Thursday, September 12, 2013

http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/ss/se/samplepolicy.asp

In  the  upper  link, we  find  a  sample  of  what  the  educational  department  of  California  has  come  up  to  as  a  resolution  for  bullying  and  how  it  should  be  handled  by  staff  members. I have  come  across  many  cases  of  bullying  against  my  oldest  son  and  sadly  none  of  those  measurements  have  been  followed. Not  even  once. I  also  read  on  a  section  that  stated  that  students  should  be  protected  while  on  their  way  to  school  and  returning  home  from  school. I had  a  principal  said  to  me  once  that  I  shouldn't  worry  since  the  attacker  lived  far  from  me. They  can  still  drive, right? They  can  meet  the victim  right  outside  of  school, right? It  is  a  great  article  for  parents  and  even  students  to  read. It  opens  our  mind  on  what  to  expect  the  school  system  to  do  if  we  encounter  a  situation  like  this. If  they  are  not  doing  it, pointing  it  out  will not  be  a  bad  idea. Specially if  the educational  system  wrote it!


http://www.ed.gov/news/speeches/enough-enough-secretary-duncans-remarks-white-house-conference-bullying-prevention


In  this  article  I  found  how  many  people  see  bullying  as  not  intentional. On  a  conference  in  the  White  House,  Secretary Duncan stated  how people think that bullying  is  just  part of growing up. If general people see this, why should  the system care? right? It also  reads  that  schools  do need help in their system to develop robust remedies to change the cultures of their campuses.