After class and watching the clips from this week, it made me realize all the effort it takes into being a bully. From the clips we saw that the one bully only had to shake the other kids hand and never saying sorry. The principle went upon herself to assume that's what it was representing, even though if she wasn't there they never would have shook hands.
From the article on http://www.gapraconnect.com/why-bullying-still-exists-in-zero-tolerance-schools-how-to-explain-it-to-parents/, it gives many things that bullies do in order to succeed and to be able to continue. If we know this about what they are doing. Why don't we look for that to be happening then? I feel if we looked for those things to be happening we could cut down on the amount of bullying that is happening in schools.
As for the discussion in class about imagining a society without bullying, it does seem very hard to do. Reason being is because like stated in class, we live in a world where we all have experienced this behavior and without it just doesn't seem possible with all the differences in the world.
I think a way we can try to prevent bullying, especially he-said, she-said situations, is to increase supervision. Children should not be left alone and there should always be an adult in the room or area. The only place where they may be no supervision is in the restroom. I know a lot of bullying can happen on the playground and hallways as well. There should be teachers outside monitoring the students. When the bell rings for classes, teachers should step outside in the hallway to monitor the halls. Maybe being more aware and proactive can help minimize bullying.
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