‘ Different reaction, Different ending – A comparison between school bullying in Hong Kong and Japan’
Topic A. Title: ‘ Different reaction, Different ending – A comparison between school bullying in Hong Kong and Japan’
School bullying is a type of bullying in which occurs in school. Bullying can be physical, verbal, or emotional. According to the report of Japan Daily in 2012, there are 144,000 cases of school bullying within primary and secondary school which is two times more than the cases in 2011. The suicide rate even increases 44%. Meanwhile, refer to the survey of Hong Kong Family Welfare Society in 2012, there are 76.5% of teenage had subjected to different forms of bullying in schools. However, suicide after bullying seldom happens in Hong Kong. It clearly shows that Japan has a more serious problem than Hong Kong depends on the reaction of the victim. Researches of bullying are focus on several reasons and a brief solution. But, it is useless to the current situation. Why are the situations in Japan worse than Hong Kong? It urged me to figure out the reaction of schools, families and society after heard of bullying.
At schools, both Hong Kong and Japan have the same attitude towards school bullying. In Hong Kong, the incident in Kwun Tong Kung Lok Government Secondary School demonstrates that how school regardless of the students' interests but their own interests. A Form One student has bullied by classmates and close door to pinch his fingers. Perpetrators afterwards describe events on Facebook. Consequently, the principal denied the incident and punished the student who told the truth on Internet instead of the bullies.
Likewise, there is a 13 years old student from the Ibaraki in Japan commits suicide after a yearlong continuously bullying, such as forced him to stealing, to rein in his neck, and even forced him to practice suicide. Worse still, the teacher was turning a blind eye to and the school shirking its responsibility. It indicates that the indifference of schools to resulting in tragedy. Though the two event of school bullying,
School bullying is a type of bullying in which occurs in school. Bullying can be physical, verbal, or emotional. According to the report of Japan Daily in 2012, there are 144,000 cases of school bullying within primary and secondary school which is two times more than the cases in 2011. The suicide rate even increases 44%. Meanwhile, refer to the survey of Hong Kong Family Welfare Society in 2012, there are 76.5% of teenage had subjected to different forms of bullying in schools. However, suicide after bullying seldom happens in Hong Kong. It clearly shows that Japan has a more serious problem than Hong Kong depends on the reaction of the victim. Researches of bullying are focus on several reasons and a brief solution. But, it is useless to the current situation. Why are the situations in Japan worse than Hong Kong? It urged me to figure out the reaction of schools, families and society after heard of bullying.
At schools, both Hong Kong and Japan have the same attitude towards school bullying. In Hong Kong, the incident in Kwun Tong Kung Lok Government Secondary School demonstrates that how school regardless of the students' interests but their own interests. A Form One student has bullied by classmates and close door to pinch his fingers. Perpetrators afterwards describe events on Facebook. Consequently, the principal denied the incident and punished the student who told the truth on Internet instead of the bullies.
Likewise, there is a 13 years old student from the Ibaraki in Japan commits suicide after a yearlong continuously bullying, such as forced him to stealing, to rein in his neck, and even forced him to practice suicide. Worse still, the teacher was turning a blind eye to and the school shirking its responsibility. It indicates that the indifference of schools to resulting in tragedy. Though the two event of school bullying,