All About Bullying

[phtthp]

Imo, after report bully case to school, if the school continue to sit on the problem (lay golden egg), do nothing within their authority to solve bullying, then the school is at fault :

because one cannot let the poor victim (student being bullied) continue to be forever bullied, and one also cannot continue to let the bully forever keep bullying people. The bully ought to be counselled too, on why bullying is wrong. Bully need to know, what is right, from what is wrong.

So if the school just want to sweep dirt under the carpet, do nothing to address the issue, then school is wrong.

[zac's mum]

The first step we can do is to empower our own kids to speak up & voice out if someone does or says something to them that they are truly uncomfortable with. A simple NO, NO WAY or STOP THAT, I don’t like it! should be sufficient to make a reasonable human being cease the action.


Subsequent to that, any persistence by that other person in continuing, should get a verbal warning: “XYZ student, stop that [describe the action clearly] right now or I’m going to…[describe the consequence]!” Best shouted at the top of the voice, in the presence of several witnesses, especially a teacher/person of authority.

Has worked well so far. Trained over many years during preschool age & often put into practice at public playgrounds. Quite often I see that the “bullies” are stunned because nobody ever told them that the whatever action is super annoying/hurtful to other kids. It just takes one brave soul to stand up and educate the bully on what’s appropriate/not appropriate/not accepted by pushovers.

Kiddo has even taken it further by turning “enemies” into friends: Hey kid, I’ll happily play with you if you stop [throwing sand in my face or whatever]. Let’s play this instead…

[lee_yl]

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Imo, after report bully case to school, if the school continue to sit on the problem (lay golden egg), do nothing within their authority to solve bullying, then the school is at fault :
because one cannot let the poor victim (student being bullied) continue to be forever bullied, and one also cannot continue to let the bully forever keep bullying people. The bully ought to be counselled too, on why bullying is wrong. Bully need to know, what is right, from what is wrong.

So if the school just want to sweep dirt under the carpet, do nothing to address the issue, then school is wrong.

I wonder whether the P took any concrete action when the matter was raised to his attention. Not all civil servants are on the ball.

Being bullied for more than 2 years is no joke.

Actually hubby and I felt sad for the poor dad. While he should not have taken justice into his own hands, DH commented that the defence lawyer’s argument was silly. It could have worked with a jury but not in local courts. High SES people would have gotten a better lawyer, appeal after the guilty verdict or settled out of court prior the trial. That’s why that day when I asked was the dad “not highly educated”, I actually wanted to say Low SES.

If ST is serious about journalistic work, they should follow up to shed more light on the bullying case and examine how prevalent bullying is in Singapore’s schools. There’s a story with an human angle which should be told in the name of social justice.

[floppy]

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If ST is serious about journalistic work, they should follow up to shed more light on the bullying case and examine how prevalent bullying is in Singapore’s schools. There’s a story with an human angle which should be told in the name of social justice.

ST decision making process:
Does it serve the government purpose?
Yes - proceed to investigate and report.
No - relegate to scrap pile.

Rank 151 out of 180.

[peasants]

Tat’s why I mentioned earlier, instead of depending on the system, I rather my children learn how to be tough when need arise. I feel primary school has more bullying issues than secondary school. These bullies are sometimes looking for targets whom seemed timid, once they realise there are no retaliations, the bullying continue, worse case from verbal to physical assault.

[Janet32]

We as parents should also know the importance of bullying. Kids learn from us. Those kids that are bullying other kids might be doing so because they are also being bullied at home. If we all teach our child how to be kind and respect others, then the word bullying should’ve never existed.

[peasants]

*JUST IN* NTU student raped by foreign worker.


https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/foreign-worker-charged-with-raping-university-student-near-kranji-war

[pokoyoko]

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*JUST IN* NTU student raped by foreign worker.

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/foreign-worker-charged-with-raping-university-student-near-kranji-war

This is terrible... just terrible... Poor girl.......

[mondecoinmetier]

Sigh… different time now! Parents today don’t really teach the way those days were. They either pamper their child a lot or leave them alone. It is very difficult to interfere. Good parents would value the traditions while new ones forget how they were once brought up.

[natgoh]

Hi, sorry if topic is a bit off… but anybody encounter school teacher that "bully" your child?