CONFLICTS IN SCHOOL

INTOLERANCE, BULLYING, VIOLENCE

an open clash, dispute, disagreement, violation of laws or rules or  argument  that takes place between two people or groups

of people who have opposing views on a particular issue

 conflicts leads to indecision and turmoil in the mind of the individual

CONFLICT

STEREOTYPE

PREJUDICE

INTOLERANCE

VIOLENCE

NEGATIVE ACTION/

DISCRIMINATION

TYPES OF PREJUDICE

•Racism•Sexism•Heterosexism•Classism•Linguicism•Ageism•Looksism•Religious Intolerance

INTOLERANCE

unwillingness or refusal to tolerate or respect contrary opinions or beliefs, persons of different races or backgrounds, etc

BULLYING

Bullying is the act of hurting one person or a group of people repeatedly as a way for the bully to feel superior. Usually the bully is bigger or stronger than his/her victim.

THE BULLY THE VICTIM•often a cry for help• "has a deep troubling need of his own" and is picked on or feels that he does not have a very successful life.•bullying is just "the cool thing to do," especially in front of their friends•tend to continue their behavior throughout their lives. 

People can get bullied because of:•How fast or slow they learn•Their choice of lifestyle•Being perceived as being too tall, too short, too unattractive, too thin, too overweight or too plain•Their race or religion•Where they live•Who their parents or siblings are•Their choice of clothing or hairstyle•Who their friends are•The way they speak•The fact that they wear glasses or have braces•Their disability

SCHOOL VIOLENCE

youth violence that occurs on school property, on the way to or from school or

school-sponsored events, or during a school-sponsored event.

A young person can be a victim, a perpetrator, or a witness of school violence.

Types of School

Violence

Effects of Violence

Alienation

Powerlessness

Low Self-esteem

Low Academic

Achievement

Harming one’s

person

Retaliation

News Sample Yorkshire bullycide

4 August 2002: an inquest in Whitby heard how 13-year-old Jack Glasby hung himself after being bullied at Caedmon School, Whitby, Yorkshire, which he had left five months previously. As a study by Kidscape found, the cumulative psychiatric injury caused by bullying at school endures, often throughout life. Problems started in February 2001 when another pupil hung Jack over a stairwell and said he would drop him. Caedmon School headteacher Tony Hewitt told the inquest strategies to help Jack were offered by the school and stressed that all incidents of bullying, however minor, were dealt with and documented. 

One of the infamous incident happened in the campus of Columbine High School in 1999. The news of 13 killed including one teacher and 12 innocent students while 23 injured, shook the country. Two violent students Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris went on a killing spree. At the end they killed themselves. According to the report and statistics, the incident is the 4th on the United States of America’s school violence history.

Another example about school violence is the Virginia Tech massacre which happened in the year 2007 where two Korean students gave vent to their emotions by killing other American students in the school because they were always harassed and abused by the American students.

Example of America’s School Conflicts

Is it happening in the Philippines?•A survey conducted revealed that bullying or abuse is experienced by one in two Filipino school children. •This statistics is backed up by a report in an Australian newspaper involving 117,000 nine-year olds from 25 different countries, stating that 50% of Filipino students are being bullied in school [4]. •Also, Lai, et al. [5] have affirmed that students in the Philippines had led the record of different types of bullying, which include being “made fun of or being called names,” “left out of activities by others,” and “made to do things the student did not want to.”

R.A. 10627 – Anti-Bullying Act of 2013 AN ACT REQUIRING ALL

ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS TO ADOPT POLICIES TO PREVENT AND ADDRESS THE ACTS OF BULLYING IN THEIR INSTITUTIONS

Words to Ponder

“What if the kid you bullied at school, grew up, and turned out to be the only surgeon who could save your life?” ― Lynette Mather

Having been bombarded by the facts above, the question now is:

What are you going to do about it?