My hero

This is the man I've choosen as my hero and I made a glogster of him.



 

A glogster about my hero

We created some Glogsters about different people who we consider heros. This is the one I created about my favourite singer, Jack Johnson.



 

Bullying

BULLYING
Being bullied is a disgusting thing that unfortunately happens to a lot of kids in our country and in almost all of the first world countries in the world. Every bully should be ashamed of his/her terrible actions, but, do all the bullies realize they are actually bullying someone? Are they really taking this theme seriously or do they  just see it as a game? Well, in my opinion, bullies don’t really know what they are doing until it’s too late.

Obviously, the victims don’t see it as a game, they are the ones  that take it more seriously, the ones whose lives are being brutally ruined. The victims not only start having trouble with their families, “friends”, or classmates; they start hating themselves too. They feel weak and insecure, they start thinking that if all these people are being hard on them is just because they deserve it. Some of them even try to kill themselves, and what’s worse, some others manage to do it.
However, bullies aren’t aware of what they are doing until everything is messed up, in their mind, they are just making fun of that one person that is too ugly, too short, too fat, too skinny or too bad at sports for them. They think they can insult them, hit them and embarrass them because they are“inferior” to them.                       

In my opinion bullies should be aware that they are doing terrible things to those kids  before it’s too late, because, as I said before, bullying is disgusting.        

WHY DO BULLIES BULLY?

Bullying can happen anywhere at anytime to anyone. This unwanted aggressive behaviour can very severely affect the emotional stability and well being of anyone who suffers it. Although we are all aware that people keep bullying others, we often do nothing about it. But why do some people feel the need to treat someone else so poorly?

From an early age children are taught to compete with their friends and classmates, both in and out of school. They are constantly congratulated on being better than someone else and taught to seek to be the best at everything they can. In this general competitive environment children learn that being the leader is the safest way to make sure you are never left behind. That exact desire is what often leads kids to point out differences or weaknesses in other people. By doing this they aren’t just making their friends laugh, but they are also establishing their power amongst their friends and making sure that nobody picks out their weaknesses.

It’s these very causes that perhaps suggest a way out of this growing problem. Children could be encouraged to respect differences by looking at them as a quality instead of a weakness. It’s common knowledge that children will copy what they see at home, which is why parents should be constantly conscious of being a good model. Also, as school is one of the most important aspects of a child’s development process, I think bullying awareness should be a topic often spoken about. But maybe instead of informative videos, schools could start a campaign organised by the kids, in which instead of being bombarded with information they don’t want, they could actively participate in stopping bullying and be rewarded for doing so.

It is often very hard to tell the difference between actual bullying and light hearted teasing, which is one of the main reasons people often don’t do anything to stop it. But one thing is certain, in a context in which it’s clear that someone is being treated differently with explicit reason of undermining them, it is our responsibility to do something.

A New Experience

Welcome to these new blog in which my batxilergo students will be publishing some of the "pearls" they produce during this 2012/2013 schoolyear. I hope you enjoy them.