170082012-02-25T23:03:08.749-05:002012-02-25T23:03:08.749-05:00I don't believe any amount of laws will stop b...I don't believe any amount of laws will stop bullying in schools. They have the best intentions but bullying, sadly, will never be a thing of the past. As this article pointed out often the acknowledgement of bullying by a teacher or parent will make things worse for the student being bulliedDeanna Boydnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post-69830962593415288642012-02-13T07:25:13.158-05:002012-02-13T07:25:13.158-05:00We desperately need training in Fayette County Sch...We desperately need training in Fayette County Schools for those kids bullied for supposedly being gay, lesbian.<br /><br />Please help us, Dr. Day!<br /><br />Speak up for training on gay lesbian and transgender issues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post-17623446519499462332012-02-04T23:34:06.218-05:002012-02-04T23:34:06.218-05:00I just had a parent report bullying of their child...I just had a parent report bullying of their child to me. The kid never said anything to an adult at the school and the parent doesn't want me to talk to her child or to tell her child that she told me about it, nor does she want me to identify her child as the object of the other student's bullying. She does however expect me to stop the kid from bullying her child. She feared that reporting the bullying might make it worse and she did not want her son to be known as a tattler. She added that if I didn't stop it, that she would involve the legal system.<br /><br />So I am suppose to engage a student with enough force to change their behavior but not identify the student who is the point of conflict nor am I suppose to follow up with the student being bullied. If I am not successful, she is going to contact the police and superintendent because I am not protecting her child.<br /><br />No wonder this whole issue is a mess. Parents want you to have the immediate impact of a special forces team but work within operational paremeters of a childrens social mores.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5776587.post-89051803955616760042012-01-30T12:59:01.603-05:002012-01-30T12:59:01.603-05:00So the very same parents who don't or can'...So the very same parents who don't or can't help their chidren with homework, and for whom many schools actually rationalize not giving students homework, are now going to be expected to support non bullying behavior as part of our collective educational team? <br /><br />Additionally, Mrs. Obama seems to be implying that adults are not serving as non-bulling role models. Is that teachers, parents, who? Could it just be kids misbehaving? Or maybe moms and dads need to stop playing violent video games with their kids and letting them watch all the reality trash that seems to flood our airwaves before we decide to place yet another regulation on teachers.<br /><br />Perhaps we should turn the tables and instead of "bully free zones" we just make bully's free-game for bullying by the masses. You see a classmate being bullied, you get to gang up on them and bully them. I don't know how many times I have dealt with parents who say the same thing,"You don't throw the first punch, but if the other person does, you nail them." I know this paragraph sounds a little crazy but expecting that we as adults are going to control children teasing and harrassing one another by being good role models or creating special legislation seems to accept the role of victimization and the expectation that a kinder, gentler Rambo is going to come flying in on a rainbow chopper and take out the stereotyped bully with appropriate counseling and a cure-all, one-shot from our AK-47 empathy and humility guidance gun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com