Adults sometimes think that they have all the right answers because they are older and have more life experience. This is not always true. In this case, the adult should have stepped in more and listened to the child who was being bullied instead of just subduing the situation for the bully to come back to later. Adults can help the situation by actively listening to the children and confronting the problem head on instead of just slapping a bandaid on the situation.
Response to Emotional and Behavior Disorders
Answer the following questions:
How did the clip from Bully impact your thinking about discipline? How can adults hurt AND help in situations involving aggression between students?
Also respond to ONE of your peers.
3 discussions
The student that was doing the bullying clearly knew he was in the wrong, and took the opportunity to get away with it by shaking hands and leaving quickly. The student that was getting bullied was trying to express to the adult that it happens everyday no matter how hard he tries to get away from it. In this situation, the adult should've listened to the child and looked out for the bully in the following days to see if he was the one always instigating. Doing this could prevent further this bully from doing this to this particular or any other child in the school by cutting it off here.
Often adults believe that because they are the adult, they have the answer. Without listening to and really evaluating a situation, adults often miss the point. If the child is quiet and unwilling to stand up to the adult, the adult may use the power against the child.
When working with children, adults need to respect the needs/thoughts of the child. This takes active listening and getting to know the students.