Thursday, February 24, 2011

Bully Utopia?

Princess Margaret Secondary School in Penticton, British Columbia has a medium sized student body with approximately 750 students attending. As bullying is somewhat of a problem everywhere, it's impossible to say bullying isn't present at this school. You can't say with complete certainty that there is no bullying at any school, anywhere, whether the school has 10 students or 5000 students. This school is different though, when you walk in, you feel comfortable almost immediately.

Everyone here seems to know their place and doesn't step out of it in case they cause some trouble. So far it seems everyone goes out of their way to keep bullying from happening. Although for every person trying to stop it, there is always someone trying to ruin the fun for everyone. While it isn't evident at first. When you take a deeper much more detailed look at the inner workings of all the students. You begin to notice there is a surprising amount of bullying. Listening in, most of it is done online, but you see a little bit of the physical and psychological battles that happen as one person thinks they are the king or queen of the school.

Slowly fadng bullying out could be a simple task thrust upon the school if they give out harsher punishments to the students who feel the need to bully others, and having monthly talks about how bullying can affect others along with a horrid story of what bullying does. Instilling fear may sound like the wrong way to go with bullying issues, but it is the only way to stop bullying altogether.

1 comment:

  1. 3 of 4 assignments complete. Quite well polished - occasional minor errors. Reasonable detail.

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