Bullying

Over the last week or so we've been examining the topic of bullying in schools. We talked about the rash of suicides connected to online harassment; looked at several articles about bullying that told stories about several kids who had been bullied, their sometimes tragic reactions, and potential legal consequences to the bulliers; and watched two films, Bullied and If You Really Knew Me. The first told the story of Jamie Nabozny and his fight to overcome the daily physical and mental harassment in school and to hold not just the bulliers but also the school responsible. The second offered a potential solution to bullying by offering students a chance to get to the know their "real" selves. For your blog post on this topic you must:

1. Respond to any of the materials used in class. Be sure to use details from the source.
2. Do some quick research and get an update on any of the cases read about in class. Be sure to summarize details of your story and offer your thoughts on it.
3. Reflect on bullying here at DHS. Is it a problem? If so, for whom? If not, is DHS different than other schools or do we just not see the behavior that takes place (or perhaps do we not define certain behaviors as bullying)?
4. Offer potential solutions. Think about institutional as well as individual responsibility. (You may do additional research to find what other schools are doing (i.e. "Challenge Day") and reflect on those0.