A rise in bullying among young girls.
Teachers are worried about the rise in bullying among young girls.
Incidents include bullying on social network sites such as facebook and msn, but also consist out of gang violence. The girls that participate in this kind of behaviour are often expelled.
Today in Liverpool, the members of the Association of Teachers and lecturers are to debate the exclusion of these girls from school.
The motion, who is coming from teachers at schools in Derby and Chesterfields, declares it wants a better co-ordination to help the girls who are sent home from school. Besides this it wants more support for the teacherse and heads in dealing with them.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/education/article2989599.ece
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It is always good to try and make education better, but in this motion I hardly see something that can make it better. The teachers should not help the girls who are expelled, they should try to find out why they get expelled in the first place. Maybe these girls have a rough background and could have a lot of profit from some councelling. Instead of dealing with the consequenses, I think the teachers and heads should focus on dealing with the root of the problems. The reasons why these young girls turn to gang violence and cyber bullying in the first place.
I agree with Marlot. However I think that cyber bullying has less effect than bullying in real life. I also think that the girls should get counceling, instead of exclusion. To deal with the root of the violence is the best way to prevent it.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI think it is a job as a parent to get to know what your child is exactly doing on the internet. Therefore I think the best way to prevent bullying on the internet is a job for parents, because they decide whether their child will use the computer or not. I agree with both of you, since problems always come from somewhere. the roots are for the teachers, and keeping away bullies from their computer is a task for their parents.
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