Posted on August 22nd, 2009 by heygrrrl
Northwest Herald
The folders are not yet dog-eared, the pencils undevoured.
At this point in the school year, anything is possible. The slate is clean.
By next May, some students will be able to look back on a stellar year. They will have put forth the effort and sacrifice necessary to succeed to their personal utmost. They will [...]
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Posted on August 11th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By LORRAINE DUFFY MERKL
The New York Times
Before my daughter began day camp in Manhattan this summer, she had to sign an agreement stating that she would not start fights with other children, and that if they started fights with her, she would not handle it herself but tell a counselor. (This is similar to schools, [...]
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Posted on August 6th, 2009 by heygrrrl
The Raleigh News & Observer
A lawsuit claiming that a 19-year-old sophomore at Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory died as a result of a violent hazing will again bring to the forefront the old and occasionally deadly initiation “custom” most often associated with college fraternities.
As some sort of test of loyalty or toughness or just for strange, [...]
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Posted on August 4th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Maureen Downey
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Is bullying a fact of life?
It’s back in the news as Georgia’s Coalition Against Bullying plans a town hall meeting Aug. 15. Earlier this summer, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued a policy statement encouraging doctors to take a bigger role in preventing bullying.
Tags: Bullying, Georgia Coalition Against Bullying, Dan Olweus, [...]
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Posted on August 4th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Maureen Downey
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Is bullying a fact of life?
It’s back in the news as Georgia’s Coalition Against Bullying plans a town hall meeting Aug. 15. Earlier this summer, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued a policy statement encouraging doctors to take a bigger role in preventing bullying.
Tags: Bullying, Dan Olweus, Georgia Coalition Against Bullying, [...]
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Posted on July 31st, 2009 by heygrrrl
By E.N. Jackson
Frost Illustrated
Last week I watched in horror as ministers, church officials, and parishioners of a black Connecticut church, Manifested Glory Ministries, invoked the name of Jesus to release the “gay demons” supposedly possessing the soul of a 16-year-old boy. What I was watching was not a horror movie but a YouTube video clip [...]
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Posted on July 31st, 2009 by heygrrrl
By E.N. Jackson
Frost Illustrated
Last week I watched in horror as ministers, church officials, and parishioners of a black Connecticut church, Manifested Glory Ministries, invoked the name of Jesus to release the “gay demons” supposedly possessing the soul of a 16-year-old boy. What I was watching was not a horror movie but a YouTube video clip [...]
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Posted on July 7th, 2009 by heygrrrl
This commentary, “The Global Village Has Its Idiots,” by C.M. Boots-Faubert appeared in the July 7, 2009 edition of the Cape Cod Times.
By C.M. Boots-Faubert
When we think of a bully, chances are the image is of a slightly larger than normal school-aged child with a propensity for violent or abusive behavior that we do not [...]
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Posted on April 26th, 2009 by heygrrrl
See Seven Blunts video commentary
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Tags: Bullying, Teachers
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