Today in class I watched the movie, Bully. It was a real eye-opener. The movie is a documentary that followed 5 different children who get bullied on a daily basis in American schools.
You can watch the film on Netflix.
Here is the website you can go to, so you can find out information for the bully project: http://www.thebullyproject.com
After watching this film, I was mortified at how children act towards each other, and especially how the teachers and principals at the schools did not do anything to fix the problems. My main question is how come the parents did not make their children go to another school? What happened to the Principal after the film was released? Did she get fired? This film made me feel sad knowing that bullying starts at such a young age, but leaves long-lasting effects on those who are bullied.
Bullying impacts the health of our population in a very negative way: "A 2011 nationwide study found that 40% of teachers and school staff consider bullying a moderate or major problem in their schools and that 32% of students between ages 12-18 report experiencing bullying"(from thebullyproject.com)
This is a huge public health concern. I know you can not change everyone and even after you tell a child bullying is wrong, they will still do it. I believe they are ways to drastically limit it. For example public schools especially should have more security guards on campus that are seen constantly to be a reminder to the children they will be protected/not be able to get away with bullying. Teachers and principals should have a zero tolerance policy towards bullying. And if a child should get bullied on a daily basis, the parents should immediately remove their child from the school. But the most important thing to combat bullying is TO STAND UP AGAINST IT!
Watch this film, you will not regret it! :)
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