Saturday, September 27, 2008
Teasing
This topic really bothers me. I see students everyday who tease, gossip about and talk back to classmates. This then escalates into a verbal battle that I, often, must stop because it interferes with my ability to teach. Some days, I spend so much time refereeing the comments and comebacks that I get little teaching done. Why are some students so mean to their classmates? School is supposed to be a safe place where learning can happen, but is it really? What can I do as a teacher to end this or is it something that I have put up with?
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ya i think teasing is bad but i think we all do it but we should know when to stop teasing
That's just how kids today are. Mean, rude, self-critical...why, it's enough to make me hurl! School can be....I mean, students tend to show one side to teachers and in class, but outside class it's a whole different story. Rude, name-calling, b*tch-slapping, the whole shindig. It's really pathetic if you ask me. People today are just too sensitive. A little teasing is just that...teasing. But it seems as if some people today take it as actual harm to their person.
It's ridiculous!!! The only thing that can be done is change (blah, I friggin hate that word!)...in order to see a change in behavior, kids need to realize that what they're doing is WRONG and MEAN. Once they're past that, just think of the Golden Rule...oh, for those of you who don't know what it is : Treat others as you wish to be treated.
I dunno...it's just awful how some people treat others.
teasing is somthing that every kid does, especially if they have gotten it done to them be an older sibling.....every kids should be able to get made fun of a little bit..yea some kids take it too far. and at that point the kid getting made fun of needs to say stop and the "bully" needs to respect that..
OK Brady- how do we get all students to follow that rule "yea some kids take it too far. and at that point the kid getting made fun of needs to say stop and the "bully" needs to respect that.." How do we teach that respect and that ability to recognize when a person has gone far enough or too far abd should stop?
i guess that is something the "bully" should know when to stop......the kid getting made fun of needs to mention it to a teacher....then the principle could looking at the video and then go to the kids and talk to him about when the kid says stop the "bully" needs to listen....then the principle could say he saw it on the video when i was walking through the office....
haha...i know one prime example. Josh and Jake in psychology! its hard not to for some people when they are always proving you wrong(JAKE)and/or annoying so therefore people get angered easily(JOSH) and have to say some things such as MURR to take frustration out or just to piss Jake off...its kinda funny you have to admit tho?
I think that teasing is a little bit of give and little take. People just need to understand what teasing is. Obviously if your friends or the people you hang out with all the time are doing it its not that big of a deal. But when someone that you dont care for that much teases you, i think you just to take them with a grain of salt or just let it slide off. I really dont think there is a way to stop it, but the bullies will always be known as jerks so what goes around comes around.
In my opinion, teasing is extremely based on each individual's ethics. Some people think it's wrong to gossip about peers whereas others wouldn't stop teasing until someone exploded. How you let teasing put you down or laugh, that's your outlook on it.
Yes teasing could get out of hand but most kids know when to stop or I would hope that they do. Better to know when to stop than to have to appologize later because you hurt their feelings or pride.
Teasing is bad but, so many students do it. It is really hard to control sometimes. At times I am guilty of being the teaser but at times I also step in and say that enough is enough. Kids tease to show that they are "stronger" than the kid that is being teased. When in all reality the teaser is self conscious and has some issues with his/her self. Until kids realize what they are doing when they tease others, they will never understand the severity of the act. It would stop if everyone would play their part.
I think a little teasing here and there is a form of comedy for every day life. How boring would it be to sit in class and learn without any hilarious moments?
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