Behind the scenes: Things teachers are missing.
The 8th grade hallway at West.
May 2, 2019
What is going on behind the school cameras that teacher’s eyes don’t catch? Bullying, name calling, and teasing of all types are thrown around at unsuspecting people. This has been going on for a long time. You might not know this, because some victims are too scared that to talk. “No, I am not answering that.” Ally Hawkins, seventh-grader, protests.
Some are not scared; some want to tell you what happened. “Well, I don’t really want to refer to her… This one girl would tell me, ‘if you want to still be my friend, you will have to be mean to this second girl’, but I didn’t want to do that…”. Seventh-grader Victoria Tan, reveals.
Some people think that hall monitors, new rules, or maybe even more awareness will help solve this problem. “The problem is not the bullying, I feel like it is the awareness. Another problem is that they [students] don’t care, which I think is major.” Ally Hawkins reveals.
There are different types of physical bullying: “…in my hallway, B wing, sometimes there’s pushing, shoving, calling bad names, bad words at each other…” Victoria Tan shares. This happens often, almost every day.
somebody • May 24, 2019 at 12:58 pm
don’t forget about people talking about you behind your back especially when the halls are loud
Pam • May 17, 2019 at 6:18 pm
Love the slide show accompanying the written article!
Jenna Redmile • May 10, 2019 at 12:12 pm
I like how you included solutions to the problems.
Yamina • May 10, 2019 at 12:06 pm
I like how you put quotes of what people think and solutions that were offered.
Bella • May 10, 2019 at 12:05 pm
I liked how you gave opinions from students on the solutions offered.
ella • May 10, 2019 at 11:59 am
This article was really well put together. I liked how you put paragraphs together based on what information there was.
Talia Wassel • May 10, 2019 at 11:56 am
I think this is a great article and I especially liked the part where you talked about the real problem being that there is a lack of awareness when it comes to bullying. “Some people think that hall monitors, new rules, or maybe even more awareness will help solve this problem. “The problem is not the bullying, I feel like it is the awareness.”