Chapter 6: Social Context of Schools

To help students handle bullying, harassment, and intolerance, I will help provide a place for my students to learn about these things and just what they are. Sometimes kids don't know that they are a part of these things and until they talk about them or learn about them do they realize that they might be a victim or the accused. Giving the students a place to learn about such things gives them the opportunity to stop before things get out of hand.

If there is a student in my midst that is the bully, or is distracting a student, I will handle it. I would most likely take the bully to the office and have him punished. I wouldn't involve the child that was being bullied for the bully might blame to kid. Taking action seems like the right thing to do, but in some instances being careful is also something that has to be done. Some situations call for more than just taking one student to be punished, there are deeper precautions that could be taken, like making sure other teachers are keeping an eye out for such things and able to take care of situations in appropriate manner.