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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: E who wrote (8129)	3/10/2001 7:04:38 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I have 0 tolerance for bullying and name calling. I tell my kids and kids in class that I consider it one of the worst things they can do to another person. A physical blow may only sting for a few minutes- some very hurtful words can last a lifetime. If you have 0 tolerance for bullying it will disappear- you simply have to make it a priority to punish it (and you can't have the notion that "kids just do that")- it also helps to have a system in place to reward empathy. I am creating a summer school program that includes the notion of NOT SO random acts of kindness. I am going to give rewards to kids who report acts of kindness to me- and I have a list of what some suggested acts of kindness might be. Kindness can be taught- and I aim to teach it. I suggest everyone here, concerned about this type of thing, mention the teaching of kindness. If some empathic person had reached out to these children- would they still have acted out behind a gun? I don't know the answer- but I would like to see us all try to stamp out the really negative behaviors of childhood- not just because they are ugly and result in situations like Columbine- but because these behaviors unsettle children so much they are a real hindrance to learning.