"An Obligation to not the men, but to the dead rabbit...'
It’s almost uncommon today to see a public school that doesn’t promote acceptance, diversity, or anti-bullying sentiment. From the year 2011 to now schools have cracked down on the subject of harassment and intimidation done to other children by other children, largely due because of incidents like Tyler clementi. While most actions taken against the undeniable problem of bullying in school are noble, and good intentioned, there are some aspects of the overall execution of the project in thwarting bullying. How far will laws, if passed, take situations? Is it really ethical to submit children to the judicial system? Is there a misunderstanding of bullying and the concept of angst/depression among children? And, how should we treat all parties involved? Connecticut passed a cyberbullying law that would allow a school to punish a student for an unsavory post online attacking or harassing another student. This is an echo of a similar law passed in Massachusetts that would also allow a school to punish students posting comments deemed as bullying or intimidation, the only difference is the fact that Connecticut takes it one step forward and covers ‘online speech that would physically hurt or harm another, or make them feel threatened of such a thing’. This is also where the problem of taking anti-bullying laws too far comes in. Forgetting the suspicious circumstances of how a school will obtain the information, these laws are in danger of infringing upon the first amendment's’ freedom of speech. While the behavior of a student may be unsavory, a school should not have the jurisdiction to willing disrespect an individual's rights promised by the Government and the people. This, topped by a misunderstanding or miscalculation on the school’s part can result in unfair or unjust punishments. Internationally anti bullying laws have also begun to take root such Norway, Sweden, and Canada. In Alberta Canada another anti-bullying law has been passed that could punish children who don’t stop a bully or an incident of harassment. While there’s no doubt that bullying should not be overlooked, the controversy sparked once children themselves were forced to police bullying themselves, while adults could use them for scapegoats if anything goes wrong. It has the potential to actually add on the amount of bystanders, if a bully abusing another child what’s to keep another student from simply walking away from the problem so they won’t get into trouble? By standers are not the child being actively malicious (usually), but because confusion, or fear of being dragged into the situation themselves. Looking backI didn't really finnish this one. I think I sort of started to not care about the topic, I think my biggest improvement would to just complete it. I enjoyed the other assignment, which was similar, but much more narrowed down in its requirements, I prefer to simply inform others and not argue about a topic.
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