Bullying needs to end! BUT HOW?????????
Sunday, October 5, 2014
Safe Spaces (reflection)
Reading Safe Spaces was extremely eye opening. It is so sad to see bullying happening in this world. Bullying is one of the worst things a child could do to another child. As you all know I work at a daycare. I am in the after school program which holds about 40 children in one classroom. These students ages are from age 6 to about 12 years old. Over the summer we held a summer camp
program. It was going great until one of my students started to get bullied. It was group of girls who were playing a game called "mean girls" that they made up. Just like the movie. So all of these girls (about 4 of them) were teasing this one little girl. We teachers did not know about it because at certain times of the day they were allowed to free play until one day the parent of the child who was getting bullied came up to us and told us her daughter went home crying from daycare and did not want to return because of the 4 other girls. So we (teachers) had to step up to the plate and end this bullying in our classroom. We had to explain to all the students what bullying was. We had the children do little 5 minute shows to show us bullying and also made anti-bullying posters for our classroom so the children could understand. It was very heartbreaking knowing my students were bullying. After we had a talk with our children it took them a few weeks to finally get back to the way things were. It is safe to say we have not had a problem since then.
Bullying needs to end! BUT HOW?????????
Bullying needs to end! BUT HOW?????????
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I always enjoy reading your blog to see your experiences working in a daycare. It helps gives me an example of how the texts we are reading in class relates to the actual classroom and how I will experience the same things some day as a teacher.
ReplyDeleteI think one of the ways to stop bullying is, standing up and speaking up for the people who are being bullied. In other words, we need to stop being bystanders. I think if someone witnesses another person being bullied and does nothing they are part of the problem. I am not saying this is the only way to put an end to bullying but it is a good start.
ReplyDeleteIt is so upsetting that children begin to bully one another at such a young age. Discussing what bullying is and having each child participate in 5 minute shows was a great idea, especially because they all had a chance to see what bullying looked like.
ReplyDeleteGreat response! Its great to see that you took charge of the situation and put an end to it by explaining what exactly bullying is
ReplyDeleteIt's really hard to understand how kids even learn to bully another student. They're so young but yet they know how to pick on someone else. I think you handled the situation very well. It was kind of similar to one of the stories in safe spaces. You made sure the kids knew what bullying was and made them explain it to you. Just like when the teacher made the kids tell him what gay and bisexual meant. Great job!
ReplyDeleteits great to see the real world connection but i really dont think there is a way to stop bullying. its just one vicious cycle of the survival of the fittest. you can do all you want to end it but it never really ends. people simply just dont get along
ReplyDeletegreat connection! I worked at a summer camp for a few years and we had to deal with a few bullying situations. they ended up being fine in the end but it is sad so see children getting bullied.
ReplyDeleteYour connections are always so interesting to read. Its nice to see how our readings can connect to our everyday lives.
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