Last week Kyosuke and I gave a presentation on our imaginary NGO and the survey. My classmates gave us the feedback, so I will sum up them and reflect on our presentation.
All of the classmate listened to our presentation seriously. Some told us that our NGO was really interesting, clear and easy to join. Yes! that's what we made! Some even said that they want to join us if it really exist. At first, I was afraid that young people were not so interested in the bullying issue. However, looking back the comments we got and how other classmates think of this issue, I was so glad that they take this issue so serious and they feel they want to do something for it.
We have been working on the controversial issue bullying for about 4 months. To be honest when I first stared studying the issue, I hadn't thought of it so much. I had thought that I was none of my business. I was totally wrong. Through the seminar, I learned bullying issue was really controversial. There is some difficulties to get it over, but I have to start something now however hard it might be and however small I can contribute to it.
2013年8月2日金曜日
feedback
Hello, everyone! Last week, Kensuke and I gave a final presentation about our controversial issue "Bullying." People in my class commented on it, so I will talk about it.
First of all, people in my class seemed to like the video that explained our NGO group "RAB-PSE" because all of them commented "interesting" on comment paper.
I am so glad to see their "interesting" word because Kensuke and I elaborated the script over and over, and Sakurako, Yuna, Erika cooperated with it without any complaint. In fact, they ad-libbed their lines.
There were a lot of students who got interested in our NGO and, wanted to help and participate in it. I can see that most of them think the bullying as the most serious problem in Japan. Whether they had been bullied by their friends in past of their life, they believe that we have to solve the serious problem as soon as we can.
"I have nothing to do with bullying, so I'm not interested in your NGO"
However, some people commented on papers like that. Can you believe that???? I can understand that people have different feeling on this problem, but I think if there are people who deal with the bullying problem like that, this serious problem cannot be solved or eliminated forever.
I came to think that we have to change his/her idea like that because if all the people in Japan understand what's going on in current schools, we can stop bullying in our future.
Of course it's hard, but we MUST deal with it seriously. Yes, we can!!!!!!
I hope there is no bullying in schools in our future...
First of all, people in my class seemed to like the video that explained our NGO group "RAB-PSE" because all of them commented "interesting" on comment paper.
I am so glad to see their "interesting" word because Kensuke and I elaborated the script over and over, and Sakurako, Yuna, Erika cooperated with it without any complaint. In fact, they ad-libbed their lines.
There were a lot of students who got interested in our NGO and, wanted to help and participate in it. I can see that most of them think the bullying as the most serious problem in Japan. Whether they had been bullied by their friends in past of their life, they believe that we have to solve the serious problem as soon as we can.
"I have nothing to do with bullying, so I'm not interested in your NGO"
However, some people commented on papers like that. Can you believe that???? I can understand that people have different feeling on this problem, but I think if there are people who deal with the bullying problem like that, this serious problem cannot be solved or eliminated forever.
I came to think that we have to change his/her idea like that because if all the people in Japan understand what's going on in current schools, we can stop bullying in our future.
Of course it's hard, but we MUST deal with it seriously. Yes, we can!!!!!!
I hope there is no bullying in schools in our future...
the survey results
Hello, everyone! I guess people in my IE seminar class have a nice summer vacation.
I made a questionnaire through Survey Monkey, the very useful website, to get much information for our final presentation.
32 people cooperated with my survey. Most of them were students in high schools and universities. Also most people think that the most probable cause of bullying is the Internet. I think their answers are due to the spread of the Internet all over the world and that people can easily use it and do bully others on it.
Some people warned bully, others told it to teacher. However, most people who saw the bullying in the past of their school life ignored it. Of course, that's too bad, but I think they were fearful to get bullied by telling it to teacher, so they couldn't do anything.
I was glad to see an answer because some people think that if they see bully now, they tell it their teacher or senior. It' clear that most people think twice about the most serious problem not only in Japan, but in the world.
Four out of five people answered that they have never been bullied in their life, but there were a few people who had got bullied. Most of them were left out of the group, and spoken ill of by friends.
Also two out of five people had experience of bullying others mainly by leaving a friend out of the group and speaking ill of them. These two results show how most people bully others.
Most people think that teachers and friends are responsible for helping and save bullied children because teachers have a duty to look around in their classroom and have to notice bullying, and friends can really understand what bullied people feel and it seems easy for them to talk with the friends of same age.
Next question was "which do you think the number of bullying problems increase or decrease?" Most of them think that the number of bullying will increase because of the spread of the Internet, and no specific solutions.
Most people think that how teachers and even parents educate children not only in schools, but in their house are key factors of stopping bullying, but there were some people who thought we cannot stop bullying...
I made a questionnaire through Survey Monkey, the very useful website, to get much information for our final presentation.
32 people cooperated with my survey. Most of them were students in high schools and universities. Also most people think that the most probable cause of bullying is the Internet. I think their answers are due to the spread of the Internet all over the world and that people can easily use it and do bully others on it.
Some people warned bully, others told it to teacher. However, most people who saw the bullying in the past of their school life ignored it. Of course, that's too bad, but I think they were fearful to get bullied by telling it to teacher, so they couldn't do anything.
I was glad to see an answer because some people think that if they see bully now, they tell it their teacher or senior. It' clear that most people think twice about the most serious problem not only in Japan, but in the world.
Four out of five people answered that they have never been bullied in their life, but there were a few people who had got bullied. Most of them were left out of the group, and spoken ill of by friends.
Also two out of five people had experience of bullying others mainly by leaving a friend out of the group and speaking ill of them. These two results show how most people bully others.
Most people think that teachers and friends are responsible for helping and save bullied children because teachers have a duty to look around in their classroom and have to notice bullying, and friends can really understand what bullied people feel and it seems easy for them to talk with the friends of same age.
Next question was "which do you think the number of bullying problems increase or decrease?" Most of them think that the number of bullying will increase because of the spread of the Internet, and no specific solutions.
Most people think that how teachers and even parents educate children not only in schools, but in their house are key factors of stopping bullying, but there were some people who thought we cannot stop bullying...
Our NGO
We made a NGO named RAB-PSE, which means Ranger for Anti-Bullying Prevent, Stop, Eliminate. This is all our imaginary NGO and it doesn't exist for real.
Now I will explain what it was.
The Issue We Deal With: Bullying in schools
Mission Statement: it is possible to stop bullying though many people don't think so.
Our Goal: stopping bulling in order to make a better place for all the children in the world, so that they can get along with each other and spend school life filled with happiness and smiles.
The Concrete Ways: Going to schools with some experts and students where bullying happens and deal with it by counselling or any possible solutions.
What makes us Unique: we focus on all 3 phases of bullying, that are preventing, stopping and eliminating. we also cooperate with various kinds of occupations and experts.
Networks: we have agreements with universities around the world.
The Way We Keep Running: holding lecture meetings, advertisements on SNS, and by donation. We are the official supporter of Manchester United.
Recruit: by paper advertisement & website
Media: regular demonstrations and posts videos on YouTube
We hope in the future we will not hear the word "bullying" from any TV programs and even in our lives.
Now I will explain what it was.
The Issue We Deal With: Bullying in schools
Mission Statement: it is possible to stop bullying though many people don't think so.
Our Goal: stopping bulling in order to make a better place for all the children in the world, so that they can get along with each other and spend school life filled with happiness and smiles.
The Concrete Ways: Going to schools with some experts and students where bullying happens and deal with it by counselling or any possible solutions.
What makes us Unique: we focus on all 3 phases of bullying, that are preventing, stopping and eliminating. we also cooperate with various kinds of occupations and experts.
Networks: we have agreements with universities around the world.
The Way We Keep Running: holding lecture meetings, advertisements on SNS, and by donation. We are the official supporter of Manchester United.
Recruit: by paper advertisement & website
Media: regular demonstrations and posts videos on YouTube
We hope in the future we will not hear the word "bullying" from any TV programs and even in our lives.
the survey results
This time, I would like to sum up my survey result which I got last week. Unfortunately, I could not get so many responses, but it was good to hear what others thought.
My survey was basically about the perception toward bullying. In the first question, I asked your definition of bullying. It might be difficult, but there were many interesting answers. Most of them said "if bullied kids feel it's a bullying". In the next question, I asked whether they know the definition offered by a Japanese ministry, 文科省. So I have to tell you what was.
http://www.mext.go.jp/component/a_menu/education/detail/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2012/07/18/1304156_01.pdf
This is it. Please go check it out if you want. I also asked if their perception or the fact of bullying has changed. Many of them answered "Yes" and they said Internet or SNS has come to be used to bully other and it has become more difficult to find out them. In the last, the question was about the moral class in school. About half of them answered it plays a role to prevent bullying and half of them didn't think so. Some said in schools we have to introduce case studies, tell children how bullying happens, and moreover give them as many opportunities as possible to think about bullying.
These are the brief summary of the result.
My survey was basically about the perception toward bullying. In the first question, I asked your definition of bullying. It might be difficult, but there were many interesting answers. Most of them said "if bullied kids feel it's a bullying". In the next question, I asked whether they know the definition offered by a Japanese ministry, 文科省. So I have to tell you what was.
http://www.mext.go.jp/component/a_menu/education/detail/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2012/07/18/1304156_01.pdf
This is it. Please go check it out if you want. I also asked if their perception or the fact of bullying has changed. Many of them answered "Yes" and they said Internet or SNS has come to be used to bully other and it has become more difficult to find out them. In the last, the question was about the moral class in school. About half of them answered it plays a role to prevent bullying and half of them didn't think so. Some said in schools we have to introduce case studies, tell children how bullying happens, and moreover give them as many opportunities as possible to think about bullying.
These are the brief summary of the result.
2013年7月20日土曜日
Bullying Survey
I made a survey on bullying issue. I would really like your help. It won't take so long. I will use your responses to make a presentation. Your responses are totally anonymous and your cooperation is highly appreciated.
http://jp.surveymonkey.com/s/KCYPNPR
http://jp.surveymonkey.com/s/KCYPNPR
2013年7月11日木曜日
Podcast about bullying
Hello, everyone!
Today I'll talk about the Podcast I found.
I found the Podcast named "how to stop bullying." Although I'm not good at listening English, this Podcast was so easy to understand. The woman speaker and best selling author, Lauren Mackler talk about the difference between conflict and bullying, and the best way to stop bullying, and so on. They said that parents and even teachers don't know how to handle this serious problem. There some schools around the world where teachers don't try to realise the bullying though some children ask them for help. Some teachers said to their children, "it's a joke, and not a bullying."
Verbal abuse is thought to be one of the main cause of bullying. A lot of people don't realise that by saying to somebody stupid thing, they hurt the other person's humanity and dignity.
One comment, which doesn't have to be physical, or one cutting remark to the children is enough to stop bullying.
We have to challenge!!
Today I'll talk about the Podcast I found.
I found the Podcast named "how to stop bullying." Although I'm not good at listening English, this Podcast was so easy to understand. The woman speaker and best selling author, Lauren Mackler talk about the difference between conflict and bullying, and the best way to stop bullying, and so on. They said that parents and even teachers don't know how to handle this serious problem. There some schools around the world where teachers don't try to realise the bullying though some children ask them for help. Some teachers said to their children, "it's a joke, and not a bullying."
Verbal abuse is thought to be one of the main cause of bullying. A lot of people don't realise that by saying to somebody stupid thing, they hurt the other person's humanity and dignity.
One comment, which doesn't have to be physical, or one cutting remark to the children is enough to stop bullying.
We have to challenge!!
A Podcast I Found
I found a podcast "Teen Talk Radio" and one of the episodes talks about our controversial issue, bullying. This podcast is hosted by Nicole O'Dell, author and youth-culture expert, and discusses a variety of controversial issues sharing ideas with teens or other listeners. I'm ashamed but I've not heard of her name nor this podcast. What I thought good about it, as it is in the title, is that teens talk about the issue. I can often find articles and websites about bullying written by some adults or experts, but it is teens that are involved in this issue directly. I need to know how teens are feeling. This podcast takes about an hour and it's a bit long, but I think it is a very good one.
2013年7月9日火曜日
an example of reductio ad absurdum
Hello, everyone. Kensuke and I will talk about "reductio ad absurdum" in the next class.
Here is the definition of that.
To make one's opinion clear, proving that the opposite one is not true by showing that its result is not logical or sensible.
Now I'd like to talk about an example of this that relates our controversial issue "Bullying (in schools)."
Suppose stopping bullying is NOT possible. If it were, Japanese education system will ruin. Victims of bully feel fearful to go to school because they get bullied if they go to school. As a result of that, the number of children who go to school decrease. Then, children who bullied their friends will bully their teachers instead of their friends. As a result, children who have power not only physically, but mentally will control and run a school. This idea is so ridiculous. Therefore, stopping bullying is possible.
Here is the definition of that.
To make one's opinion clear, proving that the opposite one is not true by showing that its result is not logical or sensible.
Now I'd like to talk about an example of this that relates our controversial issue "Bullying (in schools)."
Suppose stopping bullying is NOT possible. If it were, Japanese education system will ruin. Victims of bully feel fearful to go to school because they get bullied if they go to school. As a result of that, the number of children who go to school decrease. Then, children who bullied their friends will bully their teachers instead of their friends. As a result, children who have power not only physically, but mentally will control and run a school. This idea is so ridiculous. Therefore, stopping bullying is possible.
2013年7月4日木曜日
an example of "appeal to tradition"
Hello, everyone! In our last class, Kyosuke and I researched the term "appeal to tradition" related to critical thinking.
An appeal to tradition means an attempt to think something that happens now is true and acceptable because it has been so for generations, though it is not clear whether it will be in the tradition in the future or not.
Here is an example related to bullying.
For years, it has been concerned that bullied kids should become mentally stronger through enduring or overcoming bullying by their own. This traditional way of thinking still remains. That's why it sometimes happens that teaches or parents don't take the bullying problems so seriously, don't let the kids having opportunities to talk to them, leave the matter as it is and make kids solve it by themselves.
In the end, people don't notice that the cognition towards bullying and the ways to solve it should be changed. They don't recognize it sure is different from the past. Then, something irrecoverable happens, such as suicide.
An appeal to tradition means an attempt to think something that happens now is true and acceptable because it has been so for generations, though it is not clear whether it will be in the tradition in the future or not.
Here is an example related to bullying.
For years, it has been concerned that bullied kids should become mentally stronger through enduring or overcoming bullying by their own. This traditional way of thinking still remains. That's why it sometimes happens that teaches or parents don't take the bullying problems so seriously, don't let the kids having opportunities to talk to them, leave the matter as it is and make kids solve it by themselves.
In the end, people don't notice that the cognition towards bullying and the ways to solve it should be changed. They don't recognize it sure is different from the past. Then, something irrecoverable happens, such as suicide.
2013年6月27日木曜日
website evaluation : a good example
Hello!! At this time, I will show you and evaluate an example of a good website.
This is the site : http://www.stopbullying.gov/index.html
This website is managed by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. This site also coordinates with other federal departments. The mission is clear, that is, providing information from various government agencies on what bullying is, who is at risk, and how you can prevent and respond to bullying. It provide links to other partners, such as Department of Education. The point is objective enough and it show us the definition of bullying, how to deal with it from various points. Moreover, it doesn't just suggest the bullying prevention, but the fact of it. The layout of the website is quite simple and we can easily find what we want. There is no annoying advertisement on every page. I think if there is a way to contact to the writer the association, it would be much better. Needless to say, since the site is by the official U.S. government, the information on it is so reliable. The links on it are to the other governmental ones, so it's reliable as well.
As you can see, this website is obviously good.
This is the site : http://www.stopbullying.gov/index.html
This website is managed by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. This site also coordinates with other federal departments. The mission is clear, that is, providing information from various government agencies on what bullying is, who is at risk, and how you can prevent and respond to bullying. It provide links to other partners, such as Department of Education. The point is objective enough and it show us the definition of bullying, how to deal with it from various points. Moreover, it doesn't just suggest the bullying prevention, but the fact of it. The layout of the website is quite simple and we can easily find what we want. There is no annoying advertisement on every page. I think if there is a way to contact to the writer the association, it would be much better. Needless to say, since the site is by the official U.S. government, the information on it is so reliable. The links on it are to the other governmental ones, so it's reliable as well.
As you can see, this website is obviously good.
An example of bad website
Hello, everyone!! How are you??
Last Friday, we talked about a good or bad website, so today I'll talk about a bad example of website about our controversial issue "Bullying in schools," and my partner Kensuke will do about a good one.
http://antibullyingposter.com/?nr=0
Please look at this website (if you are interested in our blog). I guess you guys may click this if you are intersted in antibullying. Of course, I did. I'm sure that everyone around the world think this website as a bad one. I think so, too. There are some reasons for my opinion.
First, we were so surprised at the amount of information about antibullying. In URL, we can see the word "antibullying," but we cannot see the information about that. Instead of that, there are a lot of advertisements on the left of this site. I think that's too bad. What do you think about it?
Secondly, we cannot contact with the author. It's so important for us to communicate with the author who made the website, and talk about the issue that both he/she and I have an interest in.
Thirdly, there are no reliable information on this page. I've never seen the website like that. As you can see this site, the first impression on this is not so bad because how to put pictures and a color scheme is good. However, the content of this page is not good, I think.
Also it's hard to judge whether the information on the website is true or not, but the ability to do so is required in our life.
Last Friday, we talked about a good or bad website, so today I'll talk about a bad example of website about our controversial issue "Bullying in schools," and my partner Kensuke will do about a good one.
http://antibullyingposter.com/?nr=0
Please look at this website (if you are interested in our blog). I guess you guys may click this if you are intersted in antibullying. Of course, I did. I'm sure that everyone around the world think this website as a bad one. I think so, too. There are some reasons for my opinion.
First, we were so surprised at the amount of information about antibullying. In URL, we can see the word "antibullying," but we cannot see the information about that. Instead of that, there are a lot of advertisements on the left of this site. I think that's too bad. What do you think about it?
Secondly, we cannot contact with the author. It's so important for us to communicate with the author who made the website, and talk about the issue that both he/she and I have an interest in.
Thirdly, there are no reliable information on this page. I've never seen the website like that. As you can see this site, the first impression on this is not so bad because how to put pictures and a color scheme is good. However, the content of this page is not good, I think.
Also it's hard to judge whether the information on the website is true or not, but the ability to do so is required in our life.
2013年6月6日木曜日
2 different perspectives for bullying
Hello, everyone.
Kensuke and I will give a presentation about "bullying in schools" in the end of this semester.
I'll show you 2 different perspective for bullying. I used some information from these website.
http://shuchi.php.co.jp/article/1320
http://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/nonsec/21569/
My name is Naoki Ogi. People in Japan call me Ogimama, and I like it! My job is to tell people how to educate children especially in an elementary and a junior high school. Also, I give people who have children some lectures about the importance of education in home. Recently, bullying mainly in schools is considered as one of the most serious problems in Japan.I think that making fun of others may become bullying. People who make fun of others don't notice the pain that victims have in their mind. We, including children, often watch some comedy programs on TV. Children will learn in those programs that it's no problem to make fun of others. As a result of that, children make fun of others without any consideration in schools, and that would cause bullying eventually.
I think there are some ways to stop bullying.
First, we should make a better school life, of the students, by the students, for the students. All the students should plan, make action, and participate in class and event such as school festival positively. Making a leader of students, and under him/her, all the students should cooperate with each other and take action for stopping and excluding bullying.
Secondly, physical punishment and heavy penalty should be stopped. A research shows that students who had experienced the physical or mental pain like that tend to bully others because they feel stress and disgrace when they get those pain, and then they get angry and bully others from the mental pain. This is why stopping physical punishment and heavy penalty is one of the ways to stop bullying.
Then, I'll show you one more perspective. This is a fictional one.
Hi! I'm a student in a university. Recently, a lot of news about bullying are broadcasted on TV. I think we cannot stop bullying because we have various emotion against other people or what they do. It's natural that we feel displeasure to the others if they do something annoying for us. As a result, we hate and bully them. If you want to stop and eliminate bullying, all you have to do is to ask people not to have emotions. That's impossible, I think.
There are no specific solutions to stop bullying. Some children killed themselves because they were suffering from the bullying not only physically, but mentally. We could save them if we had had any solution for this problem. I hear there are some teachers in schools who missed the bullying though they noticed that. That's too bad, and unbelievable. I'll tell you a story about bullying that happened when I was in an elementary school. A girl, who had a light disability on brain, were bullied for 5 years. Every student in my class noticed that, but our teacher didn't, so some students told the fact to the teacher, but she didn't take any action. I guess that is what's going on in the present schools. We cannot solve this serious problem forever until we eliminate such bad teachers.
Kensuke and I will give a presentation about "bullying in schools" in the end of this semester.
I'll show you 2 different perspective for bullying. I used some information from these website.
http://shuchi.php.co.jp/article/1320
http://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/nonsec/21569/
My name is Naoki Ogi. People in Japan call me Ogimama, and I like it! My job is to tell people how to educate children especially in an elementary and a junior high school. Also, I give people who have children some lectures about the importance of education in home. Recently, bullying mainly in schools is considered as one of the most serious problems in Japan.I think that making fun of others may become bullying. People who make fun of others don't notice the pain that victims have in their mind. We, including children, often watch some comedy programs on TV. Children will learn in those programs that it's no problem to make fun of others. As a result of that, children make fun of others without any consideration in schools, and that would cause bullying eventually.
I think there are some ways to stop bullying.
First, we should make a better school life, of the students, by the students, for the students. All the students should plan, make action, and participate in class and event such as school festival positively. Making a leader of students, and under him/her, all the students should cooperate with each other and take action for stopping and excluding bullying.
Secondly, physical punishment and heavy penalty should be stopped. A research shows that students who had experienced the physical or mental pain like that tend to bully others because they feel stress and disgrace when they get those pain, and then they get angry and bully others from the mental pain. This is why stopping physical punishment and heavy penalty is one of the ways to stop bullying.
Then, I'll show you one more perspective. This is a fictional one.
Hi! I'm a student in a university. Recently, a lot of news about bullying are broadcasted on TV. I think we cannot stop bullying because we have various emotion against other people or what they do. It's natural that we feel displeasure to the others if they do something annoying for us. As a result, we hate and bully them. If you want to stop and eliminate bullying, all you have to do is to ask people not to have emotions. That's impossible, I think.
There are no specific solutions to stop bullying. Some children killed themselves because they were suffering from the bullying not only physically, but mentally. We could save them if we had had any solution for this problem. I hear there are some teachers in schools who missed the bullying though they noticed that. That's too bad, and unbelievable. I'll tell you a story about bullying that happened when I was in an elementary school. A girl, who had a light disability on brain, were bullied for 5 years. Every student in my class noticed that, but our teacher didn't, so some students told the fact to the teacher, but she didn't take any action. I guess that is what's going on in the present schools. We cannot solve this serious problem forever until we eliminate such bad teachers.
Introduction of two different perspectives
I will tell you two different perspectives toward this issue.
One is from the view of Barack Obama, The U.S. President. This is written and created based on the facts that he and the U.S. government do. This is like his speaking, but it's not. There are some quoted parts on this writing. These facts are on the Internet sites below.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/04/20/ending-bullying-our-schools-communities
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/mar/10/news/la-heb-obama-bullying-conference-20110310
Hello, I am Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States of America.
Bullying is a problem not only in Japan, but across the world. Of course, it is in my country, the United States. To be honest, I was bullied when I was small. I've been working so hard on this issue to stop and prevent bullying as the President, and also as a father of two of my daughter. Thankfully, my wife Michelle cooperate greatly. I stress that we should not approach bullying as business as usual. Because it's something that happens a lot around us, we sometimes tend to turn a blind eye to the problem. In 2010, we held the first-ever White House Conference on Bullying Prevention. We invited students, teachers, advocates, and experts. At that time, I said "If there's one goal of this conference, it's to dispel the myth that bullying is just a harmless rite of passage or an inevitable part of growing up. It's not." Schools have not just a moral responsibility, but a legal responsibility, to protect our young people from bullying. We all have a clear belief that we have to make our schools a safe place and have to take action to ensure that all students are safe and healthy and can learn in environments free from discrimination and bullying. "I believe that day by day, step by step, we will change not just laws and policies, but behavior, so that every young person is able to thrive in our schools and communities, without worrying about being bullied."
Can we stop and prevent bullying?
Of course, Yes We Can!
The other one is from a teacher who teaches at a elementary school. This is fictional.
Hello everyone. I am a man who teaches at an elementary school in Tokyo. In the last few decades, especially in the last few years, the problem of bullying in schools has become more serious than ever before. Bord of Education has taken actions to prevent and eliminate bullying in schools and we teachers, of course, try our best to accomplish it. However, in my opinion, I don't think we can eliminate bullying in schools completely though this should not be the idea of teacher. Bullying is not always happens in schools. It happens after school or online, for example. We teachers are told to be careful of the atmosphere in the classroom and I really care about that. But there is a limit to what we can do. It's not easy to see what is going on in the classroom in every corner. I sometimes have a talk with my students alone. I want to know how their school life is going and whether there is something wrong with them or not. But they are likely to be ashamed and hesitate to tell me the truth especially when it comes to things like "bullying". That's why it's hard to find and nip them in the bud. I also don't like the way schools play. Sometimes, schools tend to hide the fact that bullying is happening when the problem is getting bigger. As long as these tendencies remain, bullying will not disappear in schools.
One is from the view of Barack Obama, The U.S. President. This is written and created based on the facts that he and the U.S. government do. This is like his speaking, but it's not. There are some quoted parts on this writing. These facts are on the Internet sites below.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/04/20/ending-bullying-our-schools-communities
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/mar/10/news/la-heb-obama-bullying-conference-20110310
Hello, I am Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States of America.
Bullying is a problem not only in Japan, but across the world. Of course, it is in my country, the United States. To be honest, I was bullied when I was small. I've been working so hard on this issue to stop and prevent bullying as the President, and also as a father of two of my daughter. Thankfully, my wife Michelle cooperate greatly. I stress that we should not approach bullying as business as usual. Because it's something that happens a lot around us, we sometimes tend to turn a blind eye to the problem. In 2010, we held the first-ever White House Conference on Bullying Prevention. We invited students, teachers, advocates, and experts. At that time, I said "If there's one goal of this conference, it's to dispel the myth that bullying is just a harmless rite of passage or an inevitable part of growing up. It's not." Schools have not just a moral responsibility, but a legal responsibility, to protect our young people from bullying. We all have a clear belief that we have to make our schools a safe place and have to take action to ensure that all students are safe and healthy and can learn in environments free from discrimination and bullying. "I believe that day by day, step by step, we will change not just laws and policies, but behavior, so that every young person is able to thrive in our schools and communities, without worrying about being bullied."
Can we stop and prevent bullying?
Of course, Yes We Can!
The other one is from a teacher who teaches at a elementary school. This is fictional.
Hello everyone. I am a man who teaches at an elementary school in Tokyo. In the last few decades, especially in the last few years, the problem of bullying in schools has become more serious than ever before. Bord of Education has taken actions to prevent and eliminate bullying in schools and we teachers, of course, try our best to accomplish it. However, in my opinion, I don't think we can eliminate bullying in schools completely though this should not be the idea of teacher. Bullying is not always happens in schools. It happens after school or online, for example. We teachers are told to be careful of the atmosphere in the classroom and I really care about that. But there is a limit to what we can do. It's not easy to see what is going on in the classroom in every corner. I sometimes have a talk with my students alone. I want to know how their school life is going and whether there is something wrong with them or not. But they are likely to be ashamed and hesitate to tell me the truth especially when it comes to things like "bullying". That's why it's hard to find and nip them in the bud. I also don't like the way schools play. Sometimes, schools tend to hide the fact that bullying is happening when the problem is getting bigger. As long as these tendencies remain, bullying will not disappear in schools.
opinions from others
These are the opinions that some of our class members have.
Because bullying in schools is one of the recent problems that we are facing with. I recognized difficulty in solving this problem again, and importance to do so at the same time.
Bullying at schools is serious because it is now one of the serious problems in Japan which we cannot avert. Especially after the case of Ozu in Shiga, which the boy committed suicide because of bullying, the media sticks onto bullying news, and the board of education has become very tense against those issues. Whenever I hear news about bullying, I feel sad, but at the same time, helpless.
I was able to acquire new knowledge about the victims of bullying such as most of them had been bullied at their younger age, more of the boys than girls tend to be involved in bullying and the physical appearances, for example, their heights could possibly become the factor.
Also, not only in Japan, but in the world, to see if there is any differences in educational ways between countries with the high bullying rates and the other.
This issue is so serious that some TV programs and comics deal with it. I'm ashamed that I've not thought about this issue so seriously. It seems strange to me that this issue isn't solved at all though it is taken up on TV or other media almost every single day. Besides, schools become far different from what they should be. I agree with your opinion that bullying is unstoppable, but I think it can be controlled and decreased in some ways. I'm interested in the current situation of bullying in other countries in the world and what they are doing and how they think about it. There must be a lot of information sources we can use. It is a good opportunity for me to consider it seriously.
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Because bullying in schools is one of the recent problems that we are facing with. I recognized difficulty in solving this problem again, and importance to do so at the same time.
Bullying at schools is serious because it is now one of the serious problems in Japan which we cannot avert. Especially after the case of Ozu in Shiga, which the boy committed suicide because of bullying, the media sticks onto bullying news, and the board of education has become very tense against those issues. Whenever I hear news about bullying, I feel sad, but at the same time, helpless.
I was able to acquire new knowledge about the victims of bullying such as most of them had been bullied at their younger age, more of the boys than girls tend to be involved in bullying and the physical appearances, for example, their heights could possibly become the factor.
Also, not only in Japan, but in the world, to see if there is any differences in educational ways between countries with the high bullying rates and the other.
This issue is so serious that some TV programs and comics deal with it. I'm ashamed that I've not thought about this issue so seriously. It seems strange to me that this issue isn't solved at all though it is taken up on TV or other media almost every single day. Besides, schools become far different from what they should be. I agree with your opinion that bullying is unstoppable, but I think it can be controlled and decreased in some ways. I'm interested in the current situation of bullying in other countries in the world and what they are doing and how they think about it. There must be a lot of information sources we can use. It is a good opportunity for me to consider it seriously.
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2013年5月31日金曜日
Our first posting
Welcome to our blog!!
Please take this bullying problem seriously, Let' talk about it!
Here is what we think.
First of all, we have to say that bullying happens not only in schools, but in worlplaces. I also found that people in many countries had different opinion about school bullying. Konjiki no Gash, a famous japanese anime and comic, was mentioned on this site because the main character, Kiyomaro Takamine was bullied in a school.
I should have used this website http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1054139X09001384
to get information about my topic because this website had many information I didn't use last week, such as physical, verbal, relational, and cyber bullying. I could understand that bullying does not always occur in schools. That may occur on the Internet.
I found an useful academic reference on the Internet.
Many children get bullied because they fail to cope in satisfactory ways, and get into a reinforcing cycle of poor coping, low self-esteem, and lack of the ability to get along with friends. As a result of these mental problems, children lose their ability to protest further bullying.
Several anti-bullying interventions have been developed and all schools in some countries are required by law to have an anti-bullying plan. What matter is to determine whether there are differences in the perceptions of victims, people who bully others, and uninvolved people. Most victims had been bullied at younger age, 7 to 9 years. Maybe younger children have not yet acquired the social and assertiveness skills to deal effectively with bullying. A study found that more boys than girls are involved in bullying, both as victims and people who bully others. Results showed that significantly more short(small) students reported being currently bullied, and short boys were twice as likely to be victims. Thus, the possibility that bullied children differ physically from their peers should not be dismissed. Those who are bullied have a different appearance and those who bully others suffer from low self-esteem. In order to stop bullying, the bully needs to mature.
Please take this bullying problem seriously, Let' talk about it!
Here is what we think.
First of all, we have to say that bullying happens not only in schools, but in worlplaces. I also found that people in many countries had different opinion about school bullying. Konjiki no Gash, a famous japanese anime and comic, was mentioned on this site because the main character, Kiyomaro Takamine was bullied in a school.
I should have used this website http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1054139X09001384
to get information about my topic because this website had many information I didn't use last week, such as physical, verbal, relational, and cyber bullying. I could understand that bullying does not always occur in schools. That may occur on the Internet.
I found an useful academic reference on the Internet.
Many children get bullied because they fail to cope in satisfactory ways, and get into a reinforcing cycle of poor coping, low self-esteem, and lack of the ability to get along with friends. As a result of these mental problems, children lose their ability to protest further bullying.
Several anti-bullying interventions have been developed and all schools in some countries are required by law to have an anti-bullying plan. What matter is to determine whether there are differences in the perceptions of victims, people who bully others, and uninvolved people. Most victims had been bullied at younger age, 7 to 9 years. Maybe younger children have not yet acquired the social and assertiveness skills to deal effectively with bullying. A study found that more boys than girls are involved in bullying, both as victims and people who bully others. Results showed that significantly more short(small) students reported being currently bullied, and short boys were twice as likely to be victims. Thus, the possibility that bullied children differ physically from their peers should not be dismissed. Those who are bullied have a different appearance and those who bully others suffer from low self-esteem. In order to stop bullying, the bully needs to mature.
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