Re: [Mpls] School Yard Bullying

2004-11-11 Thread Socialist2001
Bullying behavior is a type of persistent, unwanted, negative behavior that includes aggressive teasing, threats of physical violence, and actual battery. I have done classroom observations in private and public preschool and elementary school programs. In some settings I have seen no evidence

Re: [Mpls] School Yard Bullying

2004-11-11 Thread Elizabeth Greenbaum
This is circumstantial and not substantive, I'm sure Michael Atherton would agree. You would have to look at the total numbers of students who are taking pharmaceutical medications to come to any conclusion whether there was a cause and effect. Many thousands of children are on the same medicat

[Mpls] School Yard Bullying

2004-11-11 Thread Louise
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Mpls] School Yard Bullying Re: The following three messages of November 9, 2004 on Mpls Digest 11-11: 1. I did not see the channel 5 report, but I did see a nasty case of bullying today. 2. Hmmm, and all of this so close to the one year anniversary

RE: [Mpls] School Yard Bullying

2004-11-10 Thread rpgoldman
> "Michael" == Michael Atherton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Michael> To me the most horrific part of this story is Eleanor Michael> Coleman's interview. Bureaucratic indifference can Michael> be a pretty scary thing at times and it amounts to it's Michael> own kind of bullyi

RE: [Mpls] School Yard Bullying

2004-11-10 Thread Michael Atherton
Mark Wilde wrote: > I did see the tape and I will also say "boys will be > boys." Nothing I saw in that story would lead me to > believe there is a problem on public school > playgrounds. > > I think Channel 5 should be ashamed for creating an > issue, but I can't blame them. I am sure they

[Mpls] School Yard Bullying

2004-11-10 Thread Mark Wilde
Anyone who saw the tape could not just say, "Boys will be boys." --- I did see the tape and I will also say "boys will be boys." Nothing I saw in that story would lead me to believe there is a problem on public school playgrounds. I think Channel 5 should be ashamed for creating an issue, but

Re: [Mpls] School Yard Bullying

2004-11-09 Thread Elizabeth Greenbaum
So my question is ... what is the MPS going to do about it other than talk to the media about it and try to smooth things over? My oldest daughter is in the public school and my 2nd will be there soon. I really want to believe they can get a decent education and also feel safe. Cayla has t

RE: [bcc][faked-from][heur] RE: [Mpls] School Yard Bullying

2004-11-09 Thread Jennifer L. Rubenzer
rom: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Leurquin, Ronald Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 8:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [bcc][faked-from][heur] RE: [Mpls] School Yard Bullying Hmmm, and all of this so close to the one year anniversary of the high school shooting where tw

RE: [Mpls] School Yard Bullying

2004-11-09 Thread Leurquin, Ronald
before we do something about it? Ron Leurquin Nokomis East -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 10:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Mpls] School Yard Bullying I don't know about the re

Re: [Mpls] School Yard Bullying

2004-11-08 Thread Jay Clark
I did not see the channel 5 report, but I did see a nasty case of bullying today. I was driving to a meeting, and drove past the Longfellow school playground. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw five kids chase another kid into the corner of the playground. He fell down, and the other kids st

RE: [Mpls] School Yard Bullying

2004-11-08 Thread List Manager
Jan writes: > > I don't know about the rest of you, but I thought the piece done by Channel 5 > on school yard bullying was appalling in that it appears our schools' > playgrounds are infested by World Wide Wrestling wanna-be's. However, what really > appalled me were the absolutely stupid commen

[Mpls] School Yard Bullying

2004-11-08 Thread Delcalzojan
I don't know about the rest of you, but I thought the piece done by Channel 5 on school yard bullying was appalling in that it appears our schools' playgrounds are infested by World Wide Wrestling wanna-be's. However, what really appalled me were the absolutely stupid comments by the Assistant