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I work hard to create an inviting classroom where my students can feel safe.  The first two weeks  of the new semester presented  all kinds of challenges.  I had a student who tried to bully me by threatening to get angry if I didn’t let her do what she wanted. (I talked about that in my last post.)  I also had a student try to bully another  classmate by telling her to get out of her seat or she’d smack her in the side of her head and then later tell yet another classmate to  stop looking at her or she’d throw her cell phone at her.

When I talked to Sam, not her real name,  in the hall about the inappropriateness of what she was doing,  she told me that telling the student to move or she’d smack her in the side of her head was her way of saying please.  Obviously, I got administration involved, and Sam was removed from my class.

Sam needs to stop her bullying behaviour.  There’s no doubt about that. She needs help.  We have an anti-bullying policy at our school and are committed to providing a positive climate for learning so Sam will definitely  get the message that her bullying behaviour is not acceptable.  I’ve made it clear that I want my classroom to be a safe place for all of my students and any behaviour that threatens that is not acceptable and has to stop.

I just want to add here that Sam’s just a kid and has learned this behaviour somewhere.  Both the victim and the bully need our support.The school system along with the  other adults in her life need to help Sam learn more appropriate ways to deal with her anger and  get her needs met.  She cannot continue to threaten to hurt people to get her way.  Next week, I hope to  find out how that is going to be done.

Some other posts about bullying

Bullying is a cry for help we’d better listen

911 for kids who bully

Cyberbullying

Cyberbullying Part 1- relational aggression

Students with learning disabilities or ADHD are more at risk of being bullied

Cyber-bullying- educating kids is better than incarcerating them

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