A Threat To Pupils Health, Learning And Development By Arne Forsman

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Bullying is a topic that is looked at through an educational and social perspective. The article, “Bullying at School, A threat to Pupils Health, Learning and Development” by Arne Forsman, elaborates on the idea that bullying is something that can take on many forms. We see bullying in a range of settings, from elementary school to the work force. It occurs in a variety of forms too. Bullying can be as dramatic as physical attacking, or as minor as exclusion. Nonetheless, both behaviors affect the victim. Bullying is something that cannot really be directly defined for such. It ranges from a variety of actions and behaviors. Anything can be considered bullying, as long as it affects the individual negatively.
One of the biggest problems in schools is argued to be bullying. Bullying is most dominant in schools; “…about 100,000 pupils are
Teachers may know the content and how to teach, but a teacher should represent more than this. They have to be understanding and caring toward children. The article shines light on the idea that those training to be teachers should take more social psychology courses. It makes sense, teachers need to be able to sympathize with the children and not only reprehend them. Most of us have experience with having a ‘mean’ teacher that you thought always picked on you. If you think about it, students spend most of their day in school. School is something most children cannot avoid. So when problems arise in an everyday environment it can make it very uncomfortable for the individual and peers. Furthermore, if you have been bullied early on, any other occurrence of bullying later on may be something you are more willing to accept. For example, your boss may be subtly bullying you at work and you would just brush it off because you were bullied as a child so you think you have thick skin. But that is not okay. This is the problem; no form of bullying is