Bullying+Quotes

[|Bullying Does Happen At Your School]

Bullying in School is a 'Gateway to Hate' Arne Duncan, United States Secretary of Education
// The moral issue is plain. Every child is entitled to feel safe in the classroom, in the hallways of school, and on the playground. Children go to school to learn, and educational opportunity must be the great equalizer in America ////.// Arne Duncan

//The fact is that no school can be a great school until it is a safe school first. A positive school climate is foundational to start academic achievement.// Arne Duncan

// We understand that stopping the plague of bullying will take time. It takes sustained commitment. It takes resources. And, I promise you, we are in this fight for the long haul. // Arne Duncan

The Bullied
Don’t laugh at me, don’t call me names, Don’t take your pleasure from my pain. I’m a little boy with glasses The one they call a geek, A little girl who never smiles ‘Cause I have braces on my teeth And I know how it feels to cry myself to sleep I’m that kid on every playground Who’s always chosen last A single teenage mother Tryin’ to overcome my past You don’t have to be my friend But is it too much to ask: Don’t laugh at me Don’t call me names Don’t get your pleasure from my pain… Don’t laugh at me I’m fat, I’m thin, I’m short, I’m tall I’m deaf, I’m blind, hey aren’t we all.

-Steve Seskin and Allen Shamblin, “Don’t Laugh at Me” // “As savvy as children and teens may be about the Internet, there are still many things they do not know about life and making safe and responsible choices. Sometimes they take risks. Your child already is, or can be expected to become, a “technology expert.” But as a parent, you are still the “life experiences” and “risk management” expert. An effective parent-child partnership to address Internet issues is essential.” // -Nancy Willard, Raising Cyber Savvy Kids: Empowering Children and Teens to Make Safe and Responsible Choices When Using the Internet

// Anyone with any experience with social web tools can tell you that **INVITING LAW ENFORCEMENT TO AN ASSEMBLY TO SCARE THE BEJEEZUS OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL KIDS FOR POSTING STUFF TO MYSPACE IS THE ABSOLUTE WORST WAY TO ‘TEACH’THEM ABOUT SOCIAL NETWORKS.** // // Richardson, Will.” Let’s Just Scare the #$%& Out of Them, Ok?.” Weblogg-Ed. August 22, 2008. 20 July 2009. // // <[] >//

"A group of kids were teasing me badly for a few weeks and the teacher never noticed. When I'd finally had enough, I took the teacher aside before class and told her to make it stop. She said to deal with it.… She moved those people to other seats in the room that day. Now that I've vented, I'll tell you my tip. Look for and handle all teasing. No one likes to be made fun of. Do something about the most malicious kids, not because you could get sued, but because it's the right thing to do." Source: Tips for Teachers, []