Terry Mitchell

How to Resolve Bullying in Schools



Posted: Tuesday, August 04, 2009

by Terry Mitchell
http://commenterry.blogs.com

Since the introduction of public schools, bullying has been an ongoing problem. It has been and continues to be a major obstacle to learning and order at every level, from elementary school to high school. Many things have been tried, but no one has been able to resolve this problem. Well, I think the real resolution involves getting tough on the bullies, over the inevitable protests from their parents.

We're simply going to have to permanently separate bullies from the rest of the students. Once a student has been identified as a potential bully, via complaints against him by teachers, parents, and/or other students, his actions should be investigated by school administrators. If the allegations are found to be true, that student and his parents should be called in to meet with school officials.

At that time, the student should be warned and given one last chance to correct his behavior. However, any future documented case of bullying by that student would get him permanently removed from the mainstream school population. He would then be transferred to a special school system set aside for bullies and would remain there until he either graduates or drops out of school.

School systems have wasted far too much time coddling behaviorally-challenged students (and their parents) at the expense of those kids who actually come to school to learn. It's high time for some real reform.
 
Terry Mitchell is a software engineer, freelance writer, amateur political analyst, and blogger from Virginia, USA. He posts a least one article a day to his blog - http://commenterry.blogs.com - on subjects such as current events, politics, technology, society and culture, religion, health and well-being, self improvement, personal finance, trivia, and sports. He is also the owner of a new privacy-enhanced search engine - http://www.SearchMost.com.

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» left by Connor Davidson
 2 years 294 days ago.
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Great article. Well done.
 
Having experienced this personally I agree with you.
 
I was once hospitalised by one and all the bully got was sent home for a week. Pathetic -extra holidays is not a punishment. Guess what old mad Marion (the bullies mum) said? She said the school was being unfair to her son and the teachers were making things up to pick on him. NO wonder she earned the name.
 
Thank goodness for the bullies that I'm not in charge of sorting the problem as it would not be a quiet commission. It would be a regime!
 
Also, I like the Dutch system where they have three schools: one for the really clever people, one for those who want to learn and are moderately clever and one for those who don’t want to learn or are bullies. Thus, each school is well equipped to deal with the needs of the individual pupil. Though some call this system elitist and the people who support it are likewise labelled.
» left by Terry Mitchell 2 years 294 days ago.
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Connor, thanks for sharing your personal experience with this issue.
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