Bullying Victim or Hero. Thoughts?
I’m a little behind on this topic, but as it often happens, school got in the way (it was a very special full-moon week).
In the last few days an Australian boy has rocketed to YouTube fame after a classmate recorded a cell phone video of him body-slamming a smaller boy whod been picking on him at school.
The clip which was hard for me to watch shows the altercation (although neither boy was hurt in the confrontation).
Both boys got suspended. The smaller student for 21 days and the young man who fought back, 4 days.
Public support seems to be overwhelmingly on the side of the original victim, whose father said hed been bullied for years without fighting back (hopefully he won’t have this problem going forward).
This incident seems to have drawn more attention to the problem of childhood bullying.
As an educator, bullying can be one of the most challenging issues we face.
Take a look and share your thoughts on the video or bullying in general.
If this issue wasn’t complex enough, an added layer is a student videotaping the incident on his cell phone. If the bullying issue was challenging enough, think about dealing with it once it goes viral on YouTube.
