Anti Bullying ?

Nigel Lane · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 1

The Student Wellbeing [formerly known as welfare] team was discussing
the issue of Anti-Bullying the other day and wondered if anyone had a
positive way of saying it.

Rather than promoting a negative - don't do this; we would prefer to
promote a positive message - but then our creativity ran out !

Has anyone come across a positive program for anti-bullying?

Thanks

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johnsuth · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 44

In , Nigel Lane writes:
>The Student Wellbeing [formerly known as welfare] team was discussing
>the issue of Anti-Bullying the other day and wondered if anyone had a
>positive way of saying it.
>
>Rather than promoting a negative - don't do this; we would prefer to
>promote a positive message - but then our creativity ran out !
>
>Has anyone come across a positive program for anti-bullying?
>
>Thanks

I suggest that you stop using the B word, stand back a long way, and
consider whether the behavior that concerns you is part of a very broad
spectrum. Here's how I see it:-

For students, and immature adults who create havoc in workplaces, life is a game of oneupmanship. The objective is to win at the expense of:- peers (trickery, insult, humiliation, intimidation, threat, gate-crashing, spiking drinks, assault), teacher (defiance, cheating), bus driver (interfering with controls), shop keeper (shop stealing), ticket collector (fare evasion), and police (tagging, rock throwing, joy riding, dealing illicit goods).

In addition to oneupmanship, there is the issue in the areas of racism
and homophobia, of children acting out their parents' fantasies. Most
parents don't act out their fantasies because they forsee the
consequences, but some children don't have much foresight.

I hope that someone here has come across a positive program and will
share it with us.

Woof · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 5

A positive program is called 'Corporal Punishment'
Let the smart arse kids who inflict pain on others get a feeling of what it
is like to be at the receiving end.
Where are all the bleeding heart do-gooders now who banned CP in schools
with suggestions on how to deal with the problem kids???
All this bulls--- of 'let's say it in a positive way' does absolutely
nothing in modifying the behaviour of the bully.
How do I know?
Because I have been teaching in Victorian government schools for over 30
years.

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> In , Nigel Lane
writes:
> >The Student Wellbeing [formerly known as welfare] team was discussing
> >the issue of Anti-Bullying the other day and wondered if anyone had a
> >positive way of saying it.
> >
> >Rather than promoting a negative - don't do this; we would prefer to
> >promote a positive message - but then our creativity ran out !
> >
> >Has anyone come across a positive program for anti-bullying?
> >
> >Thanks
>
>
> I suggest that you stop using the B word, stand back a long way, and
> consider whether the behavior that concerns you is part of a very broad
> spectrum. Here's how I see it:-
>
> For students, and immature adults who create havoc in workplaces, life is
a game of oneupmanship. The objective is to win at the expense of:- peers
(trickery, insult, humiliation, intimidation, threat, gate-crashing, spiking
drinks, assault), teacher (defiance, cheating), bus driver (interfering with
controls), shop keeper (shop stealing), ticket collector (fare evasion), and
police (tagging, rock throwing, joy riding, dealing illicit goods).
>
> In addition to oneupmanship, there is the issue in the areas of racism
> and homophobia, of children acting out their parents' fantasies. Most
> parents don't act out their fantasies because they forsee the
> consequences, but some children don't have much foresight.
>
> I hope that someone here has come across a positive program and will
> share it with us.
>
>
>

Tony Edwards · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 1

On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 20:09:20 GMT, Nigel Lane
wrote:

>The Student Wellbeing [formerly known as welfare] team was discussing
>the issue of Anti-Bullying the other day and wondered if anyone had a
>positive way of saying it.
>
>Rather than promoting a negative - don't do this; we would prefer to
>promote a positive message - but then our creativity ran out !
>
>Has anyone come across a positive program for anti-bullying?
>
>Thanks

The local primary school (were my daughter attends coincidentally) has
a program called "Better Buddies", which was developed to target
bullying which was becoming rife in the school, and has seemed to work
quite well...

It involves mainly education, in that the children are responsible for
policing the policy. If another student is seem to be being
ostracized or bullied, other students on the playground are to either
step in (100 kids all shouting "Bully!" in unison can be quite
effective in dissuading the bully), or to talk/play with the child
having the difficulties. Semi-random awards are given for those
active in promoting the policy (i.e the occasional merit certificate,
or visit to the principle (for a congrats of course)).

The incidence of overt bullying has dropped markedly, and even the
subtle stuff has dropped off somewhat (or so I'm told Smile

.

Cya

Tones.