After listening to the book, Mean Gene seemed to be the bully at the school. All the other children once at recess waited to see what, Mean Gene was going do prior to the other children begin to play. For example, once Mean Gene kicked the ball the other children did, once Mean Gene seen other children in her space, she would try to hurt them. Mean Gene seem to be controlling in her performance toward other children. She didn’t have civic character, meaning that she didn’t think how other people would feel if she continued. to treat her peers in a cruel moral, domineer. Her moral character was hurtful, controlling, and hostile to the children on the playground. Before they …show more content…
Ms. Rossing one of many lesson, “what happens when we communicate effectively” (Seider, 2012, p. 199)? Many times, children tend to be bullied and they become bullies as well, yet on this text it took a strong individual with great moral, civic, and performance character, to see what could be changed to make the playground more friendly. Another occasion I would read this book would be to a student, or students that were displaying bully tenancies to see, that they need to be nice, so that they may be included in the peer interaction. Many times, we as educators tend to think a situation with the students is resolved by speaking to the parents, yet with children as young as my preschoolers, I work with it can be resolved or address by reading them books. When you allow the children to see where and how they are acting toward their peers, it makes a connection where they can point out where the concern is. Ms. Rossing said, “what are we going to do to fix the problem” (Seider, 2012, p.