Cyber+Bullying

This is an artifact on the effect of Cyber bulling. This is an issue that is occurring more and more in today's day and age. I talk about how I will stop this from occurring in my own classroom.

In this situation with James, I would council him, reassure him, make it clear that this is something that is not only immoral, but illegal. I would work on convincing him that the principal and his parents must be involved, and if he does not want to involving him, tell him that my duty of his teacher is to report possible dangerous behavior, and that this qualifies as such. I would stay by James side through the entire process, until it is resolved. To ease his feelings on the matter I would tell him about my own past of being bullied for my weight, and that bullying in any form is hurtful, and wrong. I would stand by him through the entire process. To help stop incidents like this from happening in the future, I would work with my school principal to better educate the students on cyber bullying and the detrimental effects it can have. Perhaps we could invite a speaker on the matter who has been a victim of cyber bullying? Or all home room teachers could devote a class period to talking about cyber bullying. The important part is standing up and doing something about it. In my own classroom, I plan on devoting at least some time to the education of the effects of cyber bullying, unless the school I am working in already has such steps in place.