It’s obvious that you feel that retaliation is the best way to handle bullies (57%) and telling a teacher or principal is the next most effective method (42%).
Please don’t come home and tell mom and dad (2%), and forget about grinning and trying to bear abuse from a bully( 2%).
Neither turning the other cheek nor talking to the bully is a good option (4%).
Please tell me there are some solutions I overlooked for you to vote for on this survey.
Hey we took your survey because it was school related. 65 students participated:
ReplyDelete40 selected fighting back. Can't say I blame them too much. I had a bully following me when I was in 7th grade at Showalter Middle School. The girl followed me while taunting me all the way to Moses store on 10th and Parker until I couldn't take it anymore so I sung my little red plaid lunch box at her head and bust it open. It put a dent in my lunch box and shattered my matching thermos. She left cry. Whatever happened to her? I really missed that lunch box for a long time.
5 talk the bully out of it. Now that I am older I might try it.
5 snitch to the teacher or principal. "Snitching" seems to be offensive to students. Some how I never told either but I think it is a good idea to tell someone.
5 run home to mommy and daddy. I don't like how you phrase this question and they didn't either. I never told but I think it is a good idea to tell them because they can help and maybe avoid personal injury (you know what I mean).
2 turn the other cheek. I think that's what the Bible says but no one wants to do it.
0 grin and bear it. I bear it a lot of times but I sure as heck didn't grin about it.
We will see how they feel about this survey.
I agree to trying to talk it over with a bully, but if they play to much and start to make you feel uncomfortable then they need to get whats coming to them. So i agree that in some cases, you need to really show the bully whose boss.
ReplyDeleteI agree to trying to fight back. The reason i think you should try to fight back because that one time you try to fight back that might be the last time they mess with you just because they see that your not scared.
ReplyDeleteI feel that if your being bullied you have the right to fight back. Teachers and principles need to do more about bullying, because bullying is a type of abuse.
ReplyDeleteA student can handle bullying by informing an adult, or the student can try to make peace with the bully.
ReplyDeleteJust fight the bully back and that way he/she will see that you are not afraid of them and won't pick with you anymore. There are other ways like snitching, but that just makes the bully more angry at you so just fight back.
ReplyDeleteI am a teacher in an elementary school here in Chester and I see bullying everyday in some way or another. Students wear uniforms, but yet they are still bullied because their backpack, jacket, or hair are not of the latest trend. Sadly the students see their parents bullying others and this lets the children know it is ok to bully. When the women of Chester are beating up other women over a man this lets little girls know this is how adults take care of their problems. When boys, not men, are killing other boys it lets our young men know it is ok to kill and that is how adults solve problems. As a teacher when I tell you that your child did XYZ and you come at me with an attitude you let your child know it is ok to disrespect school and teachers. This eye for an eye thing needs to stop. Some of the "bullying" is nonsense "she looked at me" well that is no reason to punch her in the face. I do blame the parents for setting a bad example. If a child tells the teacher he is being bullied then the teacher should attempt to solve it, but some of these bullying situations start long before the school day begins and continue home. Children repeat behaviors that they see and think are ok, so there is something at home that needs to be changed.
ReplyDeleteI think students should talk to the bully, understand the purpose of why they're being bullied in the first place. If this doesn't work fight back. Bullies will pick on you until uu decide to defend yourself.
ReplyDeleteI think that the student that is getting bullied should tell somebody, and if the adult or teacher doesn't stop it then the student should snap back at the bully because he shouldn't just stand there,that's what I think.
ReplyDeleteThe Person That Is Getting Bullied Should Not Tell Anyone , I Think They Have The Right To Stand-Up For Their Self, Then Maybe They Can Tell A Parent.
ReplyDeleteI feel as though the person that is getting bullied should stand up for their self and stop running form it and then that way the bully would leave them alone.
ReplyDeleteFight back because most bullies wont stop bulling unless you face them. so they will know that your not afraid and that you can fight.
ReplyDeleteI would say to try to walk away but there is a limit to how much people can take so sometimes fighting back seems like the only thing you can do. I don't like fighting but I won't let anyone push me around.
ReplyDeleteI think that when a child/student is being bullied they should always have a back up plan. 1 either snitch and, if that don't work then they should fight back. Being bullied is the worst thing that can happen at school or anywhere.
ReplyDeleteI dont think bullying in anyway is right but I dont think that by fighting the bully is going to solve anything. Truthfully I think by fighting the bully either you're going to win and make the bully come back for a rematch, or the bully is going to win and you are going to want a rematch. So either way you go about it the bullying is still going to happen.
ReplyDeleteFight Back !!!!!! Fighting Back Is The Only Way That The Bully Will Stop Bullying You.
ReplyDeleteI THINK THAT WE SHOULD HANDLE BULLING BY EXPELLING THE KIDS WHO ARE THE MAIN SOURCE OF THE BULLING GOING ON IN THE SCHOOL OR OUT OF SCHOOL. CAUSE IF THEY DONT LEARN THE FIRST TIME THAT THERE IS TO BE NO BULLYING THEN WE SHOULD OR THE STAFF SHOULDNT HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THEIR MESS.
ReplyDeleteI think that we all have the right to fight back. No one should be bullied.
ReplyDeleteI Think Students Should Turn The Other Cheek. If The Bully Comes In His/Her Face To Try To Harm Them Then They Should Retaliate Or Tell Someone.
ReplyDeleteI agree that you should fight back. If you have a bully taunting you im sure it will get you mad, and by you getting mad the bully know the can push your buttons and get you all worked up. And they will never leave you alone until you fight back to show them that you are tired of them picking on you.
ReplyDeleteThey should handle it very seriously because in some areas there are a lot of suicides because of bullying. With that being said Chester does not need people killing themselves because someone is bullying them. We already have a serious crime rate.
ReplyDeleteTo me I think when it comes to bullying that you should stand up for yourself, be the solver to your own problem and remember what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. But if the bullying is more then physically or mentally, meaning becoming violent, then you should bring another person in to help but if not then you should do whatever you can to protect your self and solve the problem whether it's talking or getting to physical matters. Stand up for your self because that one bully is just a test for the real world that can bully you harder and knock you down faster.
ReplyDeleteBullying is becoming a major problem in our schools. Young and older students are getting bullied every day to the point there hurting the bullyer or even worse hurting themself.I used to get bullied alot and the best solution to stop it is telling an adult, because they are here to help you.
ReplyDeleteI think you should not fight back, this is what I would do first go tell the teacher, second tell mom and dad,& after that I will pray and if those things do not work I would just have to do what I have to do to tell them to leave me alone and whatever happens happens too bad about it. Why because I'm a very quiet person.
ReplyDeleteBullies need to get what they deserve...an ass kicked or the bars because the situation can get worst.
ReplyDeleteI belive in the term, " turn the other check". I mean, if you think about it, would'nt the high levels of crime deminish if we all did so? You'll also be the better person, and you'll feel good knowing you avoided an awful situation. Bullies crave attention, and you shouldn't give it to them.
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting our comments. So we had some grammar issues we are still working on. My kids are laughing so hard at the grammar. But we (including me) will do better next time.LOL
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