SusanBullying
October 31st 2007 15:23
I’ve just finished reading Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult. I really enjoyed it despite the nature of the topic it dealt with which was a shooting an an American high school. It was well written, well researched and told an excellent story. (I’d highly recommend it but then I’d recommend all of her books.) It was also the type of book that makes you think.
The central theme of the book was bullying.
The central character went on a shooting spree as a result of the fact that he had had to endure years of bullying at the hands of his fellow pupils.
It made me start to question what I would do if my daughter (who starts school in January next year) was bullied. I’d like to hope she would tell me there was a problem, but it’s not always that easy I’m sure. She would probably know that I’d react very bably and would march straight down to the school to sort the situation out immediately. I’d then want to return to the school every single day after that to make sure the problem had been rectified.
But that would probably be her worst nightmare. And if my mother had done that to me I doubt I would ever have confided in her again.
We want to protect our children of course and I admit to being over-protective but make no apologies for that. I’m not prepared to take any risks. My daughter is my number one priority at all times.
Thankfully I was not bullied at school but I have met some very unpleasant teachers who I know today behaved in a bullying manner. Actually let’s not sugar the pill - they were bullies.
And I once had a boss who was a bully. I won’t name him but he worked at the Early Learning Centre selling children’s toys. That seems ironic now as I would not let someone like that near my child!!
I know the majority of schools say they do not tolerate bullying and firmly state that no bullying goes on at their school, which I know for a fact is nonsense.
So how do other people approach bullying in schools?
The central theme of the book was bullying.
The central character went on a shooting spree as a result of the fact that he had had to endure years of bullying at the hands of his fellow pupils.
It made me start to question what I would do if my daughter (who starts school in January next year) was bullied. I’d like to hope she would tell me there was a problem, but it’s not always that easy I’m sure. She would probably know that I’d react very bably and would march straight down to the school to sort the situation out immediately. I’d then want to return to the school every single day after that to make sure the problem had been rectified.
But that would probably be her worst nightmare. And if my mother had done that to me I doubt I would ever have confided in her again.
We want to protect our children of course and I admit to being over-protective but make no apologies for that. I’m not prepared to take any risks. My daughter is my number one priority at all times.
Thankfully I was not bullied at school but I have met some very unpleasant teachers who I know today behaved in a bullying manner. Actually let’s not sugar the pill - they were bullies.
And I once had a boss who was a bully. I won’t name him but he worked at the Early Learning Centre selling children’s toys. That seems ironic now as I would not let someone like that near my child!!
I know the majority of schools say they do not tolerate bullying and firmly state that no bullying goes on at their school, which I know for a fact is nonsense.
So how do other people approach bullying in schools?
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