Stop Bullying

I thought that Logan Malone’s blog post title: STOP BULLYING was very insightful and shed some light on an issue that needs more attention. In her article, Malone states that, “56 % of students have witnessed some form of bullying at school.” Malone goes on to give the reader many different examples of bullying such as: verbal belittling regarding religion, race, looks, or speech. She also goes on to give examples of the more common signs of bullying such as: hitting, punching, or slapping. I found Malone’s article to be credible because she goes on to discuss possible solutions regarding the issue of bullying. She mentions incorporating anti-bullying programs at school to discuss this serious issue. Malone states, “we need to: develop whole-school bullying policies; add in extra-curricular activities that form positive relationships between peers and improve school ground environment such as peer counseling and assertiveness training. Anti-bullying programs for parental awareness should be required at least one parent attend a seminar to ‘Stop Bullying’ every few years with their children.” I believe that these measures could potentially help reduce the amount of bullying that is happening, but until the punishments start to become harsher, I doubt that “bullying” will cease. Instead of giving a kid a 3 day expulsion (vacation), perhaps a trip to the juvenile court system would do the trick. Imagine how a 13 year old "bully” standing in front of a judge would feel. I think the shock factor of potentially spending some time in a juvenile detention would deter him from continuing his bullying ways.