Student Rights
My Account. My Rights. The modern schooling systems nationwide need to implement a set of consistent rules with respect to internet bullying. These rules need to focus particularly on whether or not actions should be taken by the school itself. If the federal government had the power to prevent, locate, and punish acts of cyber bullying, then the well-being of all students would ensure equal care toward students.
The 1st Amendment protects our “natural rights”, and within these “natural rights”, we have the power of free speech. Therefore, schools should not have the power to punish a student for exercising their natural rights, especially when said student is outside of the schooling grounds/hours. However, with the new age use of internet, comes cyber bullies. These cyber bullies are able to get this confidence boost from bullying, but since it’s all online and not in school they feel a sense of relief, since there are not any teachers or parents to punish their unacceptable behavior. Once cyber bullying begins, it tends to become more apparent in the physical world at school, but there still is not ways for a teacher to know what’s going on until something rash happens.
The rules regarding bullying, hazing, and harassment should become a federal law, simple policies be implemented. For example: the victim must inform their school 's guidance counselor providing evidence of such acts, and then explain their situation. Once done, the next step would be for the informant to go consult the school’s headmaster/principal, and once done consulting, the headmaster/principal would need to inform the other student accused of said actions. The accused may then provide evidence that these actions did not occur then there would be repercussions to the “victim”. If the “victim” then falls guilty to the accusations then the first offense is a warning, and if there was any recurrence of a similar act, then there would be serious repercussions for him/her. These rules could
The 1st Amendment protects our “natural rights”, and within these “natural rights”, we have the power of free speech. Therefore, schools should not have the power to punish a student for exercising their natural rights, especially when said student is outside of the schooling grounds/hours. However, with the new age use of internet, comes cyber bullies. These cyber bullies are able to get this confidence boost from bullying, but since it’s all online and not in school they feel a sense of relief, since there are not any teachers or parents to punish their unacceptable behavior. Once cyber bullying begins, it tends to become more apparent in the physical world at school, but there still is not ways for a teacher to know what’s going on until something rash happens.
The rules regarding bullying, hazing, and harassment should become a federal law, simple policies be implemented. For example: the victim must inform their school 's guidance counselor providing evidence of such acts, and then explain their situation. Once done, the next step would be for the informant to go consult the school’s headmaster/principal, and once done consulting, the headmaster/principal would need to inform the other student accused of said actions. The accused may then provide evidence that these actions did not occur then there would be repercussions to the “victim”. If the “victim” then falls guilty to the accusations then the first offense is a warning, and if there was any recurrence of a similar act, then there would be serious repercussions for him/her. These rules could
Bibliography: "Vermont Anti-Bullying Laws & Policies." Home. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Oct. 2013.