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"Hit 'Em Where It Hurts
School bullies never seem to stop! Sometimes you have to "hit `em
where it hurts" as we say!
So you have made a dent in the bullying at your school! Congrats.
But, you still have a hard core of 5-10% of the bullies that you are
trying to reach.
Most schools have special events. One effective way to subdue
bullies for a short time at least is to bar them from special events
if their bullying behavior does not improve.
Field trips are a common event. Bullies love field trips because
there is unstructured time where they can do their thing. Bullies
can be easily eliminated from field trips or, worse yet, their
parents can be required to attend the trip with them.
And, oftentimes their parents bully them!
Bullies should be removed from special assemblies, especially end-of-
the year assemblies that are fun and rewarding for the students. I
feel that in this situation, the students who have earned awards and
behaved well all year, deserve a nice assembly where bullies are not
harassing them.
Bullies should not be allowed to attend Field Day where students are
celebrating the end of the year and having fun. Again, this is an
unstructured situation where they can do some damage, and the other
kids deserve to have some fun and celebrate.
