Bullying - No Way!

The Cow has already celebrated

 a crazy day today...

Everything you do

 is Right Day. 

That means there shouldn’t

 be another post until tomorrow...

but... I’m a teacher and,

 as such, I feel a little obligation

 to blog another day

 being celebrated today...

I hope you wore orange today...

  It was Australia’s

National Day of Action

Against Bullying and Violence

(expect to see this day

become an international one!)



So, Stats:

About 27% of kids

report being bullied

(every few weeks)

during the last school term.

Bullying is most common

 among Year 5 (32%)

and Year 8 (29%) kids.

Kids who bully others online,

are very likely (83%)

to bully others offline, too.

This goes for the kids

being bullied, too...

84% of kids bullied online

also get bullied offline.

Peers stand by and watch

the bullying 87% of the time.

Are you a bully?

Are you the one who

 always puts someone down,

 dismissing their ideas

and opinions?

Do you refuse to let them

 join you and your friends? 

 Do you call them names

 or gesture in an

unfriendly manner? 

 Do you pull faces

or always turn your back? 

Do you chase after someone,

 threatening them or

hitting them? 

Do you laugh

or spread rumours? 

 Do you stand by

 and watch this happen

 to someone else? 

Check this webpage. 

It explains what bullying

 is the different types of bullying. 

 There are three main pages...

One for parents,

 one for teachers

 and one for kids. 

The kid’s one is split

into two age groups –

mainly primary school aged kids

and high school aged kids.

And, for a song...

Kate Miller Heidke’s

Caught in the Crowd 

(I’ve seen this song

bring many a teacher to tears...

while the kids “kinda get it”.) 

The Cow is proud to say that a clear memory I have is of the day I told some “holiday friends” to leave another kid (with a disability of some kind – and here, my memory fails me... mental, I think) alone.  He had become an easy target.... While the people didn’t listen to me, the local lifeguard heard me and joined me.  He was so “cool” that when he asked them to stop the teasing, they did.  Don’t get me wrong – I’m not perfect!  I am sure there are many times where I could have done more to help someone!  

Pictures from here and here.