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.
2013年6月27日木曜日
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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