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Post by lilmermaid on Nov 2, 2011 20:01:31 GMT -6
A teacher in New York was teaching her class about bullying and gave them the following exercise to perform. She had the children take a piece of paper and told them to crumple it up, stomp on it and really mess it up but do not rip it. Then she had them unfold the paper, smooth it out and look at how scarred and dirty is was. She then told them to tell it they’re sorry. Now even though they said they were sorry and tried to fix the paper, she pointed out all the scars they left behind. And that those scars will never go away no matter how hard they tried to fix it. That is what happens when a child bullies another child, they may say they’re sorry but the scars are there forever. The looks on the faces of the children in the classroom told her the message hit home.
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Post by gwensmama9206 on Nov 2, 2011 20:23:19 GMT -6
Wow, love that! That would be something great to even do with the kiddos at home!
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Post by sharon on Nov 3, 2011 4:54:17 GMT -6
There is a Jewish folktale called Feathers that would go along well with that.
This is exactly why I don't believe in forcing a false "I'm sorry" from a child.
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Post by nevaehsmom327 on Nov 3, 2011 9:28:55 GMT -6
That is awesome! I think EVERY teacher should be doing this when it's "bully prevention week" or whatever at schools!
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Post by dara1012 on Nov 4, 2011 20:32:21 GMT -6
DH just posted this on his FB page.....we have a friend in Austin MN who has been rallying the community against bullying since her DS was bullied non-stop and the school wasn't doing anything about it. I am worried about DS since he is a very sensitive preschooler...I don't want that to turn into being bullied in elementary school
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