A council of scholars are calling the attention of the Education Ministry to specify “serious” bullying and create guidelines for investigation. The standard law decreed the schools and boards of education to establish teams to investigate on “serious” school bullying cases, which are detrimental to students’ development. Despite this decree, the scope of “serious” cases under the law is nebulous so response of authorities are inefficient. The ministry must enumerate comprehensive examples of grave penalties for bullying so that “serious” cases will be defined.
The scholars also required the ministry to create concrete guidelines on how to scrutinize cases of bullying, which includes: selection of third-party committee members, investigation methods, and explanations about probe conclusion, and the administration of personal information. The guidelines are required to consider the victims’ side, as well as giving out proper information about the results of investigation. Another highlight is that the academe and the communities have slight cognizance with their school’s anti-bullying policies. The scholars concluded that schools are responsible for informing the students and parents about their basic policies on their website, in order to ease sharing of information and counseling for students.
Vocabulary:
decreed- decide with authority
detrimental- damaging
nebulous- unclear
comprehensive- including all or everything
cognizance- awareness
True or False:
- The standard law decreed the schools and boards of education to establish teams to investigate “serious” school bullying cases.
- The guidelines are required to consider the bullies’ side, as well as giving out proper information about the results of investigation.
- School bullying cases are detrimental to students’ development.
- According to the article, the academe and the communities have high cognizance with their school’s anti-bullying policies.
- The ministry must enumerate comprehensive examples of forgiveness for bullying so that “serious” cases will be defined.
Defend your argument:
- Parents must be vigilant with their child’s well-being at school.
- Victims of school bullying need counseling.
- Grave penalties must be imposed on bullies.
- Create concrete guides on how to scrutinize cases of bullying.
- Schools’ anti-bullying campaign efforts aren’t enough.
Express your opinion:
- How does school bullying become detrimental to a person’s development?
- How does bullying affect the community?
- In your own words, how do you define “serious” school bullying? Cite examples and reasons.