Lack of Character – Bullying by Teachers
Lack of character on the part of teachers can result in bullying of students. Are you surprised? As a school principal, at both elementary and secondary levels, I have seen teachers bully students. Oh, they didn’t stuff them in lockers, or swish their heads in flushing toilets, or demand their
Lack of Character – Bullying in Elementary School
A lack of character results in bullying in elementary school. School personnel should know this, but many do not. That’s one reason bullying continues in spite of common character education efforts. Character education, in many schools, is a matter of glossing over general meanings, having a skit or other activity,
Character Solution to Bullying Problem
Many schools in the northern hemisphere begin a new year tomorrow. Educators launch new goals with new groups of students. Students return with varying degrees of eagerness and trepidation. Before the first week is done, both educators and students are likely to witness bullying. Bullying is an unrelenting problem in
Character Education Attacks Bullying – Courage
Character education attacks bullying. Why? Isn’t bullying just a part of growing up? Don’t you remember when you were a bully – or the victim of a bully? Bullying is commonplace. In the United States alone, statistics tell us that 16 percent of students are involved in bullying. Of that
Character Education Attacks Bullying – Self-Control
Character education attacks bullying – and character educators know that they can make an enormous difference by attacking bullying with character. They don’t tell the students that. They simply teach character with every ounce of strength they have, and let the character building effort attack bullying. Character education attacks bullying
Character Education Calls for Creativity
You would be amazed at how many ways there are to build character, and to teach character to children. I know I am. Whether it’s character education in elementary school or character education in high school, or something in between, there are many ways to make character education exciting, fun,
Character Education Raises Academic Performance
I wonder if educators who are required to teach character education courses realize the full potential of what they have been asked to do. A good character education program is powerful in many ways. One of its most amazing abilities is the power to raise academic performance. I would think
No Name-Calling When You Focus on Character
Your local schools may be close to perfect, but name-calling is one area in which they probably fight an ongoing battle. Name-calling is verbal abuse, and can have both immediate and lasting effects. I’m not talking only about the gross names that today’s young people dare to fling at one
“No Name-calling” Meets Character Education
Character education programs usually include lessons on those character traits considered basic by a committee within a given school district. They may acquire their list of character traits in any of several ways, but the list is normally fairly short. Ask me about “no name-calling.” “No name-calling” does not appear
Character Education Conquers Bullying
Character education conquers bullying. I’m convinced. It has been months since I discussed physical bullying on this blog, and although you may want to go back and read Character Education – Can We Stop Bullying?, September 27, 2005, I’d like to share some fresh thoughts sparked by a newspaper article.
