Growing up in public school I have seen countless acts of bullying, I have even been a part of some of it firsthand. It often times doesn’t matter what the difference is, if someone is too ugly, too pretty, too fat or too thin they are immediately a target. School administration did not realize how damaging this could be to students until recently. There is a number of bullying related suicides that have plagued school districts which fueled the zero tolerance legislation. Bullying is legally a crime. Since this legislation has been enacted and this has been brought to the attention of teachers and administration there has been a decrease in suicides. It is of the utmost importance to have students learn in a comfortable environment and that healthy relationships are facilitated within the classroom. So it becomes the teacher’s responsibility to not only educate the students on the designated subjects, but on how to be a good person; how to have an upstanding character.
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