Posts Tagged ‘bully’
Know how to clean
Just like with laundry, some high school grads haven’t learned about the joy of cleaning. Okay, so most people hate cleaning. I, on the other hand, love it! For me, cleaning is a form of stress relief. During exam time my room was always spotless. The reason being, a clean and organized environment calms me. [...]
The Pot and the Kettle: Bullying
I read about a study a while ago which found that people who are cyberbullied are more likely to turn the tables and become cyberbullies. The study noted: “Child psychologist Shane Gallagher of Cambridgeshire Educational Psychology Service in the U.K. surveyed 239 teens (128 boys and 101 girls) aged 11 to 16 and their parents. [...]
Out this weekend: Beastly
I feel like I’ve been waiting for this movie to come out for ages! I must have seen the trailer for the first time during the Spring of 2010. The cynic in me wants to immediately scoff and write Beastly off as a trite campy teeny-bopping mess. However, there are two actors attached to the [...]
Canadian school board under fire for banning Gay-Straight Alliance
The Halton Catholic School board faced outcries from liberal-minded citizens, and even Perez Hilton, after their banning of gay-straight student clubs recently became public. Despite the Catholic influence (which should be respected), this still came as a bit of a surprise to me. Due to the recent media focus on gay teen suicide, an emphasis [...]
To Overcome Shyness
Getting over being shy is not as easy as picturing a room full of people in their underwear, but there are a few tricks in the form of “The 3 P’s” that can help: Prepare: A lot of shyness stems from a fear of doing something that you don’t normally do. Whether that’s making a [...]
Facebook and Free Speech?
A 17-year-old student from Sept-Iles Quebec, a small town of about 25 000 people, was arrested for having a discriminatory Facebook profile. The boy was charged with “uttering threats” and “inciting hatred” as it was discovered that his profile declared hateful points of view toward certain ethnic minority groups. The offender is a minor and [...]
First is the worst
It is SO good to finally be a senior. Three years of giving up my seat to the big kids, sacrificing my place in the lunch line, and generally succumbing to their appointed superiority. Well move over cause now I’m on top of the food chain… along with like 200 of my classmates. I think [...]
It Gets Better
As a news junkie I have noticed a trend in media coverage from our neighbors to the south – on teen suicide. Specifically, the coverage seems to be about homophobic bullying in schools. September proved to be a dire month in terms of teen suicide. Sometimes it helps to see the whole picture to understand [...]